This single was actually released in 1983, after Eddy Grant had even more success with 'Electric Avenue', which reached number 2. This re-release couldn't match that success: it didn't chart at all.
My collection: 7" single no. 7369
Found: Record fair, Rotterdam, 5 October 2024
Tracks: 'Living on the frontline' / 'Do you feel my love'
It was originally a hit for the Equals, taken from their 1967 album Unequalled Equals. It was a number one hit in the UK, Belgium, South Africa and Rhodesia. The song was actually written by Eddy Grant; he was a member of the Equals. In 1984, after his solo career had taken off in a big way, he decided to re-record the song, but this version was less successful. But still, it was released on red vinyl in Germany.
My collection: 7" single no. 7124
Found: Discogs.com, received 20 March 2024
Tracks: 'Baby come back' / 'Political bassa bassa'
This wasn't a very big hit but it does take me back to 1984, the year that gave me a lot of favourite pop songs that have stayed with me for decades.
My collection: 7" single no. 6572
Found: Discogs.com, received 13 December 2021
Cost: €2
Tracks: 'Romancing the stone' / 'My turn to love you'
Although this song sounds remarkably like 'I don't wanna dance', the song that became a hit for Eddy Grant in 1982 and was taken from his third album 'Killer on the rampage', it was actually released a year later and the first single from the fourth album 'Going for broke'.
In 1984, Eddy Grant released his seventh album 'Going for broke'. After the success of its predecessor 'Killer on the rampage', the album took a similar approach but was less successful chart-wise. The single 'Boys in the street' reached number 78 in the UK singles chart but flopped in most other territories.
'War party' was originally a track on Eddy Grant's 1981 album 'Killer on the rampage'. The track was remixed and released as a single in 1982. The single reached number 42 in the UK singles chart during a four week chart run.
'Electric avenue' is one of Eddy Grant's most popular tracks. It was taken from his 1983 album 'Killer on the rampage'. The song is named after Electric Avenue, a market street in the Brixton area of London, England.
This song sounds incredibly dated now, but back in 1982 it was a huge hit, reaching number 2 in the Dutch Top 40 and number 1 in the UK singles chart! It was Eddy Grant's first number one hit in the UK since 'Baby come back' by the Equals (of which he was a member) in 1968.
Eddy Grant was born on March 5, 1948 in Plaisance, Guyana. His parents moved to London when he was a little boy. He joined the Equals in the Sixties, and this band enjoyed their first number 1 hit in 1968 with 'Baby come back'. In 1972, he went solo and set up the first black-owned recording studio in Europe, Coach House, and began recording music on his own record label Ice Records. As a result, he is thought to be the only major recording artist who owns the rights to all his songs.
