Ricardus
Addicted to Fun and Learning
Fine. If the people who sang it don't actually want to be recognized for it, cool.It happens all the time, even in genre's where you don't expect it. This Belgian punk classic is not sung by the artist (Plastic Bertrand), but by his producer Lou Deprijck (2man sound), and the artist was only involved after the total production was done. Lou did not want to perform it himself because he was known for cheesy disco and latin hits with his 2man sound and would not been taken serious by the punks. Later on he also made a lot of 2tone ska btw.
But in the case of Milli Vanilli it didn't matter to the world one way or another who the F*CK Milli or Vanilli were. Just give the singers a weird haircut and some funky clothes and put them in front of the cameras.
I remember having this same discussion on my BBS in the 80s. Full circle.