A Flock of Seagulls, Jive Records, 1982                                      BILLBOARD CHART ACHIEVEMENTS:                                                          Pop Singles:  # 30                   Mainstream Rock:   # 59             GLOBAL CHART ACHIEVEMENTS:                         # 34  in the UK Top 20 at  MATT RADIO View the all-time countdown here!

Hairdresser Mike Score (lead vocals, keyboards) formed A Flock of Seagulls with his brother Ali (drums) and fellow hairdresser Frank Maudsley (bass) in 1980, adding guitarist Paul Reynolds several months later.  The group released its debut EP on Cocteau Records early in 1981, and while the record failed to chart, its lead track, "Telecommunication," became an underground hit in Euro-disco and new wave clubs.

The band signed a major label contract with Jive Records by the end of the year, and their eponymous debut album appeared in the spring of 1982.  "I Ran (So Far Away)" was released as the first single from the album, and MTV quickly picked up on its icily attractive video, which featured long shots of Mike Score and his distinctive, cascading hair.  The single climbed into the American Top Ten, taking the album along with it.  In the UK, "I Ran" didn't make the Top 40, but "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" reached number ten later that year; in America, that single became a Top 40 hit in 1983, after "Space Age Love Song" peaked at number 30.  "Wishing" was taken from the group's second album, Listen (1983), which was moderately successful.   

Flock won the 1982 Best Rock Instrumental Grammy for the album cut "D.N.A."

The band's fortunes crashed shortly after the release of Listen, as 1984's The Story of a Young Heart failed to produce any hit singles.  Reynolds left after that album and was replaced by Gary Steadnin; the band also added keyboardist Chris Chryssaphis.  The new lineup was showcased on 1986's Dream Come True, which failed to chart.  Shortly after its release, the band broke up.  Mike Score assembled a new lineup of A Flock of Seagulls in 1989, releasing the single "Magic" and touring the USA.  The band failed to make any impact and most of the members left by the end of the year.  The band continued to tour worldwide, although with major changes to its members, and in 1996 released a new album, The Light at the End of the World.