An interesting fact according to Wikipedia is that the song was actually the most played song on BBC Radio 1.
I've always loved this song which is why I am including it in my list of favourite music.
Enjoy.
An interesting fact according to Wikipedia is that the song was actually the most played song on BBC Radio 1.
I've always loved this song which is why I am including it in my list of favourite music.
Enjoy.
It entered the UK charts at number 41 before peaking at number 6 just four weeks later. It's one of my favourite DM tunes after Vince Clarke left the band a few years earlier, with this song being written by Martin Gore.
Personally, I will always prefer the more upbeat, pop/disco songs from their first album Speak and Spell, but then I'm a sucker for anything written by Vince Clarke and his electronic wizardry with analogue synthesizers. Still, this song along with a few others (People are People, See You, and Enjoy the Silence) proved that Depeche Mode could still pump out some memorable and catchy tunes without VC.
Enjoy...
Oh L'Amour was Erasure's third single from their debut album Wonderland, and it was released on the 21st April 1986 to a very luke-warm reception where it only managed to reach 85 in the UK Singles Charts. Fortunately, time has been kind to the track, and when it was re-released in 2003, it managed to peak at a much more respectable (and well-deserved) 13th position.
I've been meaning to include this one in my list for quite some time but with the song being featured in Renaults' television advertisement for their Clio model car, I thought now would be a good time.
Sit back and enjoy the incredible synths of Vince Clarke, along with the ever-flamboyant Andy Bell and his amazing voice.
Released way back on the 26th of January 1981, it was the debut single from Kim Wilde, taken from her self-titled first album, and peaked at number 2 in the UK Charts for two weeks
A great track, and another reminder of how great the music was in the 1980s.
As with previous Nik Kershaw tracks, listening to this song always brings back good memories of my childhood as it was quite often heard many times due to my sister being a big fan of his.
I've got to admit though.., Saying it's been 40 years since its release really makes me feel old.
Whenever I hear this song, it always takes me back to a childhood memory of visiting some sort of fate with my grandma and I vividly remember a stall that had a game where I had to place a toy car in a slot, and then let it roll down. Whoever's car reached the bottom first won the game.
Happy memories from a simpler time. Enjoy.
I loved this song when it came out. Released in the UK as a single from their album 'Balance of Power' on 21st February 1986, it only managed to peak at number 28.
It's a really upbeat, happy and bright song that really lifts your mood (well, it did mine). Enjoy!
As soon as this song comes on in the car, the volume goes straight up!
A small bit of personal trivia - Blue Monday was one of the very first songs I attempted to 'track' on my Commodore Amiga in the early 90s due to its simplistic bassline.
Enjoy
I remember the song not being as widely available in the UK (I don't think it even charted here), and this was in a time before the internet, so opportunities to listen to it were rare. As I recall, the song only appeared a few times in the film (incomplete) - in a short scene when Stephanie Speck, played brilliantly by Ally Sheedy, is showing Johnny 5 around her home, and later when Johnny 5 has commandeered a Nova Robotics van.
A great tune, from a great movie.
A cover of Zambezi by Lou Busch and his Orchestra, this version was released back in 1982 by The Piranhas (and featuring Boring Bob Grover - The Man With The Golden Trumpet) where it entered into the UK Top 40 in September/October. I was but a 5 year old lad with obviously no decent taste in music.
"Well if my bank should phone, tell them I ain't at home,
Just say I packed my plastic bag and went away.
As for the landlord's rent, I spent it on a tent,
So if he's asking questions, you'll know what to say.
You don't get lyrics like that anymore.
As already mentioned, the song comes from his excellent No Jacket Required album, but wasn't actually released as a single in the UK. It did reach an impressive number 4 in the US, and ranked 64th in the US Top Pop Singles for 1985
Anyway, here's the music video. Stick with it... the song begins around the 1 minute and 30 seconds mark.
Whenever I listen to Dancing Girls, I have a vivid memory of helping my sister write a "Nik Kershaw" lyrics program on our Commodore Plus 4 computer in BASIC, a program I still have stored on one of hundreds of old cassettes to this day, named "Nik 16"
Released 38 years ago, on April 2nd 1984, Dancing Girls was a single from his excellent "Human Racing" album and peaked in the UK charts at No. 13 around the same time as classic favourites of mine such as Queen's "I Want To Break Free", Depeche Mode's "People are People" and Blancemange's "Don't Tell Me"
Enjoy!