Climie Fisher
Rob Fisher (left) and Simon Climie at the Montreux Pop Festival in Switzerland, 1988.
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Pop
Years active	1987 to 1990
Label(s)	EMI Capitol Records (US)
Associated acts	Naked Eyes
Members
Simon Climie Rob Fisher (deceased)

Climie Fisher were a UK pop duo formed by vocalist Simon Climie (born 7 April 1960) and former Naked Eyes keyboardist Rob Fisher (5 November 1959 - 25 August 1999). In 1988, they had a great success with two big international hit singles.

Career

The duo are best known for the 1987 hit single "Love Changes (Everything)" which reached Number 2 in the UK and in South Africa (on re-release), Number 7 in Germany, Number 8 in Switzerland, Number 15 in Austria & Number 23 in the US, all in 1988. The hip hop-styled remix of "Rise To The Occasion" had also previously reached Number 10 in the UK singles chart and reached later Number 1 in South Africa, Number 14 in Germany, Number 17 in Sweden and Number 19 in Austria. Their last hit single was "Love Like A River" in 1989, which reached Number 18 in Austria, Number 22 in the UK and Number 54 in Germany.

Rob Fisher died on 25 August 1999 during surgery for bowel cancer, whilst Simon Climie became a producer for recording artists such as Louise, MN8 and Five Star as well as co-writer and musician on many of the more recent albums by Eric Clapton.

Half Man Half Biscuit recorded a song, "The Ballad of Climie Fisher", which recounts an entirely concocted tale of a feud between Climie and Fisher.^[1] It appears on their album Trouble Over Bridgwater.

Discography

Albums

• Everything (EMI - 1988) (#14 UK, #7 Germany, #1 South Africa)
• Coming In For The Kill (EMI - 1989) (#35 UK, #6 South Africa)

Everything

1. "Love Changes (Everything)"
2. "Rise To The Occasion"
3. "I Won’t Bleed For You"
4. "Room To Move"
5. "Precious Moment"
6. "This Is Me"
7. "Never Let A Chance Go By"
8. "Bite The Hand That Feeds"
9. "Break The Silence"
10. "Keeping The Mystery Alive"

Coming In For The Kill

All songs written by Simon Climie, Rob Fisher, Dennis Morgan, except where noted.

1. "Facts Of Love" – 3:43
2. "Fire On The Ocean" – 4:17
3. "It’s Not Supposed To Be That Way" – 3:48
4. "Hold On Through The Night" – 3:53
5. "Buried Treasure" – 4:33
6. "Power Of The Dreamworld" – 5:14
7. "The Best Part Of Living" – 3:51
8. "Coming in for the Kill" (Climie, Lamont Dozier, Fisher) – 4:13
9. "Don’t Mess Around" – 3:35
10. "You Keep Me Coming Back For More..." – 4:08
11. "Memories (If I Could Relive Your Love)" – 5:58

Singles

• "Love Changes (Everything)" - 1987 - #67 UK
• "Keeping The Mystery Alive" - 1987 - dnc UK; #35 Germany
• "Rise To The Occasion" - 1987 - #10 UK; #1 South Africa; #14 Germany; #17 Sweden; #19 Austria
• "Love Changes (Everything)" (re-mix) - 1988 - #2 UK; #2 South Africa; #7 Germany; #8 Switzerland; #15 Austria; #23 US
• "This Is Me" - 1988 - #22 UK; #60 Germany
• "I Won't Bleed For You" - 1988 - #35 UK
• "Love Like A River" - 1988 - #22 UK; #18 Austria; #54 Germany
• "Facts Of Love" - 1989 - #50 UK; #54 Germany
• "Fire On The Ocean" - 1989 - #89 UK
• "It's Not Supposed To Be That Way" - 1990 - #77 UK

References

• Guinness Book of British Hit Singles - 13th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-111-X

External links

• Entry on Discogs
• Climie Fisher songwriting credits
• Charts-Surfer homepage

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