They're Out To Get You

As has become tradition here in The Excellent 80's over the years, Halloween brings us another look at the best song/video ever created for the holliday... of course, I am speaking of the late Michael Jackson and the masterpiece that cost about $1,000,000 and is largely considered the most successful music video ever... here is "Thriller"...

Happy Halloween!

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"Thriller"

Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Thriller
B-side Can't Get Outta The Rain
Released January 23, 1984
Format 7", 12", CD single
Recorded 1982
Genre Dance-pop, funk
Length 5:57 (Album Version)
5:11 (Single Version)
3:56 (Original 7')
Label Epic Records
Writer(s) Rod Temperton
Producer Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"
(1983) "Thriller"
(1984) "Farewell My Summer Love"
(1984)

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #4

Did I See You Drinking A Pina Colada at Trader Vic's?

OK, so today's Halloween song ventures outside of the 80's, but not by much... it's my favorite Werewolf song and hopefully yours as well... it's the scary Warren Zevon from 1978 with "Werewolves of London"...

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"Werewolves of London"
Single by Warren Zevon
from the album Excitable Boy
B-side "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner"
Released 1978
Format 7" single
Recorded 1977
Genre Rock
Length 3:27
Label Asylum Records
Writer(s) LeRoy Marinell, Robert "Waddy" Wachtel, Warren Zevon
Producer Jackson Browne, Waddy Wachtel

American Top 40 peak: #21

Ray Parker Jr. - The Other Woman

Don't try and tell me that American Werewolf in London was Michael Jackson's inspiration when it came to the Thriller video... I believe it was this song and video instead... you've got a dancing Frankenstein, werewolf, and mummy, some sort of Uncle Fester character playing the saxophone, a spooky graveyard, and Ray Parker Jr. as Dracula with his hit song "The Other Woman"...

Ray Parker Jr - The Other Woman
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Jimmy Brown Made of Stone, Charlie Clown No Way Home

Today's video is scary... I'm just warning you ahead of time... if you can't deal with flying cows, crazy half man - half unicorns, and the scary looks of lead singer Ian McCulloch then you should just turn away right now... for the rest of you that like to be scared and enjoy this Halloween time of year, feel free to check out today's video by Echo and the Bunnymen - "Bring On the Dancing Horses"...

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"Bring On the Dancing Horses"

Single by Echo & the Bunnymen
from the album Songs to Learn & Sing (also on the "Pretty in Pink" Soundtrack)
B-side "Over Your Shoulder", "Bedbugs and Ballyhoo"
Released 14 November 1985
Format 7", 12", picture disc
Genre Post-punk, alternative rock
Length 3:59 (7"), 5:37 (12")
Label Korova (UK)
WEA (Worldwide)
Writer(s) Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas
Producer Laurie Latham, The Bunnymen

Chart (1985) Peak position
UK Singles Chart[1] #21
Irish Singles Chart[2] #15

Bird or Magic

The NBA season kicks off tonight, so I saw it only fitting to bust out this classic 80's NBA video... to Loverboy's "Workin' For the Weekend," it's the classic Bird vs. Magic video to kick off the 2009-2010 NBA season... check it out...

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Ready, Aim, Fire!

One of Canada's finest rock bands... is that saying very much really? Regardless, Loverboy rocked thousands upon thousands back in the 80's including today's blast which was produced by legend Robert "Mutt" Lange... admit it, when this song came out, and the video with all the hot girls popped up, you were "Lovin' Every Minute of It"

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"Lovin' Every Minute of It"

by Loverboy
from the album: Lovin' Every Minute of It
released: 1985

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #9

All Your Life is Channel 13

Easily one of my favorite Billy Joel videos for you all today and fitting as we approach Halloween... I love it when Billy gets sucked into the foam while trying desperately to hold onto the couch and the creepy kid in the red pajamas... from 1982, here is Billy Joel and "Pressure"...

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"Pressure"

Single by Billy Joel
from the album The Nylon Curtain
B-side "Laura"
Released 1982
Format 7"
Recorded Spring, 1982, A & R Recording and Media Sound Studios, New York, NY
Genre Rock
Length 4:40
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Billy Joel
Producer Phil Ramone

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #20

80's Movie Weekend

Back in 1984 a movie came out that scared the bejesus out of me and made me not want to ever fall asleep again... that's right, gruesome, burnt up Freddy Krueger came and visited the sleeping kids of Elm Street with his razor blade fingers and perverted sense of humor... as we close in on Halloween, let's revisit the original "A Nightmare on Elm Street"...


the trailer...



you can actually watch the whole movie on Youtube starting with part one below...




