WOW! is the fourth album released in September 1987 by Bananarama. It is entirely produced and co-written with the production trio and is the last album by the girl group to generate significant chart hits in the US. Tensions between group member Siobhan Fahey and Stock, Aitken, and Waterman regarding songwriting input and lyrical content (particularly with the track "Strike it Rich") prompted Fahey's departure from Bananarama months after its release. By the time of the album's fourth single ("I Want You Back") Fahey had been replaced with Jacquie O'Sullivan (the single version of the song was re-recorded with O'Sullivan).

While the album was a moderate success in both the UK and US, it was a particularly big hit in Australia, where it topped the charts.

Fahey would resurface in 1989 with her new band Shakespear's Sister.

'WOW!' was re-issued in 2013 as a 3-Disc Deluxe Version and includes 'Reason For Living', which is an early version of 'I Want You Back'

All songs written by Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward, Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman, except where noted.

LP version

CD and cassette version

Australian CD version (CDLIB5146)

Limited double vinyl edition

2007 CD re-issue plus bonus tracks

2013 Deluxe Edition 2CD/DVD re-issue

Disc 1

Disc 2

DVD

Notes on "Some Girls" and "Strike It Rich"

Bananarama

Musicians

Additional personnel

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