One Hit Wonder Women with Meredith Brooks, Jennifer Paige and guest Inaya Day
An International Women’s Day Special of the best One Hit Wonders and the stories behind them, this week with Inaya Day talking about ‘Nasty Girl’.
OJ plays the best One Hit Wonders, this week celebrating International Women’s Day, with a brilliant all-female playlist.
Music from Cheryl Lynn, Kandi, Jennifer Paige, Meredith Brooks, Oleta Adams and our guest Inaya Day.
She’s talking about her biggest solo single ‘Nasty Girl’.
It got to number 9 in the UK charts in 2005.
It was written by Prince and originally performed by Vanity 6, the American female trio assembled by Prince himself in 1981.
Inaya talks about how she actually performed at a club where Prince was watching her!
She also provided vocals for ‘Horny ‘98’, working with Mousse T, who produced ‘Nasty Girl’.
Inaya has worked with huge names like Queen Latifah, Missy Elliott, Michael Jackson and Al Green throughout her career.
Want to hear your favourite One Hit Wonder on the show? Email OJ@bbc.co.uk.
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Cheryl Lynn
Got To Be Real
- The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
- Columbia/Sony Tv.
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Kandi
Don't Think I'm Not
- R&B Love Songs (Various Artists).
- Columbia.
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Jennifer Paige
Crush
- Woman (Various Artists).
- Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.
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Meredith Brooks
Bitch
- Now That's What I Call Music 38 CD2.
- EMI Records Limited.
- 13.
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Inaya Day
Nasty Girl
- Nasty Girl.
- All Around The World.
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Oleta Adams
Get Here
- And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
- Debutante.
Broadcast
- Mon 8 Mar 2021 02:30Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2
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