Scarlet was a UK duo from Hull. They originally consisted of Cheryl Parker (vocals, guitar) and Jo Youle (piano, keyboards, vocals). The group had a third member, Joanne Fox, but she left before the band had any major success.
The band had their first UK hit with “Independent Love Song” (UK #12) in 1995 featured in the film “Bed of Roses,” which was followed by their album Naked (UK #53). The group’s second UK single “I Wanna Be Free (To Be With Him)” became a minor hit (UK #21), but the next single “Love Hangover” flopped (UK #54).
In 1996, Scarlet issued a new single “Bad Girl”, but this also stalled at #54. The album Chemistry missed the top 75 completely, and it was after this relative failure that WEA dropped the band and they went their separate ways.