When Boy George was the flavor du jour in the U.K. fronting Culture Club in the early 1980s, he was more of a curiosity in the U.S. than anything else Hi music career as a solo artist never got off the ground and then one day hewas brought in to sing a version of the 1960's song 'The Crying Game' in production by the Pet Shop Boys. The track ended up being the title song forthe movie that was the big hush-hush word of mouth hit of the winters of
1992-93 and Boy George's first hit in the U.S. as a solo artist.


This CD-Single is not the traditional sort, in that you do not get the 'hit' version of thesingle, but rather a pair of mixes (Digifunky String Mix and Digifunky DivaDub). There are a pair of mixes for 'Let the Music Play' as well, but the lasttrack, 'Live For Today' by Cicero with Sylvia Mason-James, is the best ofthebunch.

Boy George released a few more solo albums, which were much morepersonal efforts than his previous ones and avoided doing the sort of coversthat were so successful here, along with an autobiography entitled 'Take It Like a Man.' However, today his singing career has taken a back seat to putting out albums of underground artists heard in clubs. No one can accus Boy George of not being faithful to his roots.