Their second single , " Hands up in the Air " , followed in August , which peaked at No . 16 . It was written by Pleasance , Ryder and Farnan ; and was produced by Brown . A music video was directed by Kimble Rendall ( ex-XL Capris , Hoodoo Gurus ) . At the ARIA Music Awards of 1987 the group were nominated for three awards : Highest Selling Single for " Great Wall " , Best New Talent for both singles , and Best Video for " Hands up in the Air " . At the '' Countdown '' Music and Video Awards of 1986 , held in July 1987 , " Great Wall " won Best Debut Single . A self-titled debut album , followed in September 1987 , which was recorded in London and produced by Alex Sadkin ( Grace Jones , Duran Duran , James Brown , Simply Red , Talking Heads ) . Both " Great Wall " and " Hands up in the Air " were remixed for their album versions . After recording the album Sadkin travelled to the Bahamas to work , where he died in a car accident in July
ARIA Music Awards of 1987
ARIA Music Awards of 1987
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