Although Mari Wilson recorded most of her singles circa 1983 with her band the Wilsations (and also performed live with them), this is the only single which is actually credited to 'Mari Wilson with the Wilsations'.
Mary Roos was born as Rosemarie Schwab on January 9, 1949. She started singing at a very early age and recorded her first song when she was 9 years old.
In December 1978, the ELO EP was released in the UK only, to promote the three LP box set 'Three Light Years'. The box set contained three recent albums by the band: 'On the third day' (1973), 'Eldorado' (1974) and 'Face the music' (1975).
According to the German press bio enclosed in the sleeve of this single, the Thompson Twins were having trouble deciding on a single for Germany in the summer of 1983. 'We are detective' had just been a top 10 hit in the UK, and 'Watching' was due to be released soon. According to the bio, it was the band's female member Alannah Currie who proposed to release a double A-side single in Germany, including both singles.
I recently wrote about Bros' 1988 single 'I owe you nothing' and the fact that it was originally released a year earlier. What I didn't know was that this original release came in a different sleeve. I found that single and decided to buy it right away.
Wang Chung's biggest hit was 1984's 'Dance hall days'. When subsequent singles turned out to be less successful, the band decided to revisit the track. Hence 'Dance hall days revisited', released in 1989.
'A new flame' is the title track of Simply Red's third studio album, which was released in 1989. The track was released as the third single from the album, after the cover version of 'If you don't know me by now' which reached number 1 in several countries.