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Human Nature is an
Australian pop
vocal group. The group was originally formed as a
doo-wop band in
1989 while the current members were at school together in
Sydney. So far, the band has had 17 Top 40 hits and five Top 10 hits in Australia since
1996 when their first album
Telling Everybody was released. Human Nature's 3 follow-up albums all went multi-platinum in Australia. The band has also enjoyed some chart success internationally.
History
The 4Trax - Early Career
Brothers
Andrew and
Michael joined with
Toby Allen from Kurmond Public School and
Phil Burton in
1989 while at
Hurlstone Agricultural High School representing their school in a combined regional schools concert at the
Bankstown Town Hall. The quartet were known as The 4 Trax, a name that they retained until they began their recording career. The band performed "
Earth Angel" a
1950s hit for
The Penguins.
Before being in Human Nature, Toby Allen worked as a Perfume Salesman while studying to be an Accountant which he puts to good use by figuring out the concert ticket prices, Andrew Tierney was studying to be a Physical Therapist, Phil Burton was studying to be a music teacher and once stacked beer for a living and the youngest member of the band Michael Tierney was doing his HSC.
After an initial stint as buskers, '4Trax' started performing in clubs and built up a following winning several awards as club entertainers. They started sending demos off to record labels. The story goes that the band was signed to
Sony Music Australia after walking into the office of Sony CEO Denis Handlin and performing an a cappella version of "
People Get Ready" written by
Curtis Mayfield as a hit for his group
The Impressions. A record deal was offered on the spot. The band changed their name to Human Nature at a suggestion from Michael Tierney.
Human Nature - Career Highlights
Human Nature released its first album
Telling Everybody on December 2, 1996 and it went on to earn triple-platinum status. The first single from the album was "Got It Goin On" which established the bands success with "Telling Everybody", "Wishes", "Don't Say Goodbye", "Whisper Your Name", and "People Get Ready" also released as singles. The group also helped build their reputation by working as support acts for
Michael Jackson and
Céline Dion on their respective Australian tours.
The band teamed up with
John Farnham for "Everytime You Cry" which was one of the biggest hits of
1997, and due to the success of the previous tours, were asked personally by both Celine Dion and Michael Jackson to continue to support them throughout their European tours in June-September 1997. The band played to crowds often numbering over 100,000 people, and also took the stage for three nights at
Wembley Stadium. Upon their return to Australia in October Human Nature embarked on their first ever national concert tour- headlining at entertainment centres around the country.
Counting Down released in
1998 continued the band's momentum, and debuted at number one on the ARIA charts and generated five gold singles in Australia - "Last To Know", "Don't Cry", "Cruel", "Be There With You" and "Eternal Flame" a cover version of the
1989 hit by
the Bangles. The band also appeared in an Australian concert tour of symphonic versions of
Beatles songs conducted by legendary producer and "fifth Beatle", Sir
George Martin.
In 1999 Human Nature appeared in a tour of the musical version of the television series
Happy Days.
The band released a self-titled album in
2000 with lead single "He Don't Love You" reaching Top 20 in the UK and being the 2nd best selling Australasian single in Australia for that year. The album was recorded in Sydney, London, Stockholm, Los Angeles and New York and featured a songwriting session with
Gary Barlow of
Take That.
In September 2000 the band performed the
Australian National Anthem at the
2000 Summer Olympics with
Julie Anthony. The band also appeared in
Australian soap opera
Neighbours in November 2000 and performed "He Don't Love You" at
Erinsborough High's debutant ball and sang "Wishes" a cappella at the ball's after party.
A greatest hits album- - followed in late 2001. The accompanying single "Always Be With You" also made the Australian top 30, with the appearance of comic character Guido Hatzis, breakdancing legend, making the video memorable.
Throughout 2002 and into early 2003, Toby took on the role of MC in a major production of the musical
Cabaret. This portrayal earned him a prestigious
Helpmann Award.
Human Nature's fourth studio album
Walk the Tightrope was released on
April 26,
2004. The first single "When You Say You Love Me" was written by
Darren Hayes, formerly of
Savage Garden, and it reached the Top 10 in Australia in 2004. The album also features "Love Is Blind" written by
Barry Gibb of the
Bee Gees, a reworked cover of Guilty by Barry Gibb and
Barbra Streisand, and a cover version of "To Be With You", a
1992 hit by
glam metal band
Mr. Big.
Mid-2005 saw Toby again hit the musical theatre scene, playing Kenickie in an arena version of the musical
Grease.
With the realisation that they were perhaps outgrowing their original teen market, for their fifth studio album Human Nature decided to pay tribute to the music that influenced them from the very beginning, and released an album of
Motown covers- - on 6 November 2005. It peaked at number one on the Australian charts and has reached 5 times platinum. They toured extensively around Australia in 2006 on
The Motown Show tour and members Phil Burton and Toby Allen both starred in reality TV shows during 2005/06: Phil in the Nine Network's
Celebrity Overhaul 2 and Toby on Channel 7's
Dancing With The Stars, plus both Phil and Toby on Channel 10's
Australia's Brainiest Musician in March 2006 (Phil came in first, and Toby came in second).
On 29 October 2006, Human Nature won their first ARIA -
highest selling album - after 15 nominations; band member Andrew Tierney joked saying they were the "
John Wood" of the ARIAs.
The quartet's sixth studio album
Dancing In The Street: The Songs Of Motown II was released on
October 13 2006 and debuted at number one, with 14 Motown cover songs, after the initial 'Motown' album sold over 350,000 copies and won the highest selling album ARIA award.
They toured Australia with
Doug Parkinson as the
MC for the Motown Tour 2005/06 and the Encore Motown Tour 2006, and again in mid-2007 with the
Dancing In The Street Arena Tour 2007, with special guests
Paulini and
The Naturelles.
The 24th of November, 2007 saw Human Nature hit No.2 on the ARIA Albums Chart with
Get Ready, the 3rd Motown-themed album, which this time featured appearances by several original Motown singing legends such as
Smokey Robinson,
Martha Reeves,
Mary Wilson of
The Supremes and
The Temptations. All three albums have now sold close to a million copies in Australia. Human Nature's total album sales in Australia number almost two million.
At the start of 2008, Human Nature headed over to perform for the first ever time in the USA, with a two-month engagement at
Atlantic City's Tropicana Casino.
On April 22, 2008, Human Nature took the stage with
the Supremes'
Mary Wilson on the television show
It Takes Two. They performed two duets from their
Get Ready album: "
It Takes Two" and "
River Deep, Mountain High".
Band members
As of 2008, the band consists of:
Discography
Albums:
1996: Telling Everybody
1998: Counting Down
2000: Human Nature
2001:
2004: Walk the Tightrope
2005:
2006:
2007: Get Ready
2008: The Motor City CollectionFurther Information
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