Billy Ocean singles chart and garnering radio play across the United States and UK. A remix of the single by will.i.am was released in 2005. In October 2007, Ocean commenced his first UK tour in more than 15 years. In February and March 2008 he toured Australia and the Far East. His album "Because I Love You" was released on 2 February 2009. In April 2010, an 18-track compilation album was released in the UK by Sony Music titled "The Very Best of Billy Ocean" to tie in with a 30-date tour of the UK and Ireland. Featuring Ocean's biggest hits, the
Billy Name his theatrical surname was explained this way: "He acquired his superstar identity. While he was filling in an official form, his pen hovered… Name… Billy… He wrote. He had become Billy Name." Prior to his association with Warhol, Name had worked in theatrical lighting design. Name began his career as a lighting designer in the theater in 1960, while working as a waiter at Serendipity 3, the mid-town dessert establishment. His first apprenticeship was with Nick Cernovich, part of the Black Mountain College contingency in New York in the 1950s, who had won an Obie Award for best lighting. "It