Strike

Strike is a British electronic dance music group formed in 1994, consisting of Matt Cantor, Andy Gardner, and vocalist Victoria Newton. The band's breakthrough came with their first single "Formula One", which entered the lower reaches of the UK top 100 chart. Their subsequent release, "U Sure Do", originally charted at number 31 in December 1994 but re-entered the chart to climb to number 4 in April 1995, becoming a major club hit and propelling Strike into extensive touring. The band appeared on MTV, television programs such as Top of the Pops, and played to audiences as large as 70,000. "U Sure Do" achieved chart success in multiple territories, taking the band to Spain, Italy, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan. Strike produced four more UK top 40 hits, including a cover of Paula Abdul's "My Love Is for Real", and released their debut album I Saw the Future in 1997 on Fresh Records. They toured with and supported international artists such as the Backstreet Boys, Jocelyn Brown, and the Spice Girls. Strike disbanded in 2006.