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Andrew Fagan (born 1962) is a New Zealand writer, singer-songwriter and long-distance solo sailor. He grew up in Wellington. He gained fame in New Zealand in the 1980s as the lead singer of the pop group The Mockers. The Mockers, music.net.nz. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
Following the success of The Mockers' 1985 hit "Forever Tuesday Morning", Fagan won the RIANZ 1985 award for Top Male Vocalist of the Year. Since The Mockers broke up, he has recorded and performed as a solo artist under the name Fagan (releasing his debut solo album Blisters in 1994); and with his band LIG. Owner of the yacht Swirly World In Perpetuity, he has written three accounts of solo voyages he's undertaken; Swirly World, the Solo Voyages (2003); Swirly World Sails South (2012); and Swirly World: Lost at Sea (2024), plus several collections of poetry. He has also been involved with the TVNZ Intrepid Journeys television series.
Fagan has lived in London and now resides in Auckland. He is married to the writer and television/radio broadcaster Karyn Hay. Karyn Hay and Andrew Fagan, Screen Talk interview, NZ On Screen. (Available under a CC BY-NC licence.) Retrieved 31 March 2010. He co-hosted a talkback show with Hay on Radio Live from 7 pm to 10 pm on week nights from 2008 to 2015, with Hay continuing as a solo host until 2017.
Fagan performs regularly around New Zealand with his band Andrew Fagan and the People, including a seven-date North Island tour in April 2021. The band has released two critically praised albums; Admiral of the Narrow Seas (2011) and Act Normal (2020).
| 1991 | "I Still Want You" | 47 | Blisters |
| 1994 | "Jerusalem" | 39 | |
| "Exciting" | — | ||
| 1995 | "Now You Know" | — | |
| 1997 | "Empty" (with Lig) | — | Bacterial Activity |
| 2011 | "Religion" (with Fagan and the People) | — | Admiral of the Narrow Seas |
| 2020 | On Channel Me (with Andrew Fagan and the People) | — | Act Normal |
| 2020 | "Act Normal" (with Andrew Fagan and the People) | — | Act Normal |
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