Following on from my last blog post, I'm keeping with the Pet Shop Boys because Always on my Mind stands out as not only being one of the best cover songs ever made but possibly one of the greatest pop songs of the 1980s (perhaps all time?) It's also a massive favourite of mine since I was a wee lad.
The song was released in November 1987 and spent an impressive 14 weeks in the UK singles charts. Even more impressive is that it reached number 1 and stayed there for 4 weeks, making it Christmas number one of that year, and beating Fairytale of New York by The Pogues.
Why can't modern groups produce belters like this anymore, instead of the usual Crap Factor wannabe turds?
Also, you've got to love the video, featuring clips from their rather bizarre movie "It Couldn't Happen Here", starring De Nomolos himself (from Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey) Joss Ackland, and even Biggles (Neil Dickson).
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going there.... But I like it here wherever it is".
