Martika was encouraged by her agent to combine her love of film and music by scoring soundtracks and, in 1990, she wrote and recorded the song “Blue Eyes are Sensitive to the Light” for the soundtrack to the film Arachnophobia. Further releases from the debut album were 'Water,' a modest hit in the UK and Australia, and 'If You're Tarzan I'm Jane.' The album was certified Gold in the US in 1989, and sold 3 million copies worldwide. Both of those tracks also hit the top 20 on the US Dance charts and the UK singles chart. Two additional releases also went Top 40 in the US: ' More Than You Know'(#18) and ' I Feel the Earth Move'(#25), which was a remake of Carole King’s #1 from her album Tapestry.

In the US, 'Toy Soldiers' spent two weeks at #1 and was certified Gold by the RIAA. Her first album, 1988's Martika, spawned the song “ Toy Soldiers,” which she co-wrote with her producer Michael Jay, and became a top 5 hit in the United Kingdom and many other countries. 'We are Music' was recorded to promote Sony cassette tapes in the Japanese market, where the song was released in the 12', 7' and CD formats. Her first solo release, however, was released only in Japan. or Be Somebody's Fool! in 1984.įollowing her role in Kids Incorporated and Be Somebody, Martika was signed by Columbia Records as a potential Madonna-like pop star. Martika and many fellow Kids Incorporated cast members were featured in the musical numbers from the Mr. This led to her being cast as Gloria on the long-running kids show Kids Incorporated as one of a group of neighborhood kids who rise to local fame by singing staged productions at a corner malt shop. She entered mainstream show business in an uncredited role as one of the orphan girls in the 1982 motion picture Annie.

Martika was born in 1969 in Whittier, California.

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