They formed in 1984 and released their debut album in 1985 and their second in 1989 before splitting up in 1992. They had a one-off reunion in 1996.
Discography:
- Fine Young Cannibals (1985)
- The Raw & the Cooked (1989)
She tropes me crazy like no one else:
- Cover Version: Covered "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley.
- Don't Look Back: One of their songs is named after this trope.
- The Four Chords of Pop: A I-IV-vi-V example for "She Drives Me Crazy".
- Love Makes You Crazy: "She Drives Me Crazy":She drives me crazy
Like no one else
She drives me crazy
And I can't help myself - Obsession Song: "She Drives Me Crazy" is about the narrator being crazy in love with a girl.
- Retraux: The video for their cover of "Suspicious Minds" pays homage to 1960s music variety shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show, starting out in hazy black-and-white before gradually adding a Splash of Color.
- Shout-Out: They were named after the 1960 film All the Fine Young Cannibals.
- Something Something Leonard Bernstein: "She Drives Me Crazy"; if the high falsetto alone didn't make it near impossible to sing along to, there's also the fact that the only bit you'll get is part of the chorus: "She drives me crazy and I can't help myself."