Saturday 31 October 2009
Rooms on fire - Stevie Nicks
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Stevie Nicks had a brief relationship with Rupert Hine, who produced her fourth solo album 'The other side of the mirror', released ...
Rage hard - Frankie goes to Hollywood
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Frankie goes to Hollywood were confronted with the 'difficult second album syndrome' after the phenomenal success of their debut alb...
Miss you - The Rolling Stones
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'Miss you' is the only Rolling Stones single in my collection. That's not to say they didn't make any good music: I am certa...
The meaning of love - Depeche Mode
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If a Depeche Mode single would be released these days, it's hard to imagine that the sleeve would look like this one here. 'The mean...
Stand by me - Ben E. King
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Benjamin Earl Nelson was born on September 28, 1938. After a music career as a member of the Five Crowns and the Drifters, he went solo in 1...
Moments in love - Art of Noise
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'Moments in love' was a beautiful electronic track by Art of Noise, released in the spring of 1987. Although it wasn't their big...
What love can be - Kingdom come
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Kingdom Come formed in 1987 after frontman Lenny Wolf's band Stone Fury broke up. He recruited Pittsburgh-based lead guitarist Danny Sta...
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DJ Culture - Pet Shop Boys
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'DJ culture' was a new track on the Pet Shop Boys compilation album 'Discography', released in 1991. It was released as a si...
One more little kissy - Luv'
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In 1980, just like previous years, Luv's career is going well. They are successful in various countries around the world, such as Mexico...
Bridge over troubled water - Simon and Garfunkel
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Paul Simon wrote 'Bridge over troubled water' in the summer of 1969 while Art Garfunkel was filming 'Catch-22' in Europe. Wh...
It don't matter to me - Phil Collins
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While in the UK ' Why can't it wait til morning ' was released as a single, mainland Europe preferred the more uptempo 'It d...
Friday 30 October 2009
Teriazoume - Evridiki
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Evridiki Theokleous was born on February 25, 1968 in Limassol, Cyprus. After studying music, theatre and dance at Le Studio des Variétés in ...
Let there be love - Simple Minds
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The first single from the Simple Minds' 1991 album 'Real life' was 'Let there be love'. Although the song still had a ve...
The taste of your tears - King
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'The taste of your tears' was the second single taken from King's second album 'Bitter sweet', both released in 1985. Th...
Lovin' Whiskey - Rory Block
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Rory Block was born as Aurora Block on November 6, 1949. She grew up in Manhattan, New York City, and studied classical guitar during her te...
The look - Roxette
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'' Walking like a man, hitting like a hammer '... The first two verses are guide lyrics, words just scribbled down to have somet...
The tracks of my tears - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
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'The tracks of my tears' is one of those classic Motown tunes. Recorded by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles in 1965, it is actually ...
Damn I wish I was your lover - Sophie B. Hawkins
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Sophie B. Hawkins was born on November 1, 1967 in Manhattan, New York City. Her debut album 'Tongues and tails' was released in 1992...
Stir it up - Bob Marley and the Wailers
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Bob Marley composed 'Stir it up' in 1967. It was first made popular by Johnny Nash in 1972. It was finally released by Bob Marley hi...
Love to love you - Donna Summer
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In the summer of 1975, Summer approached Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte with an idea for a song. She had come up with the lyric 'Love...
Breathing - Kate Bush
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I think it's fair to say that 'Breathing' is an early masterpiece by Kate Bush. The lyric is about a foetus, very much aware of ...
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Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
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'Tusk' was recorded by Fleetwood Mac on their 1979 double album of the same name. It was based in part on a rehearsal riff the band ...
Nasty - Janet Jackson
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'Nasty' was written by Janet Jackson after she was confronted with abusive men. She later commented: 'They were emotionally abus...
Wednesday 28 October 2009
Sadeness - Enigma
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The 1990 single 'Sadeness' was written by Michael Cretu, Frank Peterson and David Fairstein. The lyrics are in Latin and French; the...
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Under pressure (Rah mix) - Queen and David Bowie
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Freddie Mercury was dead and had been dead for eight years, when EMI Records decided they wanted to milk the Queen legacy a little more than...
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Your song - Elton John
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Released in January 1972, 'Your song' was Elton John's eighth single release, but his first hit. The song was written by Elton J...
Do you feel my love - Eddy Grant
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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...
It's the first time - Lois Lane
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Things seemed to go well for Lois Lane in 1989. With 'It's the first time' they landed their first Dutch top 10 hit: it peaked a...
Crazy about her - Rod Stewart
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' I'd treat her with respect / Not just a sex object / I ain't that kind of guy '. Many performers could sing this convincin...
I'm too sexy - Right said Fred
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The recent single by the Sugababes, entitled 'Get sexy', prominently features bits of 'I'm too sexy', the 1991 hit singl...
Het slurvenlied - Rubberen Robbie
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Although it was released in 1982, 'Het slurvenlied' was a parody of Father Abraham's 1978 single 'The Smurf song'. If th...
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Women and I - Feargal Sharkey
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Once I'd bought the cd 'After the mardi gras' by Feargal Sharkey I decided I wanted to have the 7" singles taken from that ...
Sam - Olivia Newton-John
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'Sam' was written by Don Blac kand Hank Marvin and appears on Olivia Newton-John's 1977 album 'Don't stop believin'&...
Tuesday 27 October 2009
Somewhere in my heart - Aztec Camera
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After I'd bought the cd-single of 'Somewhere in my heart', I bought the 7" single. I didn't do this immediately: I thin...
Thought I'd died and gone to heaven - Bryan Adams
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'Thought I'd died and gone to heaven' was the fourth single taken from Bryan Adams' 1991 album 'Waking up the neighbours...
Star - Time Bandits
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I can recall I was jealous as hell when I saw that my cousin had this single, whereas I'd been searching high and low for it for years a...
Put your love in me - Hot Chocolate
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I first heard 'Put your love in me' on a compilation double LP which I got as a present in the summer of 1979. The double LP contain...
What have you done for me lately - Janet Jackson
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Michael Jackson's little sister Janet made her worldwide breakthrough with this single, 'What have you done for me lately'. The ...
The king of wishful thinking - Go West
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It may not have made a big impression on you if you've seen the movie 'Pretty woman', but Go West's 'King of wishful thi...
Leuchtturm - Nena
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While Nena was becoming a household name in all of Europe with English versions of her earlier singles '99 Luftballons' and 'Nur...
Kiss of life - Sade
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'Kiss of life' was the third single taken from Sade's fourth studio album 'Love deluxe' (1992). Released in May 1993, it...
One two five - 10CC
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'Look hear?' was the seventh studio album by 10CC, released in 1980. The album was recorded at the band's Strawberry Studios Sou...
My special child - Sinéad O'Connor
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'My special child' was a single release by Sinéad O'Connor in 1991. The track was not included on any of the albums. Besides the...
Long goodbye - Thompson Twins
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Joe Leeway left the Thompson Twins in 1986, leaving Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie to continue as a duo. They carried on making music for ano...
Monday 26 October 2009
Don't dream it's over - Crowded house
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Although many people think this is Crowded House's debut single, it is actually the fourth single taken from their self-titled debut alb...
You keep me hangin' on - Kim Wilde
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Although I was always a Kim Wilde fan during my teens, this single caused a bit of a controversy back in 1986, when it was released. My brot...
If I had you - The Korgis
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'If I had you' was the Korgis' second single, released in June 1979. It reached number 13 in the UK singles chart, giving them t...
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