Freeeze

Freeze - I.O.U. (1985)
Live on Manchester's Tube show. The great reat video effect were seemingly performed live! Freeez was a musical group initially known for its emergence as one of the UK's first and leading jazz-funk bands of the very early eighties.

Founded by John Rocca, Freeez gained considerable respect from the industry, DJs and the jazz funk and dance public as a dance music group from London, England. The original group consisted of various musicians depending on the year but always with founder John Rocca and key members such as Andy Stennet - keyboards, Peter Maas - bass, and Paul Morgan or Everton Mcalla—drums.

The song "I.O.U.", written, produced and mixed by Arthur Baker, (then known for his work with New Order and Afrika Bambaataa), was also used on the 1980s breakdance movie Beat Street. It spent two weeks at number one in the Billboard Dance chart, sandwiched between the likes of Madonna, Michael Jackson and David Bowie, and was number 2 in the national United Kingdom Gallup charts through the summer of 83.

It was followed by other releases from the album such as "Pop Goes My Love" / "Scratch Goes My Dub", which hit the US top five. In 1987 a new remix of "I.O.U." showed the strength of the 80's anthem by climbing back up to number eighteen on the U.S. dance chart, plus number twenty-three in the national UK Singles Chart.