Their first hit was the 1987 release “Heart and Soul“. It first became a hit in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart,reaching No. 4 after being featured on a Pepe Jeans advertisement; it repeated the feat in the UK Singles Chartsome months later. Their third single, “China in Your Hand“, was their biggest UK hit, spending five weeks atnumber 1.
It also reached the top spot in several other European countries, but made little impact in the UnitedStates. Their debut album, Bridge of Spies (simply called T’Pau in the USA), also reached number 1 and wentquadruple platinum in the UK. The album produced a total of five hit singles including “Valentine”, “Sex Talk” and “IWill Be with You”.In 1988 the release of their second album Rage, which peaked at No. 4 in the UK and reached platinum statusthere. It produced the UK Top 20 single “Secret Garden”.
Third album The Promise followed in 1991: it peaked atNo. 10 in the UK, earning a silver disc. It included one Top 20 hit, “Whenever You Need Me”. They split up followingits release. A compilation album, Heart and Soul – The Very Best of T’Pau, was released in 1993 and reached theUK Top 40.Another greatest hits release appeared in 1997, and Decker reformed the band with a new line-up in 1998, for therelease of a new studio album, Red. Two singles “With a Little Luck” and “Giving Up the Ghost” were released fromthe album.
Decker still made guest appearances on TV shows throughout the 2000s, including Hit Me, Baby, OneMore Time, Just the Two of Us and The Weakest Link.
In 2007, marking the 20th anniversary of T’Pau’s firstsuccess, Ron Rogers and Carol Decker released a new single, “Just Dream”, exclusively as an Internet download. In2008, T’Pau were part of the Here and Now 1980s nostalgia tour.To mark the 25th anniversary of the formation of the band, Decker and Rogers embarked on a 28-date UK tourduring the spring of 2013 without the original band members.In February 2015, T’Pau released their fifth studio album, Pleasure & Pain, and embarked on a tour.