Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Kiss Me

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In 1982, he created the band Tin Tin with Mulligan and Dik Davies [deceased] (both formerly of Fashion), Andy "Stoker" Growcott (of Dexy's Midnight Runners) and Bob Lamb (original producer of Birmingham band UB40). The band was signed with WEA Records in the UK, and released the song "Kiss Me", which went to #155 on the UK chart. By 1983, Tin Tin had signed with Sire Records in the US, and "Kiss Me" hit the dance charts there as well. Another single, "Hold It", was also released in 1983.

After a long stint working in the US, Duffy returned to England and signed another deal, this time with Virgin 10, and worked on recording his first full album, The Ups and Downs (produced by Stephen Duffy, Booker T. Jones, J.J. Jeczalik, Nicholas Froome and Stephen Street), under the name Stephen "Tintin" Duffy, a nickname parodied by BBC Radio 1 DJs as 'Stephen "Duff-Duff" Tinny'. A re-recorded "Kiss Me" single was released in 1984, this time only in the local West Midlands area, followed by a nationwide release of "She Makes Me Quiver".

He also recorded an album in 1986 called Designer Beatnik with Roger Freeman of Pig Bag, released under the name Dr. Calculus. The album's two singles were "Programme 7" and "Perfume from Spain".

At the end of 1984, Duffy recorded a third version of "Kiss Me" with J.J. Jeczalik (a programmer at Trevor Horn's ZTT Records, who was also a member of The Art of Noise). The new version of "Kiss Me" was released on February 25, 1985. It debuted at Number 22, peaked at Number 3, and stayed in the UK top 10 for three months. It was the last song played on the medium wave service of Radio 1 before it became an FM only station, at 9am on July 1, 1994. The third single released from the Ups and Downs album was "Icing on the Cake".

"Unkiss That Kiss", released in September 1985, was the first single from the album Because We Love You released in early 1986; additional singles from the album were "I Love You" and "Something Special". He was then dropped from the Virgin 10 label. - wikipedia