In 1991, Bryan Adams released his seventh album 'Waking up the neighbours'. The album's best known track is of course '(Everything I do) I do it for you', which was used in the soundtrack of the movie Robin Hood. 'Do I have to say the words' was released as the album's fifth single in the autumn of 1992.
It peaked at number 4 in Canada, number 11 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 30 in the UK singles chart.
My collection: 7" single no. 1728
Found: HMV, London, October 17, 1992
Cost: 2 pounds
Tracks: 'Do I have to say the words' / 'Summer of '69 (live)'
EDIT: I received a notice from Blogger that this post was complained about. I trust it's from the same people who posted a reaction on
this post. They are obviously terrified that anyone should hear any Bryan Adams music, even if it's any good. The message these people are sending is: don't listen to music, you might get inspired to buy it yourself. And they wonder why the music industry is in such terrible shape...
'Twenty four hours' was the last top 20 hit for Earth & Fire in the Netherlands. It was the first single taken from their 1982 album 'In a state of flux', released in November 1982.
In 1989 the Jeff Wayne epic 'War of the worlds' was re-released, including for the first time on the cd format. To promote this, two singles were re-released as well: 'The eve of the war' (a re-release I'm still looking for) and 'Forever autumn'.
Christopher Cross released his debut album in 1980. 'Sailing' was released as the second single from that album, and was a great success: it reached number 1 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Meanwhile, it reached number 48 in the UK singles chart and number 18 in the Dutch Top 40.
Brian May wrote 'Too much love will kill you' with Frank Musker and Elizabeth Lamers. The song was recorded in the Eighties and intended to be included on Queen's 1989 album 'The miracle'. In 1992, Brian May performed the song during the Freddy Mercury tribute concert, after Mercury's death the year before. It was released as a single by May, which reached number 5 in the UK and number 1 in the Netherlands.
In 1991, Bryan Adams released his seventh album 'Waking up the neighbours'. The album's best known track is of course '(Everything I do) I do it for you', which was used in the soundtrack of the movie Robin Hood. 'Do I have to say the words' was released as the album's fifth single in the autumn of 1992.
'Where did I go wrong' was another single by UB40 from their 1988 self-titled album. The track was written and produced by the band.
After a break for a year during which one half of Duran Duran formed Arcadia and the other half formed the Power Station, the group came back together. However, Roger and Andy Taylor left the band by the time the new album 'Notorious' and the lead single of the same name were released.