Helicopter Girl
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Helicopter Girl | |
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| Birth name | Jackie Joyce |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Instant Karma Records, Dharma Records |
Helicopter Girl is the stage name of Jackie Joyce, a musician from Perth, Scotland. Her first album was 2000's How to Steal the World, which was nominated for a Mercury Prize. Also, in 2001, she appeared on the Rod Stewart album, Human, performing with him on the track "Don't Come Around Here."
Joyce then took an extended break from the business before writing and recording her second album, Voodoo Chic, which featured the single "Angel City," and was released in 2004. The album Metropolitan was released in June 2008. It was preceded by the single "It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This", which was a top 10 Club hit in late 2007.[citation needed]
A track in the album Ecohero by Ambisonic, a band she was a member of in 1997, featured a song called "Helicopter Kinda Girl".
Discography
- How to Steal the World (Instant Karma Records, 2000)
- Voodoo Chic (Dharma Records, 2004; (released in 2005 in the USA on Robbins Entertainment)
- Metropolitan (Dharma Records, 2008)
External links
- Article from The Guardian, 2004
- Instant Karma on the web
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