Loverboy

For the Mariah Carey song, see Loverboy (song).

Loverboy is a Canadian rock and roll group which was very popular in the 1980s, accumulating numerous hit songs in Canada and the United States. They are based in Vancouver, British Columbia but Reno and Dean originally met in Calgary, Alberta. After being rejected by many U.S. record labels, they signed with Columbia Records Canada. They began recording their first album March 20, 1980. The band members are:

• Mike Reno, lead singer
• Paul Dean, lead guitarist
• Scott Smith, bassist
• Doug Johnson, keyboardist
• Matt Frenette, drummer

Smith was declared dead after being lost at sea November 30, 2000. The current line-up includes "Spider" Sinnaeve (formerly of Streetheart) on bass.

Loverboy were well known in Canada and the U.S. for rock hits such as "Turn Me Loose", "Working For The Weekend", "Hot Girls In Love" and, the group's highest charting U.S. single, "Lovin' Every Minute Of It". The latter, written by Robert "Mutt" Lange bears more than a passing resemblance to Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me", co-written and produced by Lange.

In 2005, Loverboy were one of the featured bands on the American version of Hit Me Baby One More Time. They performed on that episode "Working For The Weekend" and a cover version of "Hero" by Enrique Iglesias.

Discography

• Loverboy (1980) #13 US
• Get Lucky (1981) #7 US
• Keep It Up (1983) #7 US
• Lovin' Every Minute Of It (1985) #13 US
• Wildside (1987) #42 US
• Big Ones (1989) #189 US
• Loverboy Classics (1994)
• Temperature's Rising (1994)
• Six (1997)
• Super Hits (1997)
• Live, Loud and Loose (2001)

Singles

• "Turn Me Loose" (1981) #35 US
• "The Kid Is Hot Tonite" (1981) #55 US
• "Working For The Weekend" (1981) #29 US
• "When It's Over" (1982) #26 US
• "Hot Girls In Love" (1983) #11 US
• "Queen Of The Broken Hearts" (1983) #34 US
• "Lovin' Every Minute Of It" (1985) #9 US
• "Dangerous" (1985) #65 US
• "This Could Be The Night" (1986) #10 US
• "Lead A Double Life" (1986) #68 US
• "Heaven In Your Eyes" (1986) #12 US
• "Notorious" (1987) #38 US
• "Too Hot" (1989) #84 US

Trivia

• Loverboy was referenced in an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force where the Mooninites obtained the Foreigner Belt, a magical belt which made literal the lyrics of Foreigner songs. When Err tried to use lyrics from a Loverboy song on Master Shake, it didn't work because "Loverboy has always sucked" according to Ignignot.

See also

• List of best-selling music artists

Loverboy's "Working for The Weekend" was featured in a Saturday Night Live sketch involving Chris Farley and Patrick Swayze auditioning for Chippendales.

External links

• The Official Loverboy Website
• Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia