After the release of their second album 'Children', the Mission released the single 'Tower of strength' from that album. The single version was edited down from the 8 minute album version to 4 minutes 30 seconds. It still retained much of the strength and character of the track, and so the band were rewarded with their biggest hit yet.'Tower of strength' was the first single by the Mission to achieve some success abroad: it reached number 30 in the Dutch Top 40 in April 1988. Two months prior to that, the single reached number 12 in the UK singles chart.
My collection: 7" single no. 795
Found: Disco Market, Den Haag, April 15, 1989
Cost: 1 guilder
Tracks: 'Tower of strength' / 'Fabienne', 'Breathe (vocal)'
Marcel, that's a great track. I learned a little about Wayne Hussey, the lead singer of The Mission. He was not popular on British TV after a terrible interview in which he was plainly drunk as a skunk. In the 90's his sister worked with me and told me he had gone off to the USA to produce records. According to Wikipedia, he now lives in Brazil.
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