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((Short description|British pop group))
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((More citations needed|date=December 2010))
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((Infobox musical artist
| name              = Racey
| image             = Richard Gower Racey.jpg
| caption           = Richard Gower, 2006
| background        = group_or_band
| origin            = [[Weston-super-Mare]], [[Somerset]], England
| genre             = [[Power pop]], [[glam rock]] (before 1980), [[New wave music|new wave]]
| label             = RAK Records
| associated_acts   = 
| years_active      = 1976–1985 (original lineup) <br> 1990–present (Racey) <br> 1991-present (Racey featuring Richard Gower)
| past_members      = Richard Gower<br>Phil Fursdon<br>Pete Miller (†2003)<br>Steven Lawrence<br>Clive Wilson<br>Nigel "Woody" Woods
| website           = ((URL|http://www.racey.net)) ((URL|http://www.raceyweb.com/history.htm))
))

'''Racey''' are a British [[pop music|pop]] group, formed in 1976 in [[Weston-super-Mare]], [[Somerset]], England, by Clive Wilson and Phil Fursdon.<ref name="AMG">((cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/racey-mn0000379216/biography |title=Racey &#124; Biography & History |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2015-10-16))</ref>  They achieved success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with hits such as "[[Lay Your Love on Me]]" and "[[Some Girls (Racey song)|Some Girls]]".<ref name=":0">((Cite web|url=http://www.racey.net/|title=Racey|website=Racey|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-06))</ref> Their 1979 song "Kitty" was an international hit in 1981 for [[Toni Basil]] when she reworked it into "[[Mickey (Toni Basil song)|Mickey]]".

==Career==
The original line-up featured Richard Gower (born 1955, [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]], London, England; vocals, keyboards, piano, guitar), Phil Fursdon (guitar, vocals), Pete Miller (bass, vocals) and Clive Wilson (drums, percussion, vocals). After early success in their local [[public house|pub]] circuit, they came to the attention of [[Mickie Most]].<ref name="AMG"/> Racey's first single, "Baby It's You", was penned by [[Smokie (band)|Smokie]] members [[Chris Norman]] and Pete Spencer, and released in 1978. Their second single, "Lay Your Love on Me", was the group's first hit single, peaking at No.3 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in late 1978 through to early 1979.<ref name="AMG"/> Their third single, "Some Girls", was also written by [[Mike Chapman]] and reached No.2 in the UK charts.<ref name="AMG"/> ("Some Girls" was later recorded by [[Barry Manilow]] for his 1982 "Here Comes the Night" album.)

The only album they made with the original line-up was their 1979 debut ''Smash and Grab''. The band's hits were either written and/or produced by [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Nicky Chinn]].<ref name="AMG"/> The band parted company with Chinn and Chapman after the album was released and, although they continued to play and tour, they released only a few more singles, which did not match their previous successes. 

The band formally split in 1985.<ref name="Racey">((Cite web|url=https://www.racey.net|title=History|website=Racey.net|access-date=27 August 2021))</ref> 

In 1990, Racey reformed after Wilson and Fursdon were approached to play at a Fourth of July party.<ref name="Racey"/> Miller died of [[cancer]] on 6 May 2003.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Racey"/> In 1991, Richard Gower formed his own version of the group with Gary Combes, Steven Lawrence and Simon Ryland<ref>((Cite web |title=The Story of Racey |url=https://www.raceyweb.com/history.htm |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=www.raceyweb.com))</ref> Both groups are still active and performing. Several albums and [[Compact disc|CD]]s, with re-recordings of the original hits as well as new material, are available from both of the present-day versions of the group.

In August 2021, the band released "It's a Glorious Day".<ref name="Glorious">((cite web|url=https://www.racey.net/its-a-glorious-day/|title=Racey's New Single – It's a Glorious Day|website=Racey.net|date=18 August 2021|access-date=27 August 2021))</ref>

==Discography==
===Albums===
====Studio albums====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;" | Album details
! colspan="5" |Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name="aus" />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br /><ref>((Cite web|title=Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal|url=https://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=racey&cat=a|access-date=2021-10-19|website=austriancharts.at))</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br /><ref name=":0" />
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br /><ref>((Cite web|title=charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=racey&cat=a|access-date=2021-10-19|website=charts.nz))</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br /><ref>((Cite web|title=swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal|url=https://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=racey&cat=a|access-date=2021-10-19|website=swedishcharts.com))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''Smash and Grab''
|
* Released: September 1979
* Label: [[Rak Records|Rak]]
*Formats: [[LP record|LP]], [[Cassette tape|MC]]
| 5
|15
|29
|10
|32
|}

