The Adventures of Stevie V was a British dance music act from Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, it scored several hits on the UK Singles Chart and the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, most notably with the song "Dirty Cash (Money Talks)".
Assembled by producer Steve Vincent (formerly of Brit-funk band Touchdown), the group consisted of Vincent, Mick Walsh and singer Melody Washington.[1] Their most successful single was "Dirty Cash (Money Talks)",[1] a 1990 dance hit that crossed over to pop radio and hit No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as peaking at No. 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. An album, Adventures of Stevie V followed, with a further two singles reaching the charts – "Body Language" reaching the UK Top 40, and "Jealousy" reaching both the UK and US charts.[1]
Vincent released a second album, Satisfy Me in 1993, which featured a host of different singers, including soul divas Thelma Houston, Gwen Guthrie, Ruby Turner and Beverlei Brown. Leading with singles "Push 2 the Limit" and "Paradise".
| Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [2] | |||
| Adventures of Stevie V |
| 83 | |
| Satisfy Me |
| - |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] | IRE | NED | BEL (FLA) | GER [4] | AUT | SWI | AUS[5] | NZ | US [6] | US R&B [7] | US Dance [8] | ||||||
| 1990 | "Dirty Cash (Money Talks)" | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 25 | 75 | 1 | Adventures of Stevie V | |||
| 1990 | "Body Language" | 29 | 23 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 108 | 40 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | "Jealousy" | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | — | 2 | ||||
| "That's the Way It Is" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1993 | "Push 2 the Limit" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Satisfy Me | |||
| 1994 | "Paradise" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1997 | "Dirty Cash (Money Talks) '97" (remix) | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Single only | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||||