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  Background group_or_band
  Origin Los Angeles , California , USA
  Genre New Wave , Pop Rock
  Years Active 1979 - 1987, 1999 - present
  Label Geffen
  Associated Acts The Big F
  Current Members Terri Nunn <br/>David Diamond<br/>Rod Learned<br/> John Crawford <br/>Matt Reid<br/>Ric Olsen
  Past Members Rob Brill<br/>Virginia Macolino


Berlin is an American New Wave band featuring lead singer Terri Nunn .

Berlin was formed in " and "No More Words", whose subsequent video saw Terri Nunn and bandmates re-enact a Bonnie and Clyde style car chase and shoot-out.

Aside from Nunn, the core members of the band were founding member , partly due to the lack of success of their album ''Count Three and Pray'' despite its major hit "Take My Breath Away"; and Nunn retained the legal rights to usage of the band's name after legal wranglings with the founding member of the group, John Crawford. Terri Nunn recreated Berlin (with a new lineup of musicians) in 1999.

In 2000-2001 Berlin contributed to several artist tribute albums. The only track to make it on to a full Berlin release is a cover of Marilyn Manson's "The Dope Show", which is included on Berlin's ''4play'' album as well as the Marilyn Manson tribute album ''Anonymous Messiah'' (2001 Vitamin Records). Other tributes include material by Madonna and Blondie.

The classic version of Berlin was featured on the VH1 show, '' Bands Reunited '' where all members (except for Rob Brill) agreed to not only reunite as friends but as a band. They played one show at The Roxy in California to a sold-out crowd.


DISCOGRAPHY



SINGLES

From ''Information'' :
  • "A Matter of Time" (1980)

  • "Fascination" (1980)

  • From ''Pleasure Victim'' :

  • "Tell Me Why" (1981)

  • "Sex (I'm A...)" (1982) #62 US

  • " The Metro " (1983) #58 US

  • "Masquerade" (1983) #82 US

  • From ''Love Life'' :

  • "No More Words" (1984) #23 US, #1 NZ

  • " Now It's My Turn " (1984) #74 US

  • "Dancing In Berlin" (1984) #12 NZ

  • "Touch" (1985)

  • From ''Count Three and Pray'' :


  • "Blink of an Eye" (2002)

  • "With a Touch" (2003)


In the UK, "Take My Breath Away" was re-released twice: in 1988, it charted at #52, and in 1990, it reached #3.


TRIVIA


  • "No More Words" was also included as the B-side of Madonna 's #1 hit of 1985 , " Crazy For You ". Both songs were part of the soundtrack for the film '' Vision Quest ''. Nonetheless, "No More Words" is not included in the soundtrack album.

  • Terri Nunn has said she was somewhat taken aback by the success of "Take My Breath Away" on Adult Contemporary radio stations, since none of Berlin's singles up to that point had been suitable for AC radio. She is quoted in ''The Billboard Book of Number One Hits'' by Fred Bronson as saying that the first radio station she heard playing it was a station her mother listened to. "Take My Breath Away" peaked at #3 on the Billboard AC chart and was the only Berlin single to enter that chart. However, Terri Nunn recorded a duet with Paul Carrack , "Romance," for the soundtrack of the 1989 film ''Sing'', and it reached #14 on the AC chart while missing the pop charts.

  • Terri Nunn auditioned for the role of Princess Leia Organa in the film '' Star Wars .''



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