"What Fun! is a pop/reggae group based in Haarlem, Netherlands
founded in 1981. Within two years, the group grew rapidly in size to a
total of ten members and success quickly followed in 1983 with the
release of the single "The Right Side Won", which reached Number 3 in
the Dutch hit parade in December of that year, and Number 1 in Belgium. "The Right Side Won", inspired by the Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina, made the BBC Radio 1 playlist, but was quickly removed when the content of the lyrics became apparent. The single was banned from release in South Africa
because What Fun! had both black and white members. The group toured
intensively in the Netherlands and Belgium during the period 1983 to
1989 and two further singles ("Let's Get Digital" and "Many Men, Many
Minds") and an LP ("Having Fun?") were released in the Benelux.
By 1989 What Fun! had run out of steam and the members went their
separate ways, only to reform again in 2005 with five of the original
members and three new ones."
THE RIGHT SIDE WON 12" (1983)
A - The Right Side Won (extended version)
B - The Right Side Won (dub version)
LETS GET DIGITAL 7" (1984)
A - Let's Get Digital
B - Feel Like a Crash
LETS GET DIGITAL 12" (1984)
A - Let's Get Digital (extended version)
B1 - Let's Get Digital (dub version)
B2 - Let's Get Digital (instrumental)
HAVING FUN? 12" (1984)
1 Let's Get Digital
2 Can't Doesn't Want
3 A Skeleton (or Two) in the Closet
4 The Right Side Won
5 Dog in a Manger
6 Polish Crackdown
It seems that the only thing I'm missing is the Many Men, Many Minds single. The b-side is Many Men, Many Minds (instrumental) which I don't have but I did include the a-side in this download along with three unreleased songs -
*Amore or Less
*Big Steps
*Big Fun
- that I nicked from THIS SITE
I never got around to buying this record yet. There are lots of them all over the internet so I will have a copy someday but the song itself is easy enough to find on line so here it is if you don't have it yet. This was definitely going to be on my next podcast but I couldn't decide if I wanted the 7" version at the beginning of the episode or the 12" version at the end. You can have both:
