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Four decades after their brief but pivotal run of success on each side of the Atlantic in the mid-to-late ’80s, Fine Young Cannibals come back for a few more bites in the form of a sprawling compilation/box set.

Arriving from London Records on November 21, FYC40 will reintroduce audiences to the Birmingham trio behind “Johnny Come Home,” “She Drives Me Crazy” and “Good Thing” on a multi-disc set that’s available on CD or vinyl. The most comprehensive version spans four CDs and a DVD, offering expanded editions of 1985’s Fine Young Cannibals and 1989’s The Raw & The Cooked, B-sides, remixes, music videos and live performances. (These are, of course, different track lists than the 2CD expansions of both albums issued in 2020.) Nine of the tracks, including vintage and new remixes, are previously unreleased. A 2CD edition offers an overview of hits and remixes – some of which are different to what’s on the 4CD/1DVD set, including the unreleased material. A crystal clear vinyl version offers the first dozen tracks from the 2CD version, and a black double vinyl includes all 18 cuts from the first disc of the 2CD set plus a side of remixes – most of which are edited versions of longer cuts on the previous sets, and many of which are previously unreleased and not on the other configurations. Phew! (And that doesn’t even cover the CD single of mostly unreleased “Johnny Come Home” remixes from 1990, available with purchases made on the band’s official store!) The deluxe set includes liner notes by Andrew Harrison and John Earls, while the standard sets seem to only feature notes by Harrison.

Such a spread does its part to chronicle the brief, intense popularity of FYC, one of two groups formed from the ashes of the post-punk/ska group The (English) Beat. (Frontmen Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger started General Public.) Guitarist Andy Cox and bassist David Steele joined forces with ska band veteran Roland Gift, whose versatile voice – from Otis Redding-style soul grit to Prince-ly falsetto – cut through the literal hundreds of demo tapes the duo solicited. Though a record deal was hard-fought, FYC would strike pay dirt in England with the live favorite “Johnny Come Home,” a ska-flavored tune that would reach the Top 10 in the U.K.; a dramatic cover of Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds” matched its predecessor at No. 8.

A third British hit, a No. 9 cover of The Buzzcocks’ “Ever Fallen in Love,” was commissioned for the soundtrack to the Jonathan Demme film Something Wild (1986), and the group would appear in Barry Levinson’s Tin Men (1987) – all of which led up to the 1989 release of the group’s dance-focused The Raw & The Cooked. Sessions included collaborations with Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads, Julian Mendelsohn and Paisley Park engineer David Z (brother of former Prince and The Revolution drummer Bobby Z). It was David’s minimalist production on the single “She Drives Me Crazy” that gave Fine Young Cannibals their big break in the United States; it and “Good Thing” (featuring a rollicking piano lick from Jools Holland of Squeeze) would both top the pop charts in America. Despite the near U.S. Top 10 placement of third single “Don’t Look Back,” Fine Young Cannibals were not much longer for the music world. Outside of new single “The Flame” for a 1996 hits collection, Gift, Cox and Steele haven’t worked together since. (Gift has acted on film and television, and has performed several times under the FYC moniker.)

All formats of FYC40 are detailed below, with pre-order links for Amazon (as an affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases) and the band’s official store (which comes with the bonus “Johnny Come Home” CD single). You can also hear one of the new remixes, a new take on “Ever Fallen in Love” by DJ Q, below. FYC 40 is available November 21.

FYC40 (London, 2025)

4CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (with CD single)

* previously unreleased

CD 1: Fine Young Cannibals and bonus tracks

1. Johnny Come Home
2. Couldn’t Care More
3. Don’t Ask Me to Choose
4. Funny How Love Is
5. Suspicious Minds
6. Blue
7. Move to Work
8. On a Promise
9. Time Isn’t Kind
10. Like a Stranger
11. Love for Sale
12. Wade in the Water
13. Motherless Child
14. Johnny Come Home (Anne Dudley Version) *
15. Couldn’t Care More (Anne Dudley Version)
16. Move to Work (Anne Dudley Version) *
17. Blue (Version)
18. Suspicious Minds (John Luongo U.S. 7″ Mix)
19. Funny How Love Is (Re-recorded Version)
20. Johnny Come Home (Extended Mix)
21. Suspicious Minds (Extended Version)

Tracks 1-10 released as London LONLP 16 (U.K.), 1985
Tracks 11-12 and 17 released on “Blue” double 7″ – London LONDP 79 (U.K.), 1985
Track 13 released on “Funny How Love Is” single – London LON 88 (U.K.), 1986
Track 15 released on Fine Young Cannibals (35th Anniversary Edition) – London LMS5521360 (U.K.), 2020
Track 18 released on I.R.S. single  IRS-52836 (U.S.), 1986
Track 19 released on London 12″ LONX 88 (U.K.), 1986
Track 20 released on London 12″  LONX 68 (U.K.), 1985
Track 21 released on London 12″ LONX 82 (U.K.), 1986

