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Helicopter Girl (born 1969) is the stage name of Jackie Joyce, a musician from Dundee, Scotland. She was born to a Scottish mother and Ghanaian father.[1][3] She was previously a member of the groups Mouth Music and Ambisonic.

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Helicopter Girl
Birth name	Jackie Joyce
Born	1969 (age 52–53)[1] Dundee, Scotland[2]
Origin	Perth, Scotland
Genres	Soul jazz funk folk trip hop synth-pop house
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter arranger-producer
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Instant Karma Dharma

Music career

Her first album was 2000's How to Steal the World, which was nominated for a Mercury Prize.[4] Also, in 2001, she appeared on the Rod Stewart album, Human, performing with him on the track "Don't Come Around Here."[5]

Joyce then took an extended break from the business before writing and recording her second album, Voodoo Chic, which featured the single "Angel City," and was released in 2004. The album Metropolitan was released in June 2008. It was preceded by the single "It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This".

Helicopter Girl's fourth album, Wanda Meant, was self-released on 1 April 2015.[6]

A track in the album Ecohero by Ambisonic, a band she was a member of in 1997, featured a song called "Helicopter Kinda Girl" which is where she got her stage name from.

Discography

Albums

• How to Steal the World (Instant Karma Records, 2000)
• Voodoo Chic (Dharma Records, 2004; (released in 2005 in the United States on Robbins Entertainment)
• Metropolitan (Dharma Records, 2008)
• Wanda Meant (Helicopter Girl Music, 2015)

Singles

• "345 Wonderful" (2000)
• "Subliminal Punk" (2001)
• "Glove Compartment" (2001)
• "Angel City" (2004) #82 UK[7]
• "White Revolving Circles" (2004)
• "Umbrellas in the Rain" (2005)
• "It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This" (2008)
• "Ballerina" (2008)
• "It's Coming Up" (2015)

References

External links

• Article from The Guardian, 2004
• Instant Karma on the web
• Entry in Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.), 2006

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