Aneka

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Aneka
Japanese Boy album cover
Background information
Birth name	Mary Sandeman
Origin	Scotland
Genre(s)	Pop Scottish folk
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1981–1982
Label(s)	Hansa International

Aneka (born Mary Sandeman) is a Scottish singer, who hit number one in the UK singles chart in August 1981 with her one hit wonder song, "Japanese Boy".

Contents 1 Career 2 Singles 2.1 UK singles 2.2 Germany singles 2.3 Swiss singles 2.4 Sweden singles 3 Songs performed by Aneka 4 References

[edit] Career

The song only lasted a week at the top spot, but stayed in the chart for 12 weeks. This success was nearly mirrored by the song "Ooh Shooby Doo Doo Lang", that had certain references to the song "Japanese Boy" in it.

Aneka's other songs include "Little Lady", "Put Out The Light" and "Heart to Beat". Aneka has had a modest revival since "Japanese Boy" was featured in the videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on Wave 103 UK version.

Under her own name, Mary Sandeman has achieved some success as a traditional Scottish folk singer/instrumentalist. Nevertheless, her moment of glory earned her alter-ego the unwanted label of a one-hit wonder.

[edit] Singles

[edit] UK singles

• (August 2, 1981) "Japanese Boy", Chart Run: 60-19-4-1-2-3-6-13-21-34-49-62->12 wks, #1 peak; #57 (Australia)
• (November 1, 1981) "Little Lady", Chart Run: 64-50-59-70->4 wks, #50 peak

[edit] Germany singles

• (September 24, 1981) "Japanese Boy", #3 Peak
• (December 31, 1981) "Little Lady", #10 Peak
• (June 03, 1982) "Oh Shooby Doo Doo Lang", #18 Peak

[edit] Swiss singles

• (November 01, 1981) "Japanese Boy", #4 Peak
• (February 01, 1982) "Little Lady", #7 Peak
• (May 15, 1982) "Oh Shooby Doo Doo Lang", #8 Peak

[edit] Sweden singles

• (September 25, 1981) "Japanese Boy", #1 Peak
• (January 12, 1982) "Little Lady", #14 Peak

[edit] Songs performed by Aneka

• "Japanese Boy" (1981) (UK #1) (Canada #43) (US Dance #15)
• "Ae Fond Kiss" (1981)
• "Little Lady" (1981)
• "Chasing Dreams" (1981)
• "Tuwhit Tuwhoo"
• "Put Out The Light"
• "Come Back To Me"
• "Ahriman"
• "It'll Be Alright"
• "Be My Only Karma"
• "I Was Free"
• "Alister McColl"
• "Ooh shooby doo doo lang" (1982)
• "Could It Last A Little Longer" (1982)
• "Heart To Beat"
• "Starshine"
• "Rose, Rose I Love You"

[edit] References

• Germany Singles http://www.c6-magazin.de/kultur/musik/charts/a/aneka/
• Swiss Singles http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Aneka&titel=Little+Lady&cat=s
• Sweden Singles http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Aneka&titel=Little+Lady&cat=s

Preceded by "Green Door" by Shakin' Stevens

UK number one single August 23, 1981

Succeeded by "Tainted Love" by Soft Cell