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Eighties pop diva Tiffany looks back: ‘I didn’t want to record I Think We’re Alone Now, but my girlfriends loved it’
The US singer on her ‘too sexy’ oufit, living with an alcoholic mother, and the women who inspired her
Archive photograph: Lynn Goldsmith/Getty ImagesBorn in 1971 in Norwalk, California, Tiffany Darwish began singing at country fairs aged nine, before releasing her first album at 15. I try not to get insulted because I’m living my dream, even if I’m not No 1 At the start of my career, there were a lot of women who inspired me – Carol Decker, Kim Wilde, Taylor Dayne, Samantha Fox. Recently, I flew straight from America to Dublin and had a stopoff in the loo at Heathrow to get ready – using baby wipes instead of a shower, trying to add my sparkle and glamour in a tiny stall.
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