Billy Ocean
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
But breakthrough success was just around the corner for Ocean, as he scored a massive hit single in 1984 with Caribbean Queen, a track that shot to the top of the charts worldwide. Depending on the region, the songs title and lyrics were changed slightly, resulting in the tune being known as African Queen and European Queen in other parts of the world, while the album it was taken from, Suddenly, was eventually certified double platinum (a few other singles, Loverboy and the allad Suddenly, were also successful). Oceans winning streak continued with 1986s Love Zone (another double-platinum hit), which spawned a pair of hit singles: When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (which was used as the theme song to the movie Jewel of the Nile), which peaked at number two, and the number-one Therell Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry). 1988 saw Ocean score another number-one single with Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car, taken from the platinum album Tear Down These Walls. But afterward, the hits dried up for Ocean (although his 1989 collection, Greatest Hits, has been a steady seller over the years), as such further albums as Time to Move On, L.I.F.E., and Showdown failed to spawn hits.
