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Baltimora

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Baltimora were a new wave dance act from Milan, Italy who found success with their 1985 hit single "Tarzan Boy." Italian musician and producer Maurizio Bassi formed the project in 1984 with singer and dancer Jimmy McShane, a native of Northern Ireland who had recently relocated to Italy. A fixture of the underground dance scene in Milan, the flamboyant McShane was essentially the frontman and face of Baltimora, with Bassi and a handful of other Italian musicians writing and performing most of the band's music. With its buoyant synth-pop melody and signature Tarzan-call chorus, their debut single, "Tarzan Boy," became a major hit in the summer of 1985, first in Europe, and later in North America. By the year's end, their first full-length album, Living in the Background, had arrived in Europe, selling modestly in spite of its wildly successful lead track. A second album, Survivor in Love, was released in 1987, though it failed to capture the public's imagination the way "Tarzan Boy" had and Baltimora disbanded not long afterward. Bassi went on to work on various other projects and McShane, after being diagnosed with AIDS in 1994, passed away the following year. In the years after the band's demise, some sources claimed that Bassi was, in fact, the lead singer on "Tarzan Boy" and most of the Baltimora's other tracks, with McShane lip-synching during all of their live performances and videos. Whatever the case, the song's legacy has endured to become one of the better-known dance-pop hits of the '80s. ~ Timothy Monger, Rovi

Genres

: italo disco

Total plays

324.4 million
Updated on 2025-05-31

Monthly listeners

2,862,625

Followers

130,644

Top Cities

  1. Mexico
    63,605 listeners
  2. Chile
    97,091 listeners
  3. Peru
    Lima
    53,054 listeners
  4. Brazil
    54,007 listeners
  5. Guatemala
    Guatemala City
    43,110 listeners

Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Tarzan Boy
Tarzan Boy
248,679,330 6:19 1985-01-01
Tarzan Boy
Tarzan Boy
61,326,342 3:50 2010-01-01
Woody Boogie
Woody Boogie
7,303,659 5:56 1985-01-01
Tarzan Boy - Summer Version / 2010 Digital Remaster
Tarzan Boy - Summer Version / 2010 Digital Remaster
2,628,643 6:47 2010-01-01
Chinese Restaurant
Chinese Restaurant
1,261,682 5:13 1985-01-01
Living In The Background
Living In The Background
782,188 6:09 1985-01-01
Pull The Wires
Pull The Wires
536,514 4:45 1985-01-01
Juke Box Boy - Maxi / 2010 Digital Remaster
Juke Box Boy - Maxi / 2010 Digital Remaster
500,626 5:52 2010-01-01
Running For Your Love
Running For Your Love
369,260 5:51 1985-01-01
Survivor In Love - 2010 Digital Remaster
Survivor In Love - 2010 Digital Remaster
300,246 5:05 2010-01-01
Key Key Karimba - 2010 Digital Remaster
Key Key Karimba - 2010 Digital Remaster
197,197 6:01 2010-01-01
Call Me In The Heart Of The Night - 2010 Digital Remaster
Call Me In The Heart Of The Night - 2010 Digital Remaster
114,400 4:55 2010-01-01
Global Love - 2010 Digital Remaster
Global Love - 2010 Digital Remaster
102,035 4:41 2010-01-01
Come On Strike - 2010 Digital Remaster
Come On Strike - 2010 Digital Remaster
90,485 4:49 2010-01-01
Set Me Free - 2010 Digital Remaster
Set Me Free - 2010 Digital Remaster
76,905 4:49 2010-01-01
Jimmy's Guitar - 2010 Digital Remaster
Jimmy's Guitar - 2010 Digital Remaster
64,864 3:58 2010-01-01
Bounce Boom
Bounce Boom
24,398 3:34 2015-05-08
Let Me Come
Let Me Come
20,513 3:34 2015-05-08
Tarzan Boy - Edit Dj version
Tarzan Boy - Edit Dj version
18,815 3:27 2012-01-01
Tarzan Boy - 12" Maxi B-Side / 2010 Digital Remaster
Tarzan Boy - 12" Maxi B-Side / 2010 Digital Remaster
< 1000 5:11 2010-01-01

New releases

Tarzan Boy: The World Of Baltimora
Tarzan Boy: The World Of Baltimora
2010-01-01
[EMI Marketing]
Tarzan Boy: The World Of Baltimora
Tarzan Boy: The World Of Baltimora
2010-01-01
[EMI Marketing]
Living In The Background
Living In The Background
1985-01-01
[Capitol Records]