Before Ricky was hanging out with David Bowie, he was doing a light self admitted rip-off of him.
Ricky Gervais formed a band with aspiring pop star Bill Macrae back in 1982 called Seona Dancing, the slightly camp looking duo didn't do terribly well in the UK; having two released singles in 1983 More to loose reaching number 70 and the follow up Bitter Heart reaching a disappointing 79 in the charts.
They quickly disbanded in 1984, a year later, a DJ from 99.5 DWRT-FM in Manila in the Philippines started playing a song called Fade by Medium (also billed as Medium by Fade).
It became a runaway hit, and the angsty theme song for many Filipino teenagers in the mid 1980s. Eventually, the identity of the song was revealed as More to Lose by Seona Dancing.
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