This track was released in 1989 — the year when CD singles exploded into the market. Being a fan of Man 2 Man’s 1986 Male Stripper track, Action simply succeeded Male Stripper in some ways. The bassline alone is New York’s best, kicking you hard in the chest with a heavy thud. It pounds you in repeated-steps. Watch out, baby!
Man 2 Man were two brothers: Paul Zone and Miki Zone. After Miki’s death, Paul changed the name of Man To Man. The following information is taken from Paul Zone’s MySpace page…
Brothers Paul Zone, Miki Zone & Armand Zone formed The Fast in the mid 70s somewhere between glam & punk and soon became an integral part of the Max’s/CBGB scene along side Blondie & The Ramones with their blend of power pop & garage punk. As Man 2 Man, Paul & Miki went on to composed, produced & perform songs that would come to define an era in 80s Euro dance/pop and their club sensation “Male Stripper” became a 1 pop hit throughout Europe, Austalia, South America & Mexico.
In 1983 they recorded a few tracks with the first Fast producer Bobby Orlando (one being an early version of Male Stripper) and got bookings in bigger dance clubs like The Fun House, Limelight & The Saint in New York City and at Heaven in London. At this time they started calling themselves Man 2 Man, recorded self produced 12inch dance singles and would have popular chart topping club hits world wide by 1985. They continued as a live act, touring alongside Sylvester & Divine in clubs and venues holding up to 5000 people in the UK, South America & Mexico. A self produced, re-recording of Male Stripper was released as a b-side in 1986 and DJ’s around the world fliped the record over and it shot to number 1 on the dance charts. In March of 1987 Male Stripper went on to become a break out, cross over number 1 pop hit and landed them on the most important music TV show in Europe, “Top Of The Pops” in England. Man 2 Man singles “Male Stripper”, “I Need A Man”, “Energy Is Eurobeat”, “Who Knows What Evil?” & “These Boots Are Made For Walkin” all hit the pop charts in the UK and “At The Gym” became a hit in France with help from Village People producer Jaques Morali. Man 2 Man toured the World for the remainder of the 80s and retired in 1990 and haven’t released new recordings or performed live since.
Man 2 Man – “Action” (Dance Floor Action)…
Artist: Man 2 Man
Title: Action (Dance Floor Action)
Year: 1989
Label: ZYX Records
Man 2 Man – “Action” (Dance Floor Action) (mp3)
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Trevor Horn is the guy who produced and performed “
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