# Blue Pearl

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**Blue Pearl** were an English electronic music duo consisting of American female singer [Durga McBroom](/source/Durga_McBroom) and British musician [Youth](/source/Youth_(musician)) (Martin Glover).[1] They charted six times on the UK singles chart[2] and had two songs reach the US *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))* [Hot Dance Club Play](/source/Hot_Dance_Club_Play) [chart](/source/Record_chart).

"[Naked in the Rain](/source/Naked_in_the_Rain)" was a No. 4 hit in the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) and a No. 5 dance hit in the US in 1990, which was originally issued on blue [vinyl](/source/Gramophone_record).[1] It was followed by "[(Can You) Feel the Passion](/source/(Can_You)_Feel_the_Passion)" (whose melody samples [Bizarre Inc](/source/Bizarre_Inc)'s "[Playing with Knives](/source/Playing_with_Knives)"),[1] which hit No. 1 on both *Billboard'*s Dance Club Play and the [UK Dance Chart](/source/UK_Dance_Chart) in 1992, reaching No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart. They also had a Top 40 hit in the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) in November 1990 with the No. 31 hit, "Little Brother".[3]

As McBroom is a backing vocalist for [Pink Floyd](/source/Pink_Floyd), their records feature guest appearances from [David Gilmour](/source/David_Gilmour) and [Richard Wright](/source/Richard_Wright_(musician)). A couple of decades later, both Youth and McBroom went on to be involved in the completion of Pink Floyd's 2014 album *[The Endless River](/source/The_Endless_River)*, which charted at No. 1 in the [UK Albums Chart](/source/UK_Albums_Chart).[1]

## Discography

### Albums

- *[Naked](/source/Naked_(Blue_Pearl_album))* (1990) [UK](/source/UK_Albums_Chart) No. 58[3]

### Singles

Year Single Peak positions Album UK [4] IRE NED BEL (FLA) GER [5] AUT SWI SWE US Dance [6] 1990 "Naked in the Rain" 4 14 — 9 21 2 15 6 5 Naked "Little Brother" 31 30 — — 75 — — — — 1991 "Alive" — — — — — — — — — "(Can You) Feel the Passion" 14 24 49 34 — — — 32 1 singles only 1992 "Mother Dawn" 50 — — — — — — — — 1993 "Fire of Love" (with Jungle High) 71 — — — — — — — — 1998 "Naked in the Rain '98" 22 — — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

## See also

- [List of Billboard number-one dance club songs](/source/List_of_Billboard_number-one_dance_club_songs)
- [List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart](/source/List_of_artists_who_reached_number_one_on_the_US_Dance_chart)

## References

1. Colin Larkin (ed.) (1998). *[The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)*. First ed. [Virgin Books](/source/Virgin_Books). p. 42. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.

1. ["BLUE PEARL | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company"](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/26293/blue-pearl/). *[Official Charts](/source/Official_Charts_Company)*

1. Roberts, David (2006). *British Hit Singles & Albums*. 19th ed. London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 66. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

1. Peak positions for U.K.: *For **All singles except those below**: ["Official Charts Company: Blue Pearl"](http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/blue%20pearl/). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 April 2014. *For **"Fire Of Love"**: ["Official Charts Company: Jungle High With Blue Pearl"](http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/jungle%20high%20with%20blue%20pearl/). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 April 2014.

1. ["Blue Pearl – German Chart"](https://archive.today/20141018162518/http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=blue+pearl&x=0&y=0&country=de). charts.de. Archived from [the original](http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=blue+pearl&x=0&y=0&country=de) on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.

1. ["Blue Pearl – US Dance Club Songs Chart"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160101061809/http://www.billboard.com/artist/291889/blue-pearl/chart). *Billboard*. Archived from [the original](http://www.billboard.com/artist/291889/blue-pearl/chart) on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2014.

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