Glad to know you - Chas Jankel

Chas Jankel's career has not been a very successful. Despite releasing various albums and singles, he never made the charts in the UK. His single 'Glad to know you' (1981) was another flop - but at least he still found some success when Kitty Grant released a cover version of this song in 1983: it reached number 19 in the Dutch Top 40.

I knew about the original when it came out, and when I heard the cover I knew immediately that the original was better. It's a mystery to me why it wasn't a hit.

My collection: 7" single no. 957

Found: All that music, Leiden, August 10, 1989

Cost: 2 guilders

Tracks: 'Glad to know you' / '3,000,000 synths'

Download: Album 'Chasanova', including both tracks