In 1993, Heaven 17 released a series of singles featuring remixes of their Eighties hits. ' Temptation (Brothers in Rhythm remix) ' ...

After the success of 'Alone' and 'Who will you run to', Heart released a third single from their 1987 album 'Bad Animals...

It occurred to me that I didn't have the original single of 'What about love' by Heart yet. I do have a re-release from 1988 , b...

'Tell it like it is' was written by George Davis and Lee Diamond and originally recorded and released in 1966 by Aaron Neville. It w...

After Heart's very successful debut album 'Dreamboat Annie', they had a falling out with their label Mushroom over an advert for...

Most people who have reviewed Kylie's latest album 'Tension' have singled out 'Hold on to now' as one of its strongest t...

Kylie Minogue co-wrote 'Tension' with Anya Jones, Camille Purcell, Jon Green, and producers Duck Blackwell and longtime collaborator...

One of the big surprises of 2023 was the success of Kylie's lead single from her new album 'Tension'. 'Padam padam' is n...

Winning the Eurovision Song Contest is always controversial. In 2022 the winner was chosen by the viewers - the overwhelming majority of vot...

I've complained about Record Store Day on this blog before: it's too expensive, too limited and too attractive for scalpers. That...

'You're all I need to get by' was written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson. It was originally recorded by Marvin Gaye a...

Released in 1963, this single features two medley's of popular songs from that time, as performed by the Accordo's, apparently a Dut...

It's been a while since I bought a U2 single, but it's also a while since I heard something interesting from the band. I sort of dri...

While the Dutch magazine scene is still boring as hell, more exciting things happen in the UK and Germany, where music magazines regularly c...

Just four months ago I bought the German version of 'Pocket calculator' by Kraftwerk, ' Taschenrechner '. Besides that origi...

Recently Jeff Wayne announced another live tour of his 'War of the worlds' epic, planned for 2025. It's both impressive and a li...

While Janet Jackson was still a relatively unknown pop star back in 1984, releasing quite run-of-the-mill dance music, she did manage to rop...

1968 was a famous year in Eurovision history: Cliff Richard, who seemed destined to win the competition with his song 'Congratulations...

It's almost eight years ago that I found a copy of ' Jag är en astronaut ' by Anne Mette Torp, the Swedish cover version of ...

It feels a bit odd to say that the Beatles released a new single in 2023, but here we are. 'Now and then' was originally recorded on...