Song:I'm An Adult Now
Album:When We Ruled: The Best Of The Pursuit Of Happiness
I'm An Adult Now is the signature song of the Canadian band The Pursuit Of Happiness. This is a band that should have been bigger but they had personnel problems, record company problems, you get the idea. Though the band was from Toronto, the roots of the band were in Edmonton. Lead singer and songwriter Moe Berg was born in Edmonton in 1959. He had been in several local bands and along with drummer Dave Gilby, moved to Toronto in 1985. They formed The Pursuit Of Happiness with bassist Dave Sinclair and backup singers Tamara and Natasha Amabile. I'm An Adult Now was released as a single independently and became a hit in Canada when the video went into heavy rotation on Canadian music video channel MuchMusic. After the Amabile sisters were replaced by Kris Abbott and Leslie Stanwyck, TPOH signed with Chrysalis Records in the US and Capitol in Canada. Todd Rundgren produced their debut album Love Junk which included a re-recording of I'm And Adult Now. The album did well in Canada but it underperformed in the US. Rundgren also produced their 1990 CD One Sided Story. Sinclair and Stanwyck left and were replaced by Brad Barker and Susan Murumets. Conflict with Chrysalis forced TPOH to leave and they recorded the 1993 CD The Downward Road for Mercury Records. Despite some success with the single Cigarette Dangles, TPOH left Mercury and recorded a couple more albums for a small label. They never split up but they might as well have because they were through. This comp is a good intro to their music. Moe Berg is now a record producer and TPOH has reunited occasionally. Here's the video for I'm An Adult Now by The Pursuit Of Happiness. This is the US video with the re-recorded version of the song. The Canadian video mostly shot on Queen St. W. in Toronto that a lot of us liked is not out there.
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