Blue Mercedes

Blue Mercedes were a pop music duo from London, England, comprising David Titlow (born 28 November 1965) and Duncan Millar (born 26 May 1963 - died May 2022).^[1] Their debut album, Rich and Famous, was produced by Phil Harding and Ian Curnow for PWL, with songs written by Titlow and Millar.^[2] "It was dance pop, out and out; it needed to work on the dance floor," recalled Harding of actioning the brief given to him by the band.^[2]

Their song "I Want to Be Your Property" was a minor Billboard Hot 100 hit, peaking at #66 in 1988, and they achieved additional success on the US Dance Charts where they spent four weeks at #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.

"Love is the Gun" peaked at #46 in the UK national chart and #5 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. "Love Is The Gun" was Smash Hits "Single of the Fortnight" in June 1988.^[3]

"See Want Must Have" reached #18 in the Hot Dance Club Play chart, and in the UK "I Want To Be Your Property" reached #23 in the national chart.^[1]

After releasing the single "That Beauty Is You", they evolved into the indie dance band Nixon and released the song "Sweet Temptation".^[4] Later, they released a number of dance tracks under the name Monica De Luxe, which entered UK Dance Charts.^[5]

Titlow then went on to form the indie rock band Heave, who released one album entitled Scaramanga on Radar Records in the early 1990s^[6] and is now a fashion and music photographer.^[7]

Millar went on to produce further dance tracks including, as Exoterix, the first track released by EMI dance label Positiva Records in 1993.^[8] Later, he released an acid jazz instrumental album under the name A One, on Indochina Records (subsidiary label of China Records),^[9] and two smooth jazz albums on Instinct Records, N.Y.C.,^[10][11] achieving a UK MOBO nomination as Best UK Jazz Act for the first of these in 1999.^[12]