::HNFAQ::
1. Why Human Nature - who thought the name up?
2.
What's with the 'Red Stool'?
3.
Are they available?
4. How tall IS Mike?
5.
I heard Toby is on TV - is it true?
6. Who are/were the 4Trax?
7.Weren't those guys in Happy Days?
8. What happened to Mikes locks?
9.
How long have they been together?
10. What did they do for their solos at the 2002
concert?
11. Ahhh! What order were the songs in for the
2002 concert?
12. How can I e-mail the four?
13.
Have
the guys won any awards for their singles/albums?
14. Who's who?
15. What was their first single?
16.
What's with Phil's goatee?
17. What are their birthdays?
18.
I've heard people saying 'I
believe' - what's that about?
19.
I need lyrics! Where can I get
them?
20. Where did they meet?
21. What's the
first song the guys did together?
22. How many
singles have they released?
23.
Tiny Man Big Hair -
what the...!?
24.
Do they write their own material?
25.
When
is their next gig?
26.
A fan site is one thing - but is there
somewhere official I can get my info?
27.
I
wanna meet other HN fans! Any suggestions?
28. Guido Hatzis -
Please explain!
29. What single has
been their best seller?
30. How did they get
their
record deal?
31. What's the story
about
Andrew and the Fireworks?
32. I heard a song
that sounds like them - but it's in another language...what is
it?
33.
Did they really do a song with the
Wiggles?
34.
Where have the singles hit on the National Chart?
35.
What's this about them appearing on Neighbours?
36.
Are they breaking up?
37. Have they
written the theme song for a TV show/movie?
Mike came up with the name - he put the two
words together and just thought that it sounded good. Other options at the
time were Crush and Farenheight - I don't know about you - but I think they
chose well.
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When the group first started out as the 4Trax,
Mike was a shortie - he still is - but he was much younger than
the other guys and had to stand on a red stool to reach their
height. I'll post a pic as soon as possible :)
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Mike is married, Andrew is married, Phil was
married, Toby is not married.
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Mike is 168cm tall - or short I suppose.
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Yes! Though the season is over now, Toby was
one of the hosts of a TV show based on the segment from the Daily
Telegraph (and affiliates) called body+soul. The show of the same
name, was co-hosted by Paul Mecurio, Karina Brown and it features
segments on diet, fitness, relationships, physical and spiritual
health and self image. It featured on Channel 9. Thursdays at 8pm. However
the show has now been redeveloped and Toby no longer makes an appearance due to
other commitments.
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In 1989, Andrew Tierney started singing
group the 4Trax with school friends Phil Burton and Toby Allen
and brother Michael Tierney.
While at Hurlstone Agricultural High in
Sydney, their classmates often harassed them for singing
harmonies, rather than getting muddy on the football field, the
group of friends held on to their dream. For the next five years,
the 4Trax honed their skills by performing to anyone who stood
still long enough to listen. They sung mostly covers of 50s and
60s hits in clubs around Sydney, entering many talent contests
and receiving three Mo Awards for excellence in live performance.
By the end of 1995, the 4Trax decided that
they’d had enough of the club scene - started to write their
own songs and changed their name to Human Nature.
You bet! The boys played 50 singing group
'The Naturals' and sung covers of 'Poison Ivy', 'Stay', 'Teenager
in Love', 'Shake You Outta My Head' and 'Earth Angel'
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He chopped 'em off!
They started singing together at Hurlstone
Agricultural High School in Sydney in 1989.
