Friday 9 October 2009
It's alright - Pet Shop Boys
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' It's alright ' was originally recorded by Sterling Void in 1988. The Pet Shop Boys released their cover version of the song a ...
Lonely avenue - Marty Wilde
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As a fan of Kim Wilde, I was rather late in discovering the music of Marty Wilde. As 'Abergavenny' had been a hit in the Netherlands...
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Thursday 8 October 2009
Losing my mind - Liza Minelli
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'Losing my mind' was written by Stephen Sondheim for the 1971 musical 'Follies'. The song was originally performed by Doroth...
More love - Feargal Sharkey
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Released three years after its predecessor, 'Wish' is the second solo album by Feargal Sharkey. It disappointed commercially, with t...
If you don't know me by now - Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
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'If you don't know me by now' was written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and recorded by the Philadelphia soul musical group Haro...
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Wednesday 7 October 2009
Now you're in heaven - Julian Lennon
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Julian Lennon released his third album 'Mr. Jordan' in 1989. The first single taken from that album was 'Now you're in heave...
Purple rain - Prince
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'Purple rain' was the title track from Prince's 1984 album. In order to be released as a single, the song was shortened from 8:4...
Always the sun - The Stranglers
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'Always the sun' was released as the second single from the Stranglers' 1986 album 'Dreamtime'. In his book 'The Str...
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Africa - Toto
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Toto's Steve Lukather commented in 2003: 'I didn’t think it was very good. That tells you what can happen when we pick our own singl...
Prayer for the dying - Seal
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'Prayer for the dying' was released as the first single from Seal's second self-titled album. Released in May 1994, the single p...
Visions of China - Japan
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'Visions of China' was a single released by Japan in 1981. I discovered the track a few years later, when the music video appeared o...
De ambulance - Rubberen Robbie
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Although I realise the joke is lost on foreign readers, I have committed myself to putting my record collection online and that includes a h...
Better than this - Keane
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'Better than this' was the last single release from Keane's 2008 album 'Perfect symmetry'. The single did not reach the ...
Romeos - Alphaville
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In 1989, Alphaville released their third album 'The breathtaking blue'. The album was released as a CD+G, a shortlived format includ...
The reflex - Duran Duran
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Duran Duran had the biggest hit of their career in 1984 with 'The reflex'. It was the third and last single from their album 'Se...
Monday 5 October 2009
Shipbuilding - Tasmin Archer
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'Shipbuilding' was written by singer/songwriter Elvis Costello and producer Clive Langer during the Falklands War of 1982. Costello&...
Cry for help - Rick Astley
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Having left the Stock-Aitken-Waterman stable of stars, Rick Astley presented himself as a 'serious' artist in 1991 with his third al...
The unforgettable fire - U2
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This month sees the release of the deluxe edition of U2's classic 1984 album 'The unforgettable fire'. It is a milestone in the ...
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Escape (The Pina Colada song) - Rupert Holmes
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Contrary to the belief of some, Rupert Holmes did not wrote 'Escape' after a similar event as told in the song happened to himself. ...
Poing - Rotterdam Termination Source
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Rotterdam Termination Source is a Dutch house act, formed by producers Maurice Steenbergen and Danny Scholte. The duo joined Paul Elstak'...
Nineteen forever - Joe Jackson
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In the Nineties, Joe Jackson moved away from pop music, but not before he released one of his best albums, 'Blaze of glory'. The fir...
Let me live - Queen
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Queen's record company had a taste for the bizarre when they released 'Let me live' as a single, given the fact that lead singer...
Halt mich - Herbert Grönemeyer
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Back in 1988, it was a strange thing to get my head around: a German singing a lovesong. At the time, all the history lessons were telling u...
Because of love - Janet Jackson
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'Because of love' was released as the fourth single from Janet Jackson's 1993 album 'Janet' in January 1994. The track i...
Really saying something - Bananarama
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'He was really sayin' somethin'' was written by Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson an...
Sunday 4 October 2009
Paperback writer - The Beatles
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This single is part of a boxed set of all of Beatles 7" singles, reissued some time in the Seventies. I wish I could find that box set ...
We close our eyes - Go west
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'We close our eyes' was the debut single by Go West, composed by both members Peter Cox and Richard Drummie. The accompanying music ...
Jump in the river - Sinéad O'Connor
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After three singles from her debut album 'The lion and the cobra' were released, Sinéad O'Connor released a stand-alone single i...
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I've seen that face before - Grace Jones
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'I've seen that face before' was the third single taken from Grace Jones' 1981 album 'Nightclubbing'. The song combi...
Waiting in vain - Bob Marley and the Wailers
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Musicians always live forever. After the death of Bob Marley, there was no shortage of new albums and singles. 'Waiting in vain' was...
Half a minute - Matt Bianco
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Basia was the lead singer on this single by Matt Bianco, released in the autumn of 1984. While it only reached number 23 in the UK singles c...
The sign - Ace of base
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'The sign' was the first single taken from Ace of Base's second album 'Happy nation'. The single continued the success s...
You'll never be so wrong - Hot Chocolate
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'You'll never be so wrong' was written by Ricky and Marty Wilde, who had just been successful launching Kim Wilde, their sister ...
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Till you come back to me - Leo Sayer
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'Till you come back to me' is a cover of a song originally performed by Stevie Wonder. Leo Sayer recorded it on his tenth album, ...
You keep me hangin' on - The Supremes
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'You keep me hangin' on' was written by the famous Holland-Dozier-Holland writing team. It was recorded by The Supremes in 1966....
Waltz darling - Malcolm McLaren
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In 1989, Malcolm McLaren released the album 'Waltz darling', with tracks inspired by funk, disco and the new dance craze 'voguei...
Wisdom chain - Jon and Vangelis
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Most people know the songs 'I'll find my way home' and 'I hear you now', recorded by Jon and Vangelis in the Eighties. T...
Refuse/Resist - Sepultura
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The music of Sepultura is loud, very loud. And for a while in the early Nineties, I was into loud sounds. The albums 'Blessed are the si...
One of us - Abba
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'One of us' was one of the last songs Abba recorded for their final album 'The visitors'. Like more songs around that time, ...
Freedom - George Michael
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A long time before I bought the UK edition of the single ' Freedom ' by George Michael, I bought the European one. It had a differen...
Saturday 3 October 2009
Paradise - Sade
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'Paradise' was the second single from Sade's 1988 album 'Stronger than pride'. It was released in the summer of 1988 and...
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Lucky one - Amy Grant
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'Lucky one' was released as the first single from the album 'House of love' by Amy Grant in 1994 in the UK. In the USA, it w...
Rainbow lake - Wendy and Lisa
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'Rainbow lake' was released as the second single from Wendy & Lisa's third album 'Eroica'. Released in November 1990...
Violet - Seal
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Seal released 'Violet' as the fifth and last single from his self-titled debut album. It featured acoustic versions of tracks from t...
Sister of mercy - Thompson Twins
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'Sister of mercy' was the fourth single taken from the Thompson Twins' hugely successful 1984 album 'Into the gap'. The ...
When the snow falls - Ten Sharp
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' When the snow falls ' was originally Ten Sharp's debut single back in 1985. The single did not chart, and since subsequent sin...
Don't be aggressive - Sandra
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I cited the words ' I could be your friend, I could be your slave, I could be anything you want me to / But please, don't be aggress...
To know someone deeply is to know someone softly - Terence Trent d'Arby
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Whenever I play this song, I'm very curious what drove the record company to release this as a single. The quirky song with its strange ...
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