Bachelor
Girl
Bachelor Girl was an Australian pop band, formed in Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia in 1992 consisting of singer Tania Doko and
writer/instrumentalist James Roche. Their debut single, "Buses
and Trains", was an international hit, but subsequent releases only impacted Australian
charts.
The band formed in 1992 when songwriter and record producer Roche met vocalist
Doko. Roche was creating a demonstration tape of a song he wrote
for an Australian girl group, Girlfriend, and when his original
singer cancelled, he recruited Doko. The two then signed a deal
with Gotham Records in 1997 after being rejected by Sony.
The band split in 2003 after the release of their
second album. A third album had been recorded, but was not released.
4 tracks from that abandoned project were released in 2011 on the
compilation album Loved & Lost: The Best Of Bachelor Girl. Tania Doko stated in interviews that the band
didn't feel there was enough material from their two albums to
fill a greatest hits album, and decided to use cuts from the previously
unreleased third album.
Contents
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[edit] Discography
Bachelor Girl discography Releases
↙Studio albums 2
↙Compilation albums 1
↙Singles 5
↙Music videos 5
[edit] Albums
Year Title Chart positions Sales and certifications
AUS JPN US
1998 Waiting for the Day
First studio album
Released: 9 November 1998
Label: Gotham (GOTH98092)
Format: CD
20 — —
ARIA certification: platinum (70,000+).[2]
88th highest selling album in Australia for 1999.[3]
99th highest selling album in Australia for 2000.[4]
2002 Dysfunctional
Second studio album
Released: 5 August 2002
Label: Gotham (GOTH02062)
Format: CD
28
ARIA certification: n/a
2011 Loved & Lost: The Best
of Bachelor Girl
First compilation album
Released: 14 April 2011
Label: Sony Music
Format: CD
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[edit] Singles
Year Song Australia[5] Finland[6] New Zealand[7] Sweden[8] UK[9]
Album
1998 "Buses and Trains" 4
6 29 84 Waiting for the Day
"
Treat Me Good" 34 26
1999 "Lucky Me" 42
19 40
"
Blown Away" 79
"
Permission to Shine" promo
2002 "I'm Just A Girl" 25
Dysfunctional
"
Drowning Not Waving" 69
"
Rollercoaster" promo
[edit] Awards
Year Award-giving Body Award[10] Result
1998 ARIA Award Best New Talent ("Buses
and Trains") Nominated
1999 ARIA Award Highest Selling Single ("Buses
and Trains") Nominated
1999 ARIA Award Breakthrough Artist - Album (Waiting for the Day)
Nominated
1999 ARIA Award Best Pop Release (Waiting for the Day) Nominated
1999 ARIA Award Producer of the Year (Waiting for the Day) Won
