Boy George Talks Culture Club, Makeup & Being Turned Into A Barbie

In the latest episode of Fuse's digital series Backatcha, English singer-songwriter Boy George recalls Culture Club's iconic 1983 record Colour By Numbers, being a fashion icon and writing a makeup tutorial.

"It was the beginning of the real proper fashion photographers, this guy called Jamie Morgan. He styled the band. We got polished up nice for that sleeve," George recalls, examining the cover of Colour By Numbers. "They didn’t style me, but they styled the boys. I was always dressed already."

The wildly successful album wasn't just about aesthetics. "Colour By Numbers was just kind of the perfect pop record. When it got to No. 1 in different countries that’s when it became special. By that point we had quite a few records out, so it was just like, ‘We have another record.’ Kissing to be Clever was full of youthful exuberance and then we made what we thought was our perfect pop record and it was a big, big record all over the world."