Hue and Cry

Coatbridge to Circa

Pat Kane (born March 10, 1964) and Greg Kane formed the duo in Coatbridge in 1983, though the band's own site reportedly says 1984. Pat later became a journalist and author, founding editor of the Sunday Herald in 1999 and writing The Play Ethic (2004). Their debut single, "Here Comes Everybody", came out in 1986 on the Glasgow label Stampede, which drew interest from Circa, a Virgin subsidiary; the first Circa single, "I Refuse", charted at 85 in January 1987 and again at 47 in January 1988.

"Labour of Love" was released on June 1, 1987 and reached 6 on June 13, 1987, staying 16 weeks. Seduced and Abandoned came out on October 26, 1987 and reached 22, with BPI silver status. Remote (November 28, 1988) reached 10 and went gold, with "Looking for Linda" at 15 and "Violently" (EP) at 21. Stars Crash Down (1991) reached 10, Truth and Love (1992, their own Fidelity label) 33, and the best-of Labours of Love (1993) 27, with a Joey Negro remix of the title song at 25. They moved to Linn in 1996 and recorded JazzNotJazz in a week during the Glasgow Jazz Festival. Later records include Next Move (1999), Open Soul (2008), Hot Wire (2012), September Songs (2015, a Sinatra tribute) and Pocketful of Stones (2017).

In April 2005 they won a heat of ITV's Hit Me Baby One More Time. For their 40th anniversary in 2024 they released twelve four-track EPs, one a month from January 12 under the title Labours of Love, with a YouTube documentary series and a UK tour from October 10 to November 9; Everything followed in 2026, reaching 22 on the Scottish albums chart. They played a sold-out Kelvingrove bandstand show in 2019 and supported Al Green in 2008.