In the late-1980s, Fox began a successful singing career, producing three albums in three years (1986-1988), and working with notable music producers such as Stock Aitken Waterman and Full Force. Her debut single, Touch Me (I Want Your Body), released when she was just 19 years old in March 1986, made the Top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic (#3 in the UK; #4 in the US). It also topped the charts in many countries. Her debut live performance came at Peter Stringfellow’s club Hippodrome. Fox had three Top 10 hits in both the United States and Britain. In Canada and the U.S., Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) (#3 in the US; #8 in Canada) and I Wanna Have Some Fun (#8 in the US; #10 in Canada) made the Top 10; whereas British audiences put Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me) (#10 in the UK) and Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now (#8 in the UK) into the Top 10. Her successful singing career resulted in Fox touring the world, including unusual places such as Bosnia, Russia, Ukraine, and Siberia. In total Fox achieved 8 top 40 hits as a solo artist in the UK And 4 other singles found a place in the top 75 in this country.
After a 3-year break, Samantha Fox released her fourth and final album in for Jive Records in 1991, entitled Just One Night. The album mirrored her previous work on 1988’s I Wanna Have Some Fun, by presenting a mix of old school hip-hop style tracks featuring Full Force, along with a collection of pop & rock tracks. Just one Night became a hit for Fox in Canada. In 1992, Jive released Samantha’s first official compilation, Greatest Hits, which featured three new tracks.
In 1995, Fox attempted to revive her singing career again by participating in the “Song for Europe”, the competition to select the UK’s entry for the annual Eurovision Song Contest. She performed Go for the Heart, as lead singer of the group Sox, but failed to reach Eurovision after finishing 4th in the public vote. Go for the Heart was released in Europe and became a chart hit in the Netherlands. In 1997, she released a new album 21st Century Fox. The album featured Eurodance and Hi-NRG music. The album was released in the US a year later with the lead single Let Me Be Free. 21st Century Fox became her first indie release. She also co-wrote and produced many of its tracks. Other singles from the album are Deeper and The Reason Is You. This is the album that made her a bigger favourite with her fan base. In 1998 Fox teamed up with DJ Milano who produced the club hit Santa Maria. The track charted in the UK and reached #1 in Austria as well as top 40 positions in other European countries. In 2004, Fox teamed up with Mats Söderlund (alias Günther) in order to do a remake of Touch Me (I Want Your Body). This version reached #1 on the Swedish Singles Chart and included remixes by dj alligator and lounge mixes. This version also charted in Greece, Finland, Norway and became a firm favourite with clubbers around the globe appearing on many dance and hit compilations. In summer 2005 Fox featured on the Superchumbo album ‘Wozie Zowie’ and recorded the house track Sugar. The track received rave reviews and was a underground hit in the clubs for most of 2005 appearing in many dj charts across the world. The track also appeared on various House Hits compilations.
In November 2005, Fox released her latest album, Angel with an Attitude, in Canada. For the album, she chose to work together with the award-winning producer Joe Barrucco.
Fox toured Australia throughout late-August and early-September 2007, as part of the Countdown Spectacular 2. Songs performed were “Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)” and Touch Me (I Want Your Body).
On August 24, 2008 Samantha Fox will perform in Poland in concert of stars of the 80’s, together with Kim Wilde, Sabrina, Sandra, Modern Talking, Limahl and Shakin’ Stevens. The concert will be a part of Sopot Festival 2008 and will be presented live on Polish channel TVN.
Discography
- Touch Me (1986)
- Samantha Fox (1987)
- I Wanna Have Some Fun (1988)
- Just One Night (1991)
- Greatest Hits (1992)
- 21st Century Fox (1998)
- Watching You, Watching Me (2002)
- Angel with an Attitude (2005)
- Angel with an Attitude (2007) - Australian re-release with 1 bonus track
