Bananarama are an English pop group from London formed in 1980 by friends Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward. Their success on both pop and dance charts saw them listed in the Guinness World Records for achieving the world's highest number of chart entries by an all-female group. Between 1982 and 2009, they had 30 singles reach the Top 50 of the UK Singles Chart.
The group's UK Top 10 hits include "It Ain't What You Do..." (1982), "Really Saying Something" (1982), "Shy Boy" (1982), "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" (1983), "Cruel Summer" (1983), "Robert De Niro's Waiting..." (1984) "Love in the First Degree" (1987), 'I Want You Back' in 1988 and 'Help' in 1989. In 1986, they had a U.S. number one with another of their UK Top 10 hits, a cover of "Venus". In total, they had 11 singles reach the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (1983–1988), including the Top 10 hits "Cruel Summer" (1984) and "I Heard a Rumour" (1987). They are associated with the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US. They topped the Australian ARIA albums chart in June 1988 with Wow! (1987), and earned Brit Award nominations for Best British Single for "Love in the First Degree", and Best Music Video for their 1988 hit cover of The Supremes single "Nathan Jones".
Fahey left the group in 1988 and formed Shakespears Sister, best known for the UK number one "Stay" (1992). She was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan. This line-up had UK top five hits with "I Want You Back" (1988) and a cover of The Beatles' "Help!" (1989), recorded with comedy duo French and Saunders for the charity Comic Relief. They also had further hits with 'Love Truth And Honesty' and 'Nathan Jones'. In 1989 they embarked on their first world tour and had another hit with a new remixed version of 'Cruel Summer'. In 1990 and 1991 they had further top 30 chart hits with 'Only Your Love', 'Preacher Man' and 'Long Train Running' and a new studio album 'Pop Life' which featured these 3 singles and a fourth single 'Tripping On Your Love' which was released soon after the album. After O'Sullivan's early 1992 departure, Dallin and Woodward then continued Bananarama as a duo, with further top twenty hits including "Movin' On" (1992), "More, More, More" (1993) "Move in My Direction" (2005) and 'Look On The Floor (Hypnotic Tango)'. Fahey rejoined Bananarama in 2017 and they toured the UK and North America between November 2017 and August 2018.