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The Solo's were as follows:
Phil: Are
You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz via Freddie Mercury
Toby: With
A Wink And A Smile - Frank Sinatra
Andrew:
Counting Down - Andrew and Michael Tierney
Mike:
Copacobana - Barry Manilow
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This might not be 100% correct - but I think it's pretty accurate :)
Shout
It's Gonna
Be A Long Night
Don't Come
Back
Whisper
Your Name
Telling Everybody
Are You
Gonna Go My Way - Phil's Solo
With a Wink
and A Smile - Toby's Solo
Wishes
When We
Were Young
Earth Angel
I'll Be
there - Jackson Five
Stayin'
Alive - Bee Gees
YMCA -
Village People
Cruel
House of
Cards (exclude for regional)
Counting
Down - Andrews Solo
Copacobana
- Mikes Solo
Always Be
With You
Don't Cry
Shake Your
Body (down to the ground)
Don't Say
Goodbye
People Get
Ready (exclude for regional)
He Don't
Love you
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You can e-mail the guys at the following
addresses:
mike@humannature.com.au
phil@humannature.com.au
toby@humannature.com.au
andrew@humannature.com.au
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This is a popular one, and I'll do my best to answer it. Human Nature have not won any ARIA's. They have however had several albums/singles go gold or platinum. These are listed below.
Gold
Don't Say Goodbye
Last To Know
Don't Cry
Cruel
Eternal Flame/Shake You Outta My Head
Platinum
Everytime You Cry
Wishes
He Don't Love You
Telling Everybody (x3)
Counting Down
Human Nature
Here and Now - The best of Human Nature
(left to right) Toby Allen, Andrew Tierney, Michael Tierney
and Phil Burton.
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The first single the boys released was Got
It Goin' On. It was released in the March of 1996.
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Phil's goatee seems different in every clip or photo shot - I've got no idea why - but it's one of the things I look out for.
Andrew: June 20, 1973.
Toby: August 8, 1972
Mike: January 18, 1977
Phil: March 13, 1974
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If you saw the 2002 Here and Now concert,
the boys each got an intro "You chose to believe that four
guys would rock your world - You chose to believe in...(Toby,
Phil, Mike, Andrew)"
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The lyrics for the albums "Telling
Everybody" and "Counting Down" can be found in the
slicks. Otherwise you can grab lyrics of the lyrics section of this website.
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Michael and Andrew are brothers. But the
boys all met at Hurlstone Agricultural High in Sydney. They were
the only boys in the school choir. Toby, Phil and Andrew were in
the same year and first became friends around 1986.
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The first song they sung together was an
arrangement Andrew did of the 50's song Earth Angel.
They performed it at an end of year school
concert and realised that they were onto a good thing.
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They have released 17 singles to date.
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So you're obviously not a Rove(live) fan.
Tiny man - Big Hair, was a segment that appeared for several
consecutive weeks on Rove(live). The segment consisted of
flashing a pic of Mike and the words 'tiny man big hair'. This
idea can also be seen in the 'Always Be With You' clip - where
Guido Hatzis tells Mike to sit in the high chair which holds a
reservation for tiny men with big hair...
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They write a large portion of their own
material. If you want more specifics you'll have to either check
your CD slick or the biography section of this
website.
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If you're in the Northern Territory,
Queesnland, NSW or Victoria and you didn't see any of the
regionals - you've just missed a bunch of fantastic gigs. The
Here and Now regional tour finished on Saturday 25th May.
If you wanna know what it was all about - check this out.
I'll update as soon as I hear of any more
gigs.
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You don't trust me? Well, you can got to:
www.sonymusic.com.au
www.humannature.com.au
www.humannature.tv
But I can guarantee you this page has much
more info.
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Sure, you can e-mail me
You can join a yahoo club like with a wink and a
smile
You can come onto the Human Nature
Discussion Board where I post.
Or you could post at second nature
my
posting board
Chat at humannature.tv
or
Post at humannature.tv
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If that wasn't the funniest Human Nature
Clip you have ever seen there is obviously something wrong with
your funny bone! Guido Hatzis (break dancing legend) appeared in
the 'Always Be With You' clip to teach the guys how to dance.
With moves like the atomic shrug and the helicopter it'll have
you falling off your chair!
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He Don't Love You has been the highest selling HN single to date - making it to number 4 on the Australian charts. They were robbed I tell you - robbed! Ah well, the next one will hit number 1 =)
However -
the duet that Human Nature did with John Farnham reached No. 3.
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The guys
entered a meeting with Sony Music Chairman and CEO Dennis
Handlin, to try and convince him to sign them, trying to get him
to believe that they would be a fantastic asset to the Columbia.