====Compilation albums====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Title
! scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Album details
|-
! scope="row" |''The Best of Racey''
|
* Released: August 1993
* Label: [[EMI Records|EMI]]
* Format: [[Compact Disc|CD]]
|-
! scope="row" | ''Say Wow! (Greatest & Latest)''
|
* Released: 1996
* Label: [[CMC International|CMC]]
* Format: CD
* Denmark-only release
|-
! scope="row" |''Lay Your Love on Me''
|
* Released: February 1996
* Label: Disky
* Format: CD
* Europe-only release
|-
! scope="row" | ''Some Girls''
|
* Released: February 1998
* Label: Wise Buy
* Format: CD
* Europe-only release
|-
! scope="row" |''The Very Best Of''
|
* Released: 1998
* Format: CD
* Label: Go On Deluxe
* Sweden-only release
|-
! scope="row" |''Racey''
|
* Released: 1998
* Label: Rem!nd
* Format: CD
* Netherlands-only release
* Released in the UK in 2006 as ''The Best Of''
|-
! scope="row" |''Lay Your Love on Me''
|
* Released: 1999
* Label: Digimode
* Format: CD
* Netherlands-only release
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" |Title
! rowspan="2" |Year
! colspan="12" |Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" |Certification
! rowspan="2" |Album
|-
!scope="col"|<small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br/><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">((cite book|last=Roberts|first=David|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|year=2006|isbn=1-904994-10-5|edition=19th|location=London|page=447))</ref><ref>((Cite web|title=RACEY ((!)) full Official Chart History ((!)) Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17273/racey/|access-date=2021-10-19|website=www.officialcharts.com))</ref>
!scope="col"|<small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><br/><ref name="aus">((cite book|last=Kent|first=David|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|edition=illustrated|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|page=244|author-link=David Kent (historian)))</ref>
!<small>[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]</small><br /><ref>((Cite web|title=Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal|url=https://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=racey&cat=s|access-date=2021-10-19|website=austriancharts.at))</ref>
!<small>[[Ultratop|BE (FLA)]]</small><br /><ref>((Cite web|title=ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?cat=s&search=racey|access-date=2021-10-19|website=www.ultratop.be))</ref>
!<small>[[IFPI Danmark|DEN]]</small><br /><ref>((Cite web|title=Danish Chart Archive - Singles 1979 - ____ (B.T./IFPI DK)|url=https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/chart-analysis/121831-danish-chart-archive-singles-1979-____-b-t-ifpi-dk|access-date=2021-10-19|website=UKMIX Forums|language=en))</ref>
!<small>[[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]</small><br /><ref name=":0b">((Cite web|title=Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche|access-date=2021-10-19|website=www.offiziellecharts.de))</ref>
!<small>[[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]</small><br /><ref>((Cite web|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know|url=http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement|access-date=2021-10-19|website=irishcharts.ie))</ref>
!<small>[[Dutch Single Top 100|NL]]</small><br /><ref>((Cite web|title=Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?search=racey&cat=s|access-date=2021-10-19|website=dutchcharts.nl))</ref>
!<small>[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]</small><br /><ref>((Cite web|title=charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal|url=https://charts.nz/search.asp?search=racey&cat=s|access-date=2021-10-19|website=charts.nz))</ref>
!<small>[[Springbok Radio|SA]]</small><br /><ref>((Cite web|title=South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (R)|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(R).html|access-date=2021-10-19|website=www.rock.co.za))</ref>
!<small>[[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]</small><br /><ref>((Cite web|title=swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal|url=https://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=racey&cat=s|access-date=2021-10-19|website=swedishcharts.com))</ref>
!<small>[[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]</small><br /><ref>((Cite web|title=Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch|url=http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=racey|access-date=2021-10-19|website=swisscharts.com))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |"Baby It's You"
| rowspan="2" |1978
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|((N/A|Non-album single))
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Lay Your Love on Me]]"
| align="center" |3
|1
|—
|3
|4
|14
|2
|2
|1
|—
|—
|—
|
* [[IFPI Danmark|DEN]]: Silver<ref name="Den80">((cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1980/CB-1980-05-17.pdf|title=International Certifiations|magazine=[[Cash Box magazine|Cash Box]]|via=World Radio History|page=39|date= 17 May 1980|access-date= 3 December 2021))</ref>
| rowspan="4" |''Smash and Grab''
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Some Girls (Racey song)|Some Girls]]"
| rowspan="2" |1979
| align="center" |2
|1
|9
|3
|2
|2
|2
|4
|1
|1
|11
|2
|
* DEN: Silver<ref name="Den80"/>
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Boy Oh Boy (Racey song)|Boy Oh Boy]]"
| align="center" |22
|12
|3
|14
|1
|3
|9
|24
|12
|2
|—
|2
|
* DEN: Silver<ref name="Den80"/>
|-
! scope="row" |"Such a Night"
| rowspan="3" |1980
| align="center" |—
|94
|—
|—
|4
|13
|—
|31
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope="row" |"Rest of My Life"
| align="center" |—
|45
|—
|—
|6
|44
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
| rowspan="8" ((N/A|Non-album singles))
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Runaround Sue]]"
| align="center" |13
|91
|—
|4
|7
|36
|9
|13
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope="row" |"Shame"
| rowspan="3" |1981
| align="center" |—
|—
|—
|32
|—
|59
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Little Darlin']]"
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope="row" |"There's a Party Going On"
| align="center" |—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Not Too Young to Get Married]]"
|1982
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope="row" |"Little Girls Don't, But Big Girls Do"
| rowspan="2" |1992
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope="row" |"Party On!"
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|-
! scope="row" |"Cry Cry Time"
|1996
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|''Say Wow! (Greatest & Latest)''
|-
! scope="row" |"It's a Glorious Day"<ref name="Gloriousb">((cite web|date=18 August 2021|title=Racey's New Single – It's a Glorious Day|url=https://www.racey.net/its-a-glorious-day/|access-date=27 August 2021|website=Racey.net))</ref>
|2021
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|((N/A|Non-album single))
|-
| colspan="16" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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