▁group . ▁New sp aper ▁articles ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁offered ▁various ▁explan ations ▁for ▁the ▁motiv ations ▁behind ▁the ▁split . ▁Initial ly ▁Adam ▁was ▁quoted ▁as ▁saying ▁that ▁the ▁split ▁was ▁am ic able , ▁but ▁later ▁he ▁was ▁to ▁say ▁that ▁" the ▁interest ▁just ▁wasn ' t ▁there ▁any ▁more . ▁It ▁might ▁have ▁been ▁Adam ▁and ▁the ▁An ts ▁on ▁the ▁bill boards ▁but ▁not ▁on ▁stage ". ▁In ▁addition , ▁it ▁is ▁said ▁that ▁Pir ron i ▁quit ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁tired ▁of ▁tour ing . ▁Adam ▁Ant ▁launched ▁a ▁solo ▁career ▁a ▁few ▁months ▁after ▁the ▁split ▁( though ▁he ▁retained ▁Marco ▁Pir ron i ▁as ▁co - writer ), ▁enjo ying ▁immediate ▁success ▁with ▁a ▁third ▁UK ▁No .   1 ▁hit ▁single ▁" Go ody ▁Two ▁Sho es ". ▁Some ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁single ▁are ▁cred ited ▁to ▁Adam ▁and ▁the ▁An ts , ▁but ▁only ▁Ant ▁and ▁Pir ron i ▁from ▁the ▁band ▁feature , ▁plus ▁also ▁M err ick ▁on ▁the ▁UK ▁single ▁mix ▁( the ▁US ▁release ▁used ▁the ▁album ▁recording , ▁featuring ▁Bog dan ▁W icz ling ▁from ▁Ant ' s ▁new ▁live ▁backing ▁band ). ▁M err ick ▁subsequently ▁rejo ined ▁D ale k ▁I ▁Love ▁You ; ▁later ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁he ▁began ▁a ▁successful ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁producer ▁with ▁T ears ▁For ▁F ears . ▁ ▁Post ▁break - up ▁activity ▁Ant box , ▁a ▁ret ros pective ▁box ▁set ▁sp anning ▁Ant '