The Rave-Ups are an American rock group founded in 1979 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who gained greater attention after relocating to Los Angeles, California.
They are best known for their alternative rock hit songs "Respectfully King of Rain" and "Positively Lost Me" as well as their appearances in Pretty in Pink and Beverly Hills, 90210.
The group's music has been diverse, touching on singer-songwriter, pop-rock, power-pop, roots rock, alternative rock, and alt-country, well before the alt-country movement. Critic Ira Robbins described the Rave-Ups as having been "touted as the next big thing to erupt from the LA club scene" of the 1980s, but also dogged by legal and personal problems that hampered the band's success.