New Line-up
In 1988, the band (initially still including Ralf Dörper and Susanne Freytag) signed to Virgin Records, and began recording new material. Alongside Michael Mertens was the new line-up of American vocalist Betsi Miller, bassist Derek Forbes and drummer Brian McGee (both ex-Simple Minds) (who had both actually joined the band following their split with ZTT in 1986). The result was a new album, released in 1990 called 1234, produced by former Tears For Fears' associates Ian Stanley and Chris Hughes (Miller's future husband). Some of Dörper's lyrics were used and Freytag also made a guest appearance on the album. David Gilmour of Pink Floyd played guitar on what was to be the second single taken from the album, "Only One Word". Despite the first single from the album, "Heaven Give Me Words", reaching the UK Top 40, the album was not a huge success and peaked at number 36 in the UK. Although the album wasn't as spectacular as " A Secret Wish", it gave Propaganda its only real No.1 Hit, with " Wound in my Heart" becoming a huge success in South America and reaching No.1 in Argentina in 1990. Around this time, Propaganda founders Dörper and Thein (under the moniker Riffifi) scored a European dance hit called "Dr. Acid & Mr House".
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