CD 2: The Raw & The Cooked and bonus tracks

1. She Drives Me Crazy
2. Good Thing
3. I’m Not the Man I Used to Be
4. I’m Not Satisfied
5. Tell Me What
6. Don’t Look Back
7. It’s OK (It’s Alright)
8. Don’t Let It Get You Down
9. As Hard As It Is
10. Ever Fallen in Love
11. Social Security
12. You Never Know
13. Hold Me (Demo)
14. I’m Not the Man I Used to Be (Demo)
15. I’m Not Satisfied (Demo)
16. Tell Me What (Demo)
17. As Hard As It Is (Demo)
18. Race Track (Demo)
19. She Drives Me Crazy (Louil Silas Jr. U.S. 7″ Mix)
20. Good Thing (10″ Alternative Mix)
21. Ever Fallen in Love (Extended Version)

Tracks 1-10 released as London 828 069-1 (U.K.), 1989
Track 11 released on “Good Thing” single – London LON 218 (U.K.), 1989
Track 12 released on “Don’t Look Back” single – London LON 220 (U.K.), 1989
Tracks 13-18 released on The Raw & The Cooked (Remastered & Expanded) – London LMS5521362 (U.K.), 2020
Track 19 released on I.R.S. promo single S45-17845 (U.S.), 1989
Track 20 released on London 10″ single LONT 218 (U.K.), 1989
Track 21 released on MCA Records 12″ single MCA-23707 (U.S.), 1986

CD 3: Remixes 1985-1996

1. The Flame (Dave Way Mix)
2. I’m Not the Man I Used to Be (Matt Dike Remix)
3. She Drives Me Crazy (The Monie Love Remix)
4. Good Thing (Prince Paul Remix)
5. I’m Not Satisfied (Prince Paul Groovie Organ Mix) *
6. It’s OK (It’s Alright) (Ploeg Club Mix)
7. Ever Fallen in Love (Arthur Baker Club Senseless)
8. Johnny Come Home (Mark Moore 12″ Remix)
9. I’m Not the Man I Used to Be (Dancin’ Danny D Remix)
10. She Drives Me Crazy (The Justin Strauss Mix)
11. I’m Not Satisfied (Matt Dike 12″)
12. I’m Not the Man I Used to Be (Juan Atkins Remix) *
13. Johnny Come Home (Mousse T Cocktail Mix)
14. Don’t Look Back (Luke Mornay Extended Remix) *

Track 1 released on MCA Records promo CD single MCA5P-3851 (U.S.), 1996
Tracks 2 and 9 released on London 12″ promo LXDJ 244 (U.K.), 1989
Track 3 released on London 12″ LONXE 199 (U.K.), 1989
Track 4 released on London 12″ LONXR 218 (U.K.), 1989
Track 6 released on London 12″ 869 129-1 (U.K.), 1990
Track 7 released on London 12″ LONXR 121 (U.K.), 1987
Track 8 released on London 12″ 869 259-1 (U.K.), 1990
Track 10 released on I.R.S. Records 12″ IRS-23926 (U.S.), 1989
Track 11 released on I.R.S. Records 12″ IRS-24009 (U.S.), 1990
Track 13 released on “She Drives Me Crazy” CD single – London LONCD 391 (U.K.), 1996

CD 4: Remixes 1996-2025

1. She Drives Me Crazy (Flight Facilities Remix) *
2. Ever Fallen in Love (DJ Q Remix) *
3. Johnny Come Home (Initial Talk Remix) *
4. She Drives Me Crazy (The Reflex Edit) *
5. The Flame (Mario Più & Ricky Le Roy Experience Mix)
6. She Drives Me Crazy (Cerrone Remix)
7. Johnny Come Home (Mousse T Extended Mix)
8. She Drives Me Crazy (Dimitri from Paris Remix)
9. The Flame (Mario Scalambrin Heartbeat Mix)
10. Johnny Come Home (Derrick Carter Remix)
11. She Drives Me Crazy (Roger Sanchez Time & Space Mix)
12. The Flame (Gigi D’Agostino Mix)
13. I’m Not the Man I Used to Be (Rollo & Sister Bliss Monster Mix)

Tracks 5, 9 and 12 released on GFB Records 12″ GFB 097 (IT), 1996
Tracks 6, 8 and 10 released on London digital EP (no cat. #), 2020
Tracks 7 and 11 released on London 12″ LONX 391 (U.K.), 1996
Track 13 released on London 12″ promo LONXDJ 389 (U.K.), 1996

DVD

Restored promo videos (HD)

1. Johnny Come Home
2. Blue
3. Suspicious Minds
4. Funny How Love Is
5. Ever Fallen in Love
6. She Drives Me Crazy
7. Good Thing
8. Don’t Look Back
9. I’m Not the Man I Used to Be
10. I’m Not Satisfied
11. The Flame

