[citation needed] It was included on their 1983 debut studio album Deep Sea Skiving.

The song was originally called "Big Red Motorbike", however Bananarama did not like the lyrics and changed it to "Shy Boy".

[3] The music video was directed by Midge Ure and Chris Cross who were then members of the group Ultravox.

When his new look attracts the attention of a sexy secretary, the girls get revenge by dousing him with a bucket of water.

The nerd-turned-stud was played Terry Sharpe, the lead vocalist of the Northern Irish rock group the Adventures, who was Sara Dallin's boyfriend at the time.