with abbott, the band released several top 10 singles. amongst their most successful hits during her stint were: "rotterdam", "perfect 10", "don't marry her" and "dream a little dream of me". abbott was discovered by beautiful south co-founder paul heaton after she and a friend met him outside a night club. heaton invited them to a party, where abbott's friend encouraged her to sing. heaton was impressed with her singing, and later invited her to audition to replace corrigan.