The Blow Monkeys are a British
new wave,
pop rock,
sophisti-pop and
alternative rock band that formed in 1981. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently enjoyed a successful career with several hit singles and albums across the 1980s before splitting up at the beginning of the 1990s. Their hit song was "Digging Your Scene", which hit No. 12 on the
UK Singles Chart and No. 14 on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart in August, 1986. They had four albums and eleven singles in the UK charts from 1986 and 1990.