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Racey scored a series of hit singles in Britain, Australia and New Zealand including ''Lay Your Love On Me'' and ''Some Girls''. Their ''Smash and Grab'' album sold about 500,000 copies worldwide. The band's hits were written and produced by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn . Another Chinn-Chapman song, ''Kitty'', was reworked and released by Toni Basil as ''Mickey'' in 1981; it reached No. 1 in the US and No.2 in the UK in early 1982. Their first single, ''Baby It's You'', was penned by Smokie members Chris Norman and Pete Spencer. Their second single, ''Lay Your Love On Me'', was the RAK label's best-selling single, selling about 950,000 copies in the UK alone. Their third single, ''Some Girls'', was written for Blondie , for whom Mike Chapman also produced, but was instead given to Racey as a follow-up to''Lay Your Love On Me''. Racey parted company with Chinn and Chapman after ''Smash And Grab'' and the band split in 1985. Since then two separate groups named Racey exists, one featuring Richard Gower, the other featuring Clive Wilson, Phil Fursdon and Pete Miller, the original bass player of Racey. Miller died of cancer in 2003. CD's with re-recordings of the original hits and new material are available with both groups. SINGLES
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