Released on April 27, 1983, Whammy! reached number 29 on the Billboard 200 chart. ” Legal Tender ” reached the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Singles chart alongside ” Whammy Kiss ” and ” Song for a Future Generation “. For the Whammy! tour, some tracks featured Strickland on the drums, while others used a backing track so Strickland could come forward and play other parts. This also freed up the vocalists (now sometimes not playing instruments) to perform some simple choreography. Copyright issues with Yoko Ono led to the cover song “Don’t Worry” being removed from the album and replaced by “Moon 83″—a rearranged version of “There’s a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)” from their debut album—on future pressings of Whammy!
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