Wet Wet Wet

Wet Wet Wet

Wet Wet Wet are a Scottish band formed in 1982 in Clydebank, United Kingdom. Their music sits across blue-eyed soul, pop, pop rock, soft rock, sophisti-pop and soul.

Line-up

The group includes Graeme Clark, Tom Cunningham, Graeme Duffin, Neil Mitchell, Marti Pellow and Kevin Simm. Clark is a founding member and plays bass and vocals. Graeme Duffin plays lead guitar and vocals and has been with the band as a touring musician since 1983. Kevin Simm takes lead vocals and replaces founding member Marti Pellow, who leaves in 2017.

Chart success and best-known work

Wet Wet Wet score a run of hits in the UK and internationally during the 1980s and 1990s. Their best-known recording is a 1994 cover of The Troggs’ “Love Is All Around”, which appears on the soundtrack to Four Weddings and a Funeral. The song becomes an international success and spends 15 weeks at number one in the UK.

Albums

The band’s studio albums include Popped In Souled Out (1987), The Memphis Sessions (1988), Holding Back the River (1989), High on the Happy Side (1992), Cloak & Dagger (1992), Picture This (1995), 10 (1997), Timeless (2007) and The Journey (2021).

Awards

The band are named Best British Newcomer at the 1988 Brit Awards.