Released in April 1985, Tarzan Boy by the Italian Baltimora became a massive global disco hit, though not as big in the UK or US, reaching No 3 on the UK Singles Chart and number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

While Northern Irish dancer Jimmy McShane was the charismatic, leopard-skin-wearing frontman in the music video, studio producer Maurizio Bassi is widely credited with actually recording the lead vocals.