Wennick, who was the head of Mega, wanted the album, Happy Nation, in stores by Christmas, so the band rushed to complete and mix their remaining demos. In early 1993, “All That She Wants” made charts around Europe, and spent three weeks at the top of the UK charts in May. But when Wennick tried to interest US labels in an American distribution deal for Happy Nation, he got a resounding “No!” from everyone. “ ‘No, no, no, no,’ ” he recalled. The reason was always the same: “This band will never work in the States.’ ” Certainly, it was not a propitious time to break a foreign synth-pop band in
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