Live At The Paramount, Seattle, WA – 10/21/1989 (HD)

1. Johnny Come Home
2. Like a Stranger
3. Couldn’t Care More
4. Good Thing
5. Tell Me What
6. Time Isn’t Kind
7. I’m Not Satisfied
8. Funny How Love Is
9. Ever Fallen in Love
10. Don’t Look Back
11. Suspicious Minds
12. I’m Not the Man I Used to Be
13. It’s OK (It’s Alright)
14. My Girl
15. She Drives Me Crazy

FYC At The BBC

1. Couldn’t Care More (Live at the Haçienda – on The Old Grey Whistle Test)
2. Don’t Ask Me to Choose (Live at the Haçienda – on The Old Grey Whistle Test)
3. Johnny Come Home (Top of the Pops)
4. Suspicious Minds (Top of the Pops)
5. Funny How Love Is (Wogan)
6. Ever Fallen in Love (Top of the Pops)
7. She Drives Me Crazy (Top of the Pops)
8. Good Thing (Top of the Pops)
9. I’m Not the Man I Used to Be (Top of the Pops)

2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (with CD single)

* previously unreleased
+ exclusive to 2CD version

CD 1

1. Johnny Come Home
2. Blue
3. Suspicious Minds
4. Funny How Love Is (Re-recorded Version)
5. Ever Fallen in Love
6. She Drives Me Crazy
7. Good Thing
8. Don’t Look Back (7″ Remix) +
9. I’m Not the Man I Used to Be
10. I’m Not Satisfied
11. It’s OK (It’s Alright)
12. The Flame
13. Love for Sale (1990 Mix) +
14. Wade in the Water
15. Motherless Child
16. Couldn’t Care More
17. Tell Me What
18. Social Security

CD 2

1. She Drives Me Crazy (Flight Facilities Remix) *
2. Ever Fallen in Love (DJ Q Remix) *
3. Johnny Come Home (Initial Talk Remix) *
4. She Drives Me Crazy (The Reflex Revision) *
5. Blue (Mark Kamins Remix) * +
6. Suspicious Minds (John Luongo Suspicious Mix) +
7. She Drives Me Crazy (Louil Silas Jr. Extended Version feat. Monie Love) +
8. Good Thing (Julian Mendelsohn Extended Version) * +
9. Don’t Look Back (Thompson/Barbiero Extended Version) * +
10. I’m Not the Man I Used to Be (Cook II Soul Mix) +
11. I’m Not Satisfied (Prince Paul 12″ Mix) +
12. Johnny Come Home (Frankie Knuckles Classic Club Feeling) * +

Disc 1, Track 8 released on London single LON 220 (U.K.), 1989
Disc 1, Track 13 released on Red Hot + Blue – Chrysalis F2 21799, 1990
Disc 2, Track 6 released on I.R.S. Records 12″ IRS-23626 (U.S.), 1986
Disc 2, Track 7 released on MCA Records 12″ promo L33-17832 (U.S.), 1989
Disc 2, Track 10 released on London 12″ LONX 244 (U.K.), 1989

2LP: Amazon U.S. (TBD) / Amazon U.K. (TBD) / Amazon Canada (TBD) / Official Store (with CD single)
1LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Official Store (with CD single)

* previously unreleased
++ exclusive to 2LP version

LP 1 (identical to Tracks 1-12 of CD 1)

LP 2

Side C (identical to Tracks 13-18 of CD 1)

Side D

1. I’m Not the Man I Used to Be (Cook II Soul 7″ Mix) ++
2. She Drives Me Crazy (The Reflex Edit) * ++
3. Blue (Version)
4. I’m Not Satisfied (Prince Paul 7″ Mix) * ++
5. Don’t Look Back (Luke Mornay Remix) * ++
6. Johnny Come Home (Frankie Knuckles Remix) * ++

Track D1 released on London single LON 244 (U.K.), 1989

Johnny Come Home (1990 Remixes) (London, 2025)

1. Johnny Come Home (Frankie Knuckles Remix) *
2. Johnny Come Home (Frankie Knuckles Classic Feeling) *
3. Johnny Come Home (Frankie Knuckles Classic Club Feeling) *
4. Johnny Come Home (Dance Floor Delight) *
5. Johnny Come Home (DJs Delight) *
6. Johnny Come Home (An Instrumental Feeling) *
7. Johnny Come Home (Mark Moore Remix)
8. Johnny Come Home (Mark Moore 12″ Remix)
9. Johnny Come Home (Mark Moore Instrumental) *
10. Johnny Come Home (The Mix with No Beard)
11. Johnny Take a Trip (Full-Length Version) *

Track 7 released on London single 869 258-7 (U.K.), 1990
Track 8 released on London 12″ 869 259-1 (U.K.), 1990
Tracks 10 and edit of 11 released on London 12″ promo FYC 5 (U.K.), 1990