A Nightmare on Elm Street

Directed by Wes Craven
Produced by Robert Shaye
Written by Wes Craven
Starring John Saxon
Ronee Blakley
Heather Langenkamp
Amanda Wyss
Nick Corri
Johnny Depp
Robert Englund
Music by Charles Bernstein
Cinematography Jacques Haitkin
Editing by Patrick McMahon
Rick Shaine
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date(s) November 9, 1984
Running time 91 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $1,800,000
Gross revenue $25,504,513 (domestically)
Followed by Freddy's Revenge

You Make Me, Make Me, Make Me

As we creep up on Halloween, I always think of The Cure as being a somewhat fitting band for this holiday... so for today, enjoy the undeniably quirky, and totally unique band The Cure with a video not choreographed by Paula Abdul, but nonetheless works very well for them... from 1987, here is "Why Can't I Be You?"...

The Cure - Why Can't I Be You ?
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"Why Can't I Be You?"

Single by The Cure
from the album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Released April 6, 1987
Format 7", 12"
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:14
Label Fiction Records
Producer Robert Smith
Dave Allen

They Put a Parking Lot on a Piece of Land

Back in the day, before this fancy dancy Guitar Hero nonsense all the kiddies are playing now, if you wanted to play a fake guitar, you either played air guitar or a tennis racket like this nerdy kid does in today's video... and we liked it! we loved it! Today's English group has a long and storied past dating back to the 60's when they formed... they produced hits like "You Really Got Me," "All Day and All of the Night," and my personal favorite, "Lola"... making a splash into the top 10 back in 1983 with a song that I couldn't understand the lyrics to, here are The Kinks with "Come Dancing"...

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"Come Dancing"
Single by The Kinks
from the album State of Confusion
B-side "Noise" (R. Davies)
Released November 19, 1982 (U.K.)
April 21, 1983 (U.S.)
Format 7" single, 12" single
Recorded October 1982 at Konk Studios, Hornsey, London
Genre Rock and roll
Length 3:54 (LP version), 4:27 (12" single)
3:59 (UK 7" single), 3:44 (US single)
Label Arista ARIST 502 (U.K.)
Arista AS 1054 (U.S.)
Writer(s) Ray Davies
Producer Ray Davies

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #6
UK peak: #11

Get Away, Get Away (And Bust Out Your Dancing Shoes!)

After 1985's dance club hits "Point of No Return" and "Exposed to Love," the three original members of the group Expose' all left and were replaced prior to this 1987 top 10 hit by the new Expose'... I never realized this, because all I wanted to do was dance to a funky groove, and Expose' provided that at times throughout the mid to late 80's... here is the three new members (sweet dance moves and sweet 80's hair styles included!) making up Expose' with "Come Go With Me"...

Expose - Come Go With Me
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"Come Go with Me"

Single by Exposé
from the album Exposure
B-side "December"
Released January 1987
Format 7", 12", cassingle
Genre Freestyle, Pop
Length 4:15 (album version)
3:29 (single version)
Label Arista
Writer(s) Lewis Martineé
Producer Lewis Martineé

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5

I Heard a Song Reminded Me of Long Ago

I still love today's song/video... it's an Eddie Money classic that makes you reflect back on the past for a few moments as Eddie's singing his song... if you've never been here or noticed, you can see the counting clock at the bottom showing you how long it has been since the 80's ended, and who of us that grew up during the 80's, if even for a moment or two, would not have wanted to change something or do something differently... time to reflect back to a cherished memory or two for a few minutes with today's video by Eddie Money - "I Wanna Go Back"...

Eddie Money - I Wanna Go Back
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"I Wanna Go Back"

Single by Eddie Money
from the album Can't Hold Back
B-side "Broken Down"
Released 1986
Format 7" single
Genre Rock
Length 3:59
Label Columbia
Columbia 38-06569

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #14

80's Movie Weekend

I have to say that I've never actually seen this movie, but after seeing the trailer and the clips of the movie I'm going to have to put this near the top of my blockbuster que during the month of October because we all know that clowns are scary... from 1988 and featuring John Vernon, here is "Killer Klowns From Outer Space"...

the trailer...



the best scenes and quotes from the movie...



Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Directed by Stephen Chiodo
Produced by Charles Chiodo
Edward Chiodo
Stephen Chiodo
Written by Charles Chiodo
Edward Chiodo
Stephen Chiodo
Starring Grant Cramer
Suzanne Snyder
John Allen Nelson
John Vernon
Michael Siegel
Peter Licassi
Royal Dano
Music by John Massari
Cinematography Alfred Taylor
Editing by Christopher Roth
Distributed by Trans World Entertainment (TWE)
Release date(s) May 27, 1988 (USA)
Running time 88 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget $2,000,000 (estimated)

I'm Coming Down Like a Monkey

Today's featured video was a long song back in 1987 and not really one of my favorite Genesis songs, but an ok track in my book nonetheless... back at the peak of their popularity (arguably), here is "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"...

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"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"
Single by Genesis
from the album Invisible Touch
Released March 1987
Format 7", 12"
Recorded The Farm, Surrey; 1985- 1986
Genre Progressive rock
Length 8:50 (studio version)
4:32 (radio edit)
11:46 (12" mix)
Label Atlantic (U.S.)
Virgin (UK) - GENS 4
Producer Genesis, Hugh Padgham

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3
UK peak: #18

Daddy's Girl Learned Fast

Today's big hair 80's classic is the first hit for the little known band out of New Jersey called Bon Jovi... they have some guy singing with the last name of Bon Jovi I think and they've had a pretty decent career I do believe... here is the song that helped kick start a band's career that eventually flew into superstardom - here is "Runaway"...

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"Runaway"
Single by Bon Jovi
from the album Bon Jovi
Released 1983
Format CD single
Recorded June 1982
Genre Hard rock
Length 3:50
Label Mercury Records
Writer(s) Jon Bon Jovi
George Karak
Producer Tony Bongiovi
Lance Quinn

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #39

Girl Don't Play the Fool - No

It's going to be strange this year without Paula Abdul on American Idol telling contestants they look nice or dress pretty... taking you back to 1989 today (did anyone else go with the motto of "We're Feeling Fine, We're the class of '89?)... here is Paula with some sexy dancing and a number one song about how some men suck and are nothing more than cold hearted snakes... it's "Cold Hearted"...

Paula Abdul - Cold Hearted Snake
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"Cold Hearted"

Single by Paula Abdul
from the album Forever Your Girl
Released August 22, 1989
Recorded 1988
Genre Pop
Length Album Version 3:51
Single Version 3:31
Label Virgin
Producer Elliot Wolff
Certification Gold

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1

80's Television - Then Came You

Today's television flashback takes us back to the lovable little Emmanuel Lewis... also starring former NFL player Alex Karras as his adoptive father, this series ran from 1983 through 1989...

the intro to "Webster"...



with the late Heather O'Rourke of "Poltergeist fame"... love that Webster laugh...



here's a little bonus clip of Emmanuel and his buddy Michael Jackson dancing together...



Webster

The cast of Webster
Format Situation comedy
Created by Lew Erlicht[1]
Starring Emmanuel Lewis
Alex Karras
Susan Clark
Henry Polic II
Eugene Roche
Cathryn Damon
Ben Vereen
Jack Kruschen
Chad Allen
Corin Nemec
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 6
No. of episodes 150 (6 unaired) (List of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) Stu Silver[1]
Running time 30 minutes (per episode)

Guess It's Better To Say

I think today's song was under appreciated back in 1982 only reaching #65 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart... considered a minor hit by the band Scandal I think this song was never celebrated for what it was - a bouncy, classic kiss-off song that would have easily gone top 10 if sung by The Go Go's... lead singer Patty Smyth's dance moves in the video are very Go-Go's like and the song is classic early 80's... here is "Goodbye To You"...

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"Goodbye To You"

by Scandal
released: 1982
Scandal EP

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #65

80's Movie Weekend

Was this movie even scary? I don't know because I've never seen it nor have I ever seen the original one from the 1950's... I don't really plan on seeing either version either, but for those of you that have and want a quick flash back... in keeping with our scary movie weekends for the month of October, here is the 1988 version of "The Blob"

the trailer...



and let's watch the Blob kill this poor woman in the payphone booth...



