Their first single "Here Comes Everybody" was released on a small
Glasgow-based independent label, Stampede, in 1986. While not a hit, it attracted the interest of
Virgin Records's subsidiary Circa which signed the duo in 1986. Their debut single for Circa was "I Refuse". The intended third album on Linn Records was never produced, as the brothers concentrated on their solo projects — Pat with his writing and solo performing, and Greg with his music production.
Reformation In April 2005, Hue and Cry made a comeback when they won the fourth-week heat of the
ITV1 pop-competition show
Hit Me Baby One More Time with a rendition of "Labour of Love" and a cover of
Beyoncé's "
Crazy in Love". They were beaten in the final by
Shakin' Stevens. The band followed this up with dates in Scotland, a piano–vocal spot in support of
Jamie Cullum at the 'Live on the Lawn' festival in
Aberdeenshire, and a set in front of 25,000 at Glasgow's
Hogmanay party. Their concerts in 2006 and 2007 sold out. The band performed two nights at the West End festival in Glasgow in 2007, where they showcased piano–vocal versions of new and old songs. They played Retrofest at
Culzean Castle on 2 September 2007, and headlined the Darvel Music Festival on 5 October. The duo showcased new tracks at a gig in Edinburgh Voodoo Rooms on 12 July 2008. At this time, the duo allowed fans exclusive access with the Hue and Cry Music Club through the official website. On 15 September 2008, they released their
Open Soul album, for which recording and mixing finished in 2007. The first single "The Last Stop" on digital download was released on 1 September and coincided with the 20th anniversary of the release of
Remote. Their Open Soul tour had sold out dates in
Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow, London,
Manchester and
Sheffield, beginning on 11 September 2008. On 1 December, the band released a second single "Heading for a Fall". They also opened for
Al Green on 30 October. They completed a tour of
House of Fraser stores and, in February 2009, embarked on another sell out UK tour, billed as "Open Soul...Open Road". On 9 February, EMI released a "Best of Collection" and the band released a third single called "Fireball." The band also launched the Hue and Cry Music Club. May 2009 saw the band headline the "Burns an' a' that" festival in Ayrshire, and play an acoustic set in Aberdeen. In July 2009, the brothers supported
Human League at Thetford Forest and, in November 2009, played at "Homecoming Live – The Final Fling". They released a Christmas album on 30 November 2009 titled
Xmasday. Hue and Cry played sold out nights as part of the History City weekend on 18 and 19 December 2009. A new Hue And Cry album,
Hot Wire, was released on 19 March 2012 to critical acclaim, and the band played acoustic gigs in support of it. They also appeared on
Jools Holland's
BBC Radio 2 show, and played "Shipbuilding" on the Titanic memorial show for Radio 2 receiving praise from Holland as well as
Dermot O'Leary and
Jeremy Vine. They also appeared at the Isle of Wight Festival in 2012. Hue and Cry appeared on an August 2012 edition of
Celebrity Big Brother, Bit on the Side, singing "Labour of Love" at the end of the show. A further compilation album, ''A's and B's'' was released in 2012. They headed out on the road again in October 2012 with their band to play six shows in Scotland and performed further charity gigs towards the end of that year. ==Discography==