beauty in a beast by keito blow (featuring ‘trouble’)

thanks to Jie for telling me about this great track!

keito blow’s website

trivia

Trivia

• 1995: Released their song Trouble with the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie soundtrack.
• 1995: Released a Japanese video collection entitled ‘We Are Shampoo’, containing videos for “Trouble”, “Viva La Megababes”, “Delicious” & “Bouffant Headbutt”.
• 1995: Released a Japanese book entitled ‘Delicious’.
• 1995: Recorded a cover version of the Beastie Boys “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)” for the Warchild charity album Help. The recording was not released as the girls had made it too “disco”. Although the track remains unreleased, Shampoo performed the song live on their 1995 Tour of Japan.
• 2000: Provided voices for the Playstation puzzle game ‘Spin Jam‘.
• There are two different videos for “Trouble”. The original features the girls trying to get home from central London after a night out. The re-make features new footage of the girls singing to the camera, intercut with film footage from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.
• “Trouble” was covered by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine. It can be found as a B-side on their “The Young Offenders Mum” single.

discography

Discography

Singles

Title	UK Chart Position
“Blisters and Bruises”	N/A
“Bouffant Headbutt”	N/A
“Trouble”	11
“Viva La Megababes”	27
“Delicious”	21
“Trouble” (re-release)	36
“Girl Power”	25
“I Know What Boys Like”	42
“War Paint”	Japan Only
“Yea Yea Yea (Tell Me Baby)”	Japan Only

Albums

Title	Additional Info
We Are Shampoo (1994)	UK Chart Position 45
Delicious (1994)	Japanese Only: B-Sides/Rare Tracks
Shampoo Or Nothing (1995)	Japanese Release of ‘Girl Power’
Girl Power (1996)	UK Release of ‘Shampoo Or Nothing’
The Greatest (1998)	Japan Only ‘Greatest Hits’
Absolute Shampoo (2000)	Internet Only
We Are Shampoo (2007)	Re-Issued album + 6 B-Sides

List of songs

We Are Shampoo

1. Trouble
2. Delicious
3. Viva La Megababes
4. Dirty Old Love Song
5. Skinny White Thing
6. Glimmer Globe
7. Shiny Black Taxi Cab
8. Me Hostage
9. Game Boy
10. House of Love
11. Shampoo You
12. Saddo

Girl Power/Shampoo Or Nothing

1. Girl Power
2. News Flash
3. I Know What Boys Like
4. Bare Knuckle Girl
5. Zap Pow
6. War Paint
7. You Love It
8. Boys Are Us
9. We Play Dumb
10. I’m Gonna Scream
11. Don’t Call Me Babe
12. Girl Power (Extended Version) (Bonus Track On ‘Shampoo Or Nothing’)
13. War Paint (Extended Version) (Bonus Track On ‘Shampoo Or Nothing’)
14. I know What Boys Like (Extended Version) (Bonus Track On ‘Shampoo Or Nothing’)

Absolute Shampoo

1. Shampoo’s Cupboard
2. Inspector Gadget
3. Sod The Neighbours
4. Take A Break
5. Dont Remember
6. Terrorist TV
7. First Class
8. Star Of The Show
9. Jet Lag
10. Love Hate Baby
11. Sid

Singles/B-Sides

• Blisters & Bruises
• Paydirt
• I Love Little Pussy
• Bouffant Headbutt
• Excellent
• Monster
• We Don’t Care
• School Is Boring
• Girls ‘Round Here
• Kinky Ken
• Outta Control
• Cars
• Top Of The Pops
• Yea Yea Yea (Tell Me Baby)

Mixes/Live/Etc

• Trouble - Now Ex Mix
• Trouble - Detention Mix
• Trouble - Karaoke Version
• Viva La Megababes - Extended Mix aka ‘US Extended Mix’
• Viva La Megababes - Karaoke Version
• Delicious - Karaoke Version
• Excellent - Live, Recorded at The Grand April 95
• Girl Power - Extended Version
• I Know What Boys Like - Extended Version
• I Know What Boys Like - Hed Boys Seka Mix
• I Know What Boys Like - Hed Boys Party Dub Mix
• War Paint - Extended Version
• War Paint - Karaoke
• Yea Yea Yea (Tell Me Baby) - Karaoke Mix

Cover versions

• “House of Love“, originally by East 17
• “Cars“, originally by Gary Numan
• “Top Of The Pops“, originally by The Rezillos
• “I Know What Boys Like“, originally by The Waitresses
• “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)“, originally by The Beastie Boys
• “I Love Little Pussy“, originally by Little Marcy

music players

absolute shampoo, girl power
we are shampoo, rare & b-sides
live in ‘95