Messin' with the Boys

Messin' with the Boys is the second post-Runaways album by Cherie Currie, released in 1980.[2][3] For this album, Currie worked with her identical twin sister, Marie Currie.[4][5] Their band was called Cherie and Marie Currie. Marie was a guest vocalist on Cherie's first album,[6] so Marie went on tour with Cherie to support her first album, Beauty's Only Skin Deep. When Marie would join Cherie on stage to sing the encores, the audience would go wild.[7] Cherie then ran with the idea that two blonds are better than one.[8] The idea paid off because Messin' with the Boys received more radio play than Beauty's Only Skin Deep, and their song "Since You Been Gone" made it to 95 on US charts.[9] The single "This Time" and the album Messin' with the Boys made the top 200 on U.S. charts.[10] This makes Messin' with the Boys Cherie Currie's most successful solo album. "I Just Love the Feeling" originally surfaced on the 1974 album, S.S. Fools by the group of the same name. Cherie duetted with that group's lead singer, Bobby Kimball, and wrote the additional lyrics in the second verse.

Messin' with the Boys
Studio album by
Cherie & Marie Currie
Released1980 (re-released in 1997)
Recorded1979, 1980
StudioDavlen Sound Studios, North Hollywood, California; Studio 55, Los Angeles
GenreRock, hard rock
Length41:11
LabelCapitol (re-released by Renaissance Records)
ProducerJai Winding
Cherie & Marie Currie chronology
Beauty's Only Skin Deep (Cherie Currie)
(1978)		 Messin' with the Boys
(1980)		 Young and Wild (Cherie & Marie Currie)
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Messin' with the Boys was originally released by Capitol Records in 1980,[11] but was re-released on Renaissance Records in 1997.[12] For the 1997 re-release, the twins recorded seven new bonus tracks, tracks 11 through 17. One of the bonus tracks is "Cherry Bomb", a song Cherie recorded with the Runaways. When Cherie was in the Runaways, it was regarded as their signature song.

In 1988, singer Tone Norum covered Cherie and Marie Currie's song "This Time". She named her album after that song.[13] "This Time" was also covered by the UK band Smart.

Marie Currie's quotes

When Brad Hamlin asked Marie Currie, "Tell us how Messin' with the Boys came about", Marie replied: "That's a very long story, but I still to this day believe it is one of the best albums we could've made. We had the best musicians, songwriters, and a tremendous amount of support. I look back at recording that album with a smile."[14]

Track listing

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  1. "Messin' with the Boys" (Joey Brasler, M. Ruth) – 3:47
  2. "Since You Been Gone" (Russ Ballard) – 3:41
  3. "I Just Love the Feeling" (featuring Bobby Kimball) (Bobby Kimball, Cherie Currie) – 4:32
  4. "All I Want" (John Batdorf, Sue Sheridan) – 3:40
  5. "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" (Eric Carmen) – 5:01
  6. "Elaine" (David Paich) – 3:20
  7. "This Time" (Billy Bizeau) – 6:08
  8. "Wishing Well" (John Bundrick, Simon Kirke, Paul Kossoff, Paul Rodgers, Tetsu Yamauchi) – 3:27
  9. "Secrets" (Cherie Currie, Michelle Winding) – 2:26
  10. "We're Through" (Joey Brasler) – 5:13
  11. "Kamakazee Lover" (Joey Brasler, Stephen G. Crane) - 3:33 (1997 Bonus track)
  12. "I Surrender" (Russ Ballard) - 3:48 (1997 Bonus track)
  13. "Prisoner" (David Paich, D. Williams) - 3:29 (1997 Bonus track)
  14. "You're a Baby" (Joey Brasler, B. Berkowitz) - 3:34 (1997 Bonus track)
  15. "Tough Break" (S. Dunscombe-Lynch, L. Whitman) - 3:50 (1997 Bonus track)
  16. "Always the Last to Know" (Joey Brasler, Cherie Currie) - 3:09 (1997 Bonus track)
  17. "Cherry Bomb" (Joan Jett, Kim Fowley) - 2:13 (1997 Bonus track)

Singles
YearSingleUSAlbum
1979"Since You Been Gone"95Messin' with the Boys[9]
1980"Messin' with the Boys"-Messin' with the Boys
1980"This Time"TBAMessin' with the Boys

Personnel

Production
  • Producer: Jai Winding
  • Assistant producer: Michele Winding

References
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  4. Gina Boldman. "Messin' with the Boys - Cherie & Marie Currie | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
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  8. Rayl, Salley. "To Cherie and Marie Currie, Two Blondies Are Better Than One". People.com. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  9. "Messin' with the Boys - Cherie & Marie Currie | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  10. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/cherie_and_marie_currie
  11. "Cherie And Marie Currie* - Messin' With The Boys (Cassette)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  12. "Cherie & Marie Currie - Messin' With The Boys (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  13. http://www.discogs.com/Tone-Norum-This-Time/release/1683993
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2015-09-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. "iTunes - Music - Messin' With the Boys by Cherie and Marie Currie". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
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