The Resume

(1986- )
Born in Sacramento, California
Original members were Jay King, Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy, Samuelle Prater, and Valerie Watson
Recorded the singles ‘Jealousy’ (1986), ‘Situation #9’ (1986), ‘Lean on Me’ (1987), ‘Why You Treat Me So Bad’ (1987), and ‘No Friend of Mine’ (1989)

Why they might be annoying:

They chose their name (French for ‘new club’) to indicate that they spun off from the Timex Social Club.
Their first single ‘Jealousy’ was a combination of a diss of the Timex Social Club and an answer song to that group’s hit, ‘Rumors.’
Foster, McElroy, and Pater left after their debut album.
’Why You Treat Me So Bad’ was sampled by Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs.

Why they might not be annoying:

Their cover of Bill Withers’ ‘Lean on Me’ made it one of the few songs to hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in versions by two different artists.
They had four Top 10 hits on Billboard’s R&B chart.
Foster and McElroy went on to write and produce hits for En Vogue and Tony! Toni! Tone!.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 72]
• I Covered a Bill Withers Song
• I Covered Bill Withers’ 'Lean on Me’
• Look at My Album Cover
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1980's] (Ranked: 1987)
• NBC's Hit Me Baby One More Time [2005]
• New Jack Swing Performers
• Profiles 45501-45750 (Ranked: 45627)
• VH-1's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s (Ranked: 94)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 31 Votes: 51.61% Annoying