Sunday, January 16, 2022

Now That's What I Call Stuart's Favourite Music 29 - Russ Abbot (Atmosphere)

Possibly the cheesiest song ever to come out of the 1980's.  Yet it is so much better than the utter rubbish that continues to fill the charts today.

Russ Abbot was quite a celebrity during the 1980's.  He had several primetime comedy sketch shows on the BBC (Remember Cooperman, C.U. Jimmy, and Basildon Bond).  He also released a number of (unremarkable) singles, the most popular being this one.

Yes, the image of Russ Abbot arriving at a party on a bike, wearing a sweater, and showing us his moves on the dance floor will forever be imprinted in my memory until the day I die (and many others too it seems since it managed to peak at number 11 in the charts during February 1985 - obviously quite a few people went out and bought this).  It's a fun song, and not to be taken seriously. 

Come on, who is going to admit to having this in their vinyl/cassette singles collections?

Proof that good ol' Russ was actually beating Bryan Adams, Phil Collins, and even Tears for Fears for a time.  Go Russ!


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