Editing Bronski Beat (section)

===1985–1995: Somerville's departure, John Foster and Jonathan Hellyer eras===
Bronski Beat recruited John Foster as Somerville's replacement (Foster is credited as "Jon Jon"). A single, "[[Hit That Perfect Beat]]", was released in November 1985, reaching 3 in the UK.<ref name="charts" /> It repeated this success on the Australian chart<ref name="auchart"/> and was also featured in the film ''[[Letter to Brezhnev]]''. A second single, "C'mon C'mon", also charted in the UK Top 20 and an album, ''[[Truthdare Doubledare]]'', released in May 1986, peaked at 18. The film ''[[Parting Glances]]'' (1986) included Bronski Beat songs "Love and Money", "Smalltown Boy" and "Why?" During this period, the band teamed up with producer Mark Cunningham on the first-ever [[BBC]] [[Children In Need]] single, a cover of David Bowie's "[[Heroes (David Bowie song)|Heroes]]", released in 1986 under the name of The County Line.

Foster left the band in 1987. Following Foster's departure, Bronski Beat began work on their next album, ''Out and About''. The tracks were recorded at Berry Street studios in London with engineer Brian Pugsley. Some of the song titles were "The Final Spin" and "Peace and Love". The latter track featured [[Strawberry Switchblade]] vocalist [[Rose McDowall]] and appeared on several internet sites in 2006. One of the other songs from the project called "European Boy" was recorded in 1987 by disco group Splash. The lead singer of Splash was former [[Tight Fit]] singer Steve Grant. Steinbachek and Bronski toured extensively with the new material with positive reviews, however the project was abandoned as the group was dropped by London Records. Also in 1987, Bronski Beat and Somerville performed at a reunion concert for "International AIDS Day", supported by [[New Order (band)|New Order]], at the [[Brixton Academy]], London.

In 1989, [[Jonathan Hellyer]] became lead singer, and the band extensively toured the U.S. and Europe with back-up vocalist Annie Conway. They achieved one minor hit with the song "[[Cha Cha Heels]]", a one-off collaboration sung by American actress and singer [[Eartha Kitt]], which peaked at 32 in the UK.<ref name="charts" /> The song was originally written for movie and recording star [[Divine (actor)|Divine]], who was unable to record the song before his death in 1988. 1990–91 saw Bronski Beat release three further singles on the Zomba record label, "I'm Gonna Run Away", "One More Chance" and "What More Can I Say". The singles were produced by [[Mike Thorne]].

Foster and Bronski Beat teamed up again in 1994, and released a [[techno]] "Tell Me Why '94" and an [[acoustic music|acoustic]] "Smalltown Boy '94" on the German [[record label]], [[ZYX Music]]. The album ''Rainbow Nation'' was released the following year with Hellyer returning as lead vocalist, as Foster had dropped out of the project and Ian Donaldson was brought on board to do keyboards and programming. After a few years of touring, Bronski Beat then dissolved, with [[Steve Bronski]] going on to become a producer for other artists and Ian Donaldson becoming a successful DJ (Sordid Soundz). Larry Steinbachek became the musical director for [[Michael Laub]]'s theatre company, 'Remote Control Productions'.