They debuted in 1988 with their
Warner Bros./
Reprise album
X2, which reached No. 137 on the
Billboard 200. In the U.S., their biggest hit was "Strange But True," which peaked at No. 21 on the
Billboard Hot 100. That year,
Debbie Gibson's manager, Douglas Breitbart, signed Times Two as the opening act for her
Out of the Blue Tour. Their second U.S. single, "
Cecilia" (a cover of
Simon & Garfunkel's hit, featuring contributions from
Paul Simon himself and produced by
Club Nouveau's Jay King), was far less successful, reaching only No. 79 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, the song topped the charts in New Zealand for three weeks in 1988 and spent a total of 14 weeks on the chart. The album
X2 reached No. 13 in New Zealand, buoyed by the success of the single, and spent 11 weeks on the chart. Poor sales figures eventually led to the duo being dropped by Warner/Reprise. However, they resurfaced in 1990 on
EMI Records with the EP
Danger Is My Business. The track "Jack the Jill" prominently featured samples from
Blue Swede's 1974 cover of
B. J. Thomas's 1969 hit song "
Hooked on a Feeling." The EP was initially intended to serve as a teaser for their next full-length album,
Hi-Fi & Mighty. A limited number of promotional copies of the album were distributed, which included the tracks from the previous EP, some new songs, and a few remixes. However, problems with management led to the cancellation of its commercial release, and the album was shelved. Soon afterward, Times Two disbanded. ==Post-breakup==