I'm Talking

I'm Talking
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genres	funk-pop
Years active	1983–1987
Labels	Randelli, Regular, Festival
Associated acts	→ ↑ →, Essendon Airport, Filthy Lucre
Past members	Kate Ceberano Stephen Charlesworth Ian Cox Robert Goodge Barbara Hogarth Cameron Newman Zan Abeyratne Warren McLean Kevin Wiltshire John McAll Philip Jackson Tricky J

I'm Talking was a 1980s Australian funk-pop rock band, which featured vocalists Kate Ceberano and Zan Abeyratne. They formed in 1983 in Melbourne and provided top ten hit singles "Trust Me", "Do You Wanna Be?" and "Holy Word" and a top fifteen album, Bear Witness, before disbanding in 1987.

After the break-up of Melbourne-based experimental funk band Essendon Airport in 1983, members Robert Goodge on guitar, Ian Cox on saxophone and Barbara Hogarth on bass guitar set about forming a band to create inventive, commercial, funk-pop music. I'm Talking's original line-up were Kate Ceberano on vocals (ex-Expozay, Hoagy Cats), Stephen Charlesworth on keyboards, Cox, Goodge, Hogarth and Cameron Newman on drums. They introduced sophisticated dance beat music to the pub rock scene, performing for a year before recording their debut release. The EP Someday was released in May 1984 on the independent Randelli label. They also contributed to the soundtrack of the short film More Sex Stories, they attracted the attention of manager Ken West and then signed to Regular Records.Zan Abeyratne (ex-Grand Wazoo, Bang) joined as a second lead vocalist.

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