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Baltimora

Data updated on 2025-03-25 14:58:53 UTC
Baltimora were a new wave dance act from Milan, Italy who found success with their 1985 hit single "Tarzan Boy." Italian musician and producer Maurizio Bassi formed the project in 1984 with singer and dancer Jimmy McShane, a native of Northern Ireland who had recently relocated to Italy. A fixture of the underground dance scene in Milan, the flamboyant McShane was essentially the frontman and face of Baltimora, with Bassi and a handful of other Italian musicians writing and performing most of the band's music. With its buoyant synth-pop melody and signature Tarzan-call chorus, their debut single, "Tarzan Boy," became a major hit in the summer of 1985, first in Europe, and later in North America. By the year's end, their first full-length album, Living in the Background, had arrived in Europe, selling modestly in spite of its wildly successful lead track. A second album, Survivor in Love, was released in 1987, though it failed to capture the public's imagination the way "Tarzan Boy" had and Baltimora disbanded not long afterward. Bassi went on to work on various other projects and McShane, after being diagnosed with AIDS in 1994, passed away the following year. In the years after the band's demise, some sources claimed that Bassi was, in fact, the lead singer on "Tarzan Boy" and most of the Baltimora's other tracks, with McShane lip-synching during all of their live performances and videos. Whatever the case, the song's legacy has endured to become one of the better-known dance-pop hits of the '80s. ~ Timothy Monger, Rovi

Genres

: italo disco

Total plays

310.6 million
Updated on 2025-03-25

Monthly listeners

2,836,343

Followers

126,534

Top Cities

  1. Mexico
    88,298 listeners
  2. Chile
    110,841 listeners
  3. Peru
    Lima
    57,722 listeners
  4. Brazil
    53,682 listeners
  5. Guatemala
    Guatemala City
    45,929 listeners

Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Tarzan Boy
Tarzan Boy
237,772,654 6:19 1985-01-01
Tarzan Boy
Tarzan Boy
59,075,891 3:50 2010-01-01
Woody Boogie
Woody Boogie
7,028,963 5:56 1985-01-01
Tarzan Boy - Summer Version / 2010 Digital Remaster
Tarzan Boy - Summer Version / 2010 Digital Remaster
2,419,969 6:47 2010-01-01
Chinese Restaurant
Chinese Restaurant
1,229,420 5:13 1985-01-01
Living In The Background
Living In The Background
762,867 6:09 1985-01-01
Pull The Wires
Pull The Wires
526,587 4:45 1985-01-01
Juke Box Boy - Maxi / 2010 Digital Remaster
Juke Box Boy - Maxi / 2010 Digital Remaster
484,055 5:52 2010-01-01
Running For Your Love
Running For Your Love
362,060 5:51 1985-01-01
Survivor In Love - 2010 Digital Remaster
Survivor In Love - 2010 Digital Remaster
284,053 5:05 2010-01-01
Key Key Karimba - 2010 Digital Remaster
Key Key Karimba - 2010 Digital Remaster
191,629 6:01 2010-01-01
Call Me In The Heart Of The Night - 2010 Digital Remaster
Call Me In The Heart Of The Night - 2010 Digital Remaster
110,691 4:55 2010-01-01
Global Love - 2010 Digital Remaster
Global Love - 2010 Digital Remaster
99,476 4:41 2010-01-01
Come On Strike - 2010 Digital Remaster
Come On Strike - 2010 Digital Remaster
88,820 4:49 2010-01-01
Set Me Free - 2010 Digital Remaster
Set Me Free - 2010 Digital Remaster
75,826 4:49 2010-01-01
Jimmy's Guitar - 2010 Digital Remaster
Jimmy's Guitar - 2010 Digital Remaster
64,002 3:58 2010-01-01
Bounce Boom
Bounce Boom
23,651 3:34 2015-05-08
Let Me Come
Let Me Come
19,402 3:34 2015-05-08
Tarzan Boy - Edit Dj version
Tarzan Boy - Edit Dj version
18,322 3:27 2012-01-01
Tarzan Boy - 12" Maxi B-Side / 2010 Digital Remaster
Tarzan Boy - 12" Maxi B-Side / 2010 Digital Remaster
< 1000 5:11 2010-01-01

New releases

Tarzan Boy: The World Of Baltimora
Tarzan Boy: The World Of Baltimora
2010-01-01
[EMI Marketing]
Tarzan Boy: The World Of Baltimora
Tarzan Boy: The World Of Baltimora
2010-01-01
[EMI Marketing]
Living In The Background
Living In The Background
1985-01-01
[Capitol Records]