Years active 1992–2003, 2011 Website www.bachelorgirl.com Active until 2011 | Labels Gotham, BMG, Arista Past members Tania Doko
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Origin Melbourne, Australia (1992) Albums Waiting for the Day, Dysfunctional, Loved & Lost: The Best of Bachelor Girl, Beautifully Wrong, Bachelor Girl Genres Pop music, Pop rock, Independent music Similar Taxiride, Leonardo's Bride, Killing Heidi, Irwin Thomas, Alex Lloyd Profiles | ||
Bachelor Girl was an Australian pop duo, formed in 1992 by Tania Doko as vocalist and James Roche as musician, producer and arranger. Their 1998 debut single, "Buses and Trains", was a top 10 hit in Australia and New Zealand; it peaked in the top 30 in Sweden and charted in the United Kingdom. The follow up single, "Treat Me Good" reached the top 40 in Australia and New Zealand. The related album, Waiting for the Day (November 1999) appeared in the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart and achieved platinum certification from ARIA.
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History
Bachelor Girl formed in December 1992 when songwriter and record producer, James Roche, met vocalist Tania Doko. Roche had previously worked, on keyboards or producing, with Tommy Emmanuel, John Farnham and Jack Jones (aka Irwin Thomas). Doko was a classically trained university student. Roche was crafting a demonstration tape of a song he had written for an Australian girl group, Girlfriend, and when the original singer cancelled, he recruited Doko. They began writing songs and recording other demos together. In December 1997 Bachelor Girl signed with Gotham Records, distributed by BMG, after being rejected by Sony.
Bachelor Girl's debut single, "Buses and Trains", was released in July 1998, which peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Singles Chart and No. 6 on the New Zealand Singles Chart. In 1999 it appeared in the top 30 on the Swedish Singles Chart and reached the top 100 in United Kingdom. Their second single, "Treat Me Good", was issued in November 1998 and reached the top 40 in Australia and New Zealand. The related album, Waiting for the Day, also appeared in November and peaked at No. 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart. In May 1999 their third single, "Lucky Me" reached the top 50 in Australia and New Zealand. It reached the top 20 on the Finnish Singles Chart. In August the album was issued internationally as Breaking Through from Down Under on Arista Records.
In July 2002 Bachelor Girl released "I'm Just A Girl" as a single, which reached the Australian top 30. Their second album, Dysfunctional, appeared in August and peaked in the top 30. It was followed, in October by "Drowning Not Waving". The band split in 2003.
A third studio album had been recorded, but it was not released. Four tracks from that abandoned project were released in April 2011 on the compilation album Loved & Lost: The Best of Bachelor Girl by Sony. Doko stated in interviews that the band did not feel there was enough material from their two albums to fill a greatest hits album, and they decided to use cuts from the unreleased third studio album. In May and June, Bachelor Girl performed three gigs to promote the album. In August 2011, the previously unreleased third album was released digitally, titled Beautifully Wrong - The Lost Songs.
Songs
Buses and TrainsWaiting for the Day · 1998
Treat Me GoodWaiting for the Day · 1998
I'm Just a GirlDysfunctional · 2002