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====Initial solo success==== He recorded his second solo album with Maurice's participation, ''[[How Old Are You? (album)|How Old Are You?]]''. The lead single "[[Juliet (Robin Gibb song)|Juliet]]" was a success in Europe as well as "[[Another Lonely Night in New York]]" and the [[How Old Are You (Robin Gibb song)|title track]]. In 1984, he released his third solo album ''[[Secret Agent (Robin Gibb album)|Secret Agent]]'', a [[New wave music|new wave]]/[[synthpop]]-influenced LP<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/robin-gibb-dead-celebrate-the-life-842418|title=High notes: Watch the greatest moments in Robin Gibb's career|work=Daily Mirror|author=Ian Jones|date=21 May 2012|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=1 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801164342/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/robin-gibb-dead-celebrate-the-life-842418|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/robin-gibb-disco-superstar/|title=Robin Gibb, Disco Superstar|date=21 May 2012|publisher=Legacy.com|access-date=10 March 2023|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208041119/https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/robin-gibb-disco-superstar/|url-status=live}}</ref> (reached No. 97 in the US, No. 31 in Germany and No. 20 in Switzerland). The album's lead and first single "[[Boys Do Fall in Love]]" reached the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine top 40 list of hits, as well as reaching No. 70 in the UK, No. 7 in South Africa and No. 10 in Italy. Other singles such as the [[Secret Agent (song)|title track]] and "[[In Your Diary]]" did not repeat the success of the first single. Due to the success of "Boys Do Fall in Love", he performed the song in several TV shows including ''Eldorado'' (Danish TV).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdWK1-JWYSg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/MdWK1-JWYSg| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Robin Gibb β Boys Do Fall in Love (Danish TV) β ((STEREO)) |date=10 May 2011 |publisher=You Tube |access-date=5 December 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 1985, he released his fourth solo album ''[[Walls Have Eyes]]'' with the singles "Like a Fool" and "[[Toys (song)|Toys]]"; both songs did not chart in the US or UK. These three albums were more successful in Europe than in the UK or US. In 1986, Gibb joined [[Thompson Twins]], [[Zak Starkey]], [[Cliff Richard]], [[Bonnie Tyler]], [[John Parr]] and [[Holly Johnson]] under the name Anti-Heroin Project to record a charity single called "Live-In World".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dellar |first1=Fred |title=MOJO Time Machine: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Elvis Costello And Wham! Unite Against Heroin |url=https://www.mojo4music.com/time-machine/1980s/mojo-time-machine-paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-elvis-costello-and-wham-unite-against-heroin/ |website=MOJO |access-date=10 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929050642/https://www.mojo4music.com/time-machine/1980s/mojo-time-machine-paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-elvis-costello-and-wham-unite-against-heroin/ |archive-date=29 September 2022 |date=13 May 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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