Giant Steps (band)

Giant Steps
Also known as	The Quick
Origin	England
Genres	Pop[1]
Years active	1988–1990
Labels	A&M
Past members	Colin "Col" Campsie George McFarlane

Giant Steps was a pop duo from England that consisted of vocalist/producer Colin Campsie and bassist/keyboardist/producer George McFarlane. They had previously recorded as the Quick.

Giant Steps' only album, The Book of Pride, was released in 1988, and its first single "Another Lover" became a hit in the United States, peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] It became very popular in Italy in 1988 as well, garnering considerable airplay on pop radio.^[citation needed] It was subsequently featured over the opening credits of the 1989 film Loverboy, starring Patrick Dempsey.

Giant Steps' follow-up single "Into You" was a modest US chart success, reaching No. 58 in early 1989.[2]

In 2006, Campsie became infamous for writing the Kandy Floss record, and was mistakenly credited as being a member of Go West by Mr. Holy Moly in Metro's 25 February edition.

Band members

• Colin Campsie - vocals, production
• George McFarlane - keyboards, guitars, production

with

• Gardner Cole - keyboards, vocals, composer, arranger, producer [3]
• Edie Lehmann - backgrounds
• Bruce Gaitsch - guitars
• David Boruff - saxophone

Discography

Albums

• The Book of Pride (1988) (A&M Records AMA 5190)

Singles

• "Another Lover" (1988) - US #13
• "The Book of Pride" (1988)
• "Into You" (1989)

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Albums (6th ed.). Record Research Inc. p. 408. ISBN 0-89820-166-7.
2. Giant Steps USA chart history, Billboard. Retrieved March 27, 2013
3. "Gardner Cole : Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 June 2020.