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The band's most popular period was during the 1980s and early 1990s , with their highest charting hit , the song "Walk the Dinosaur" , released in 1987 as the lead single from their 1988 album "What Up , Dog ? " , which became a world-wide top-40 hit and peaked at on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart . 
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