The four guys gave a brilliant a cappella performance of ‘People
Get Ready’ from where they were standing and were signed on
the spot! Something Dennis Handlin had never done before - and
has never done since!
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Here you go - straight from the horses mouth!
“While
we were in Japan, a fan gave me a big packet of fireworks. I
took them up to my hotel room and pulled out what looked like a
sparkler and lit it. Well, it wasn’t just a sparkler,
it was more like a flare, and it just let off so much smoke. I looked up at the smoke alarm and
next thing, the manager was knocking on the door and fire engines
had arrived!" -Andrew
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Chances are it's "Mo Mo Ai Ni" (Secretly
in Love With You).
It's about secret love and was first
performed by the guys as a duet with Taiwanese singer Coco Lee.
It's recorded in Mandarin and was released
on the Asian version of Counting Down.
Here's the lyrics in Mandarin and
with a translation.
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Yes, they performed on the CD, it's a Wiggly, Wiggly World.
The song was called One Little Coyote.
Here's the lyrics if you're
interested - Good fun!
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34. Where have the singles hit on the National Chart?
I got these from the ARIA website
| YEAR | TITLE | HP | GES |
| 2001 | Always be with you | 29 | 307 |
| 2001 | Don't Come Back | 46 | 413 |
| 2001 | When We Were Young | 21 | 237 |
| 2000 | He Don't Love You | 4 | 38 |
| 2000 | Be There With You | 40 | 368 |
| 1999 | Eternal Flame | 8 | 85 |
| 1999 | Don't Cry | 5 | 175 |
| 1999 | Last To Know | 14 | 145 |
| 1998 | Cruel | 14 | 127 |
| 1997 | Everytime You Cry | 3 | 33 |
| 1997 | People Get Ready | 35 | 244 |
| 1997 | Whisper Your Name | 18 | 221 |
| 1997 | Don't Say Goodbye | 8 | 35 |
| 1996 | Wishes | 6 | 43 |
| 1996 | Tellin' Everybody | 30 | 248 |
| 1996 | Got It Goin On | 19 | 197 |
35. What's this about them appearing on Neighbours?
The guys
appeared on Neighbours as a bit of a promotion for He Don't Love You. In
the episode, Flick invited Mike and the band to perform at her debutante
ball. He was stoked to be asked. They performed He Don't Love
You. Not being a fan of the show myself
- these were the first and last three episodes of Neighbours I'll watch.
Hey - it was a bit of fun and we got to see Mike do a bit of acting.
Are
the breaking up?
Here you go -
straight from the horse's mouth...
Putting Paid To Rumours (Friday 20th September 2002)
by Phil
Over the past while, I’ve been inundated via emails, interviews and general chats by one question- “I’ve heard you guys are breaking up- is it true?”
Let me state categorically (because quite frankly I’m getting sick of the question) that the answer is a very firm NO!!!
For some reason, people are assuming that because (1) we’ve released a Best Of album, (2) we’re not doing Rumba this year, and (3) Toby is branching out a little with Cabaret (he’s brilliant by the way- do yourself a favour and go see it!), then it must be all over for ‘The Nature’. Come on guys- we’re not some fraudulent hit-and-quit product of some crappy TV series. We’ve been together for 13 years now- enjoying every moment of it- and we’re feeling stronger and more excited than ever.
Releasing a Best Of album has given us the chance to close the door on what’s been done up to now, and really get into something fresh and new. You’ll be pleased to know we’ve found a great new direction for our next album, and will be hitting the studios soon. We will have a single out around February, and the album around Easter.
So there you go- Human Nature is still together, and still going strong. Thanks to all of you who’ve supported us over the years- we can’t wait to get back out there and into your ears again soon!
Cheers,
Phil
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Have
they written the theme song for a TV show or movie?
Yes to both. Human Nature performed the theme song for an Australian movie
called Paperback Hero. It was written by Michael and Andrew. This song can be
found on the single Last To Know and is titled "She's Taken My Words".
Michael and Andrew also wrote the theme song for an Australian Television series
called Echo Point. This song was titled "Down By The Water" and
was performed by Nick Howard. It can be found on his single "Who Fell
in Love?" which was released in 1995.
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