"(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" is a song written and performed by British synthpop band Heaven 17. It reached ...

The Belgian band 'De Strangers' (introduced in an earlier post here ) delivered possibly the strangest single of their lengthy car...

'Tug of war' is the title track from Paul McCartney’s 1982 album. Rolling Stone described the song as McCartney's equivalent t...

Somehow, the music press and media were taking guitar bands from Seattle very seriously at the beginning of the Nineties. The previous obs...

'Always on the run' was the first single released from Lenny Kravitz's 1991 album 'Mama said'. by Lenny Kravitz. It fe...

'Just nu!' ('Right now!') was the Swedish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed by Tomas Ledin. The song t...

'Is this love' was originally released by Bob Marley on his 1978 album 'Kaya'. The song became one of the best known Marle...

I got to know The Doors thanks to a TV documentary by Dutch broadcaster Veronica in the mid-Eighties. I missed the band when they were aro...

'Come to my aid' was released as the second single from their debut album 'Picture book'. Five singles were taken from the...

I'm not exactly thrilled when I buy a damaged 7" single (the pronged center is missing) without a picture sleeve (although this s...

'Dressed for success' was released on June 28, 1988 as the third single from the Swedish pop duo Roxette's 1988 album 'Loo...

When you talk about limited edition singles, the poster sleeve is another nice giveaway used by record companies to boost sales. Grace Jon...

Although my latest visit to London was a bit of a disappointment with respect to record hunting, I still managed to get hold of one double...

I have quite an interesting Jeff Wayne collection , consisting basically of two singles: 'The eve of the war' and 'Forever aut...

The Strangers are a Belgian band, hailing from Antwerp. They became famous for singing satirical lyrics on wellknown hits. The band was fo...

'Keep it comin' love' is the quintessential disco song, recorded in 1977 by KC and the Sunshine Band. It appeared on their 197...

I featured Stool Pigeon five years ago on this very blog, but the version featured here actually predates that one. That one was a remix ...

'Sing children sing' was originally released in 1971 as on Lesley Duncan's album of the same name. The song was re-recorded in...

'Venners nærhet' was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, performed in Norwegian by Britt Synnøve Johansen. T...

This 1988 single by Heaven 17 is, frankly, puzzling. Having established themselves as synth pioneers and having been quite successful with...