The Blob

Directed by Chuck Russell
Produced by Jack H. Harris
Elliott Kastner
Written by Irving H. Millgate (story)
Theodore Simonson and
Kay Linaker (1958 screenplay)
Chuck Russell &
Frank Darabont (screenplay)
Starring Kevin Dillon
Shawnee Smith
Donovan Leitch
Jeffrey DeMunn
Candy Clark
Joe Seneca
Music by Michael Hoenig
Cinematography Mark Irwin
Editing by Tod Feuerman
Terry Stokes
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release date(s) August 5, 1988 (USA)
Running time 95 min.
Country U.S.
Language English
Budget $9,000,000 (estimated)
Gross revenue $8,247,943 (USA)

Adventureland Week Day 5

There are a few songs from the soundtrack which date back to the 70's like Lou Reed's "Satellite of Love" and The New York Dolls "Looking for a Kiss"... the movie also includes the 80's hit from the Violent Femmes "Blister in the Sun" which isn't on the soundtrack unfortunately... there are actually 41 different songs throughout the movie but you would have to individually download them all if you wanted to compile the full list... today's song is also a very cool non-80's song from a very cool non-80's group called The Velvet Underground... there's not really any video so to speak, but from 1969, with Lou Reed on vocals, here is "Pale Blue Eyes"... hope you enjoyed the week!




Lyrics | Velvet Underground lyrics - Pale Blue Eyes lyrics

"Pale Blue Eyes"
Song by The Velvet Underground
from the album The Velvet Underground
Released 1969
Recorded November-December 1968
TTG Studios, Hollywood
Genre Rock, Protopunk, Art Rock
Length 5:41
Label MGM Records
Writer Lou Reed
Composer Lou Reed
Producer The Velvet Underground

Adventureland Week Day 4

As we continue on from the awesome 80's soundtrack from the movie Adventureland, here is 62 year old (wow, really?) David Robert Hayward-Jones, or maybe you know him as "Ziggy Stardust" or "The Thin White Duke"... if not, surely you've heard of David Bowie... it is one of my favorite Bowie tracks - "Modern Love"...

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"Modern Love"

Single by David Bowie
from the album Let's Dance
B-side "Modern Love (Live)"
Released September 1983
Format 7"/12" single
Recorded Power Station, New York, December 1982
Genre Rock/Pop/Dance
Length 3:56 (single)
4:46 (album)
Label EMI America Records
EA158
Writer(s) David Bowie
Producer Nile Rodgers, David Bowie

Chart (1983) Peak position

U.K. Singles Chart #2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #14
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks #6

Adventureland Week Day 3

Hope you're enjoying some of the videos of the songs from the Adventureland Soundtrack this week... today, it's the Australian band known as Crowded House led by New Zealand musician and singer-songwriter Neil Finn... here is "Don't Dream It's Over"

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"Don't Dream It's Over"

Single by Crowded House

from the album Crowded House
B-side "That's What I Call Love"
Released February 1987
Format CD single
Vinyl single
Cassette single
Recorded Capitol Recording Studios
Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles, 1985/1986
Genre Soft rock
Length 3:55
Label Capitol - CL 438
Writer(s) Neil Finn
Producer Mitchell Froom

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #2
UK peak: #27
Canada peak: #1

Adventureland Week Day 2

The Excellent 80's has already featured some of the songs from this soundtrack before like The Cure's "Just Like Heaven", The Outfield's "Your Love", and Falco's mindnumbing, ice pick in the eye "Rock Me Amadeus"... but never have we featured today's band... formed in Minneapolis, the trio of Bob Mould, Grant Hart, and Greg Norton began playing together in 1979 as the group Hüsker Dü... here is "Don't Want to Know if You Are Lonely"...




Lyrics | Husker Du lyrics - Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely lyrics

Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely

EP from Candy Apple Grey
by Hüsker Dü
Released March 1986
Recorded October 1985-January 1986
Genre Hardcore Punk
Length 3:29
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer Bob Mould and Grant Hart

Adventureland Week Day One

As the summer winds down and we find ourselves in the fall many of the state fairs are going on right now which transitions into a coming of age movie I watched this weekend that I really like with an awesome 80's setting and soundtrack... the movie was "Adventureland"... all I can say is that the movie was good but the soundtrack was better... so with all that being said, I am bringing you a week's worth of videos of songs from the "Adventureland Soundtrack" since I enjoyed it so much... first up, some early INXS for you from 1982, and featuring a short haired Michael Hutchence with one of their earlier MTV videos - "Don't Change"...

INXS-Don't Change



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"Don't Change"

by INXS
from the album: Shabooh Shabooh
released: 1982

No Respect, No Respect

Once upon a time the legendary comedian Rodney Dangerfield (God rest his soul) produced a rap song and a genius video to go along with it... on the 5th anniversary of Rodney's death, let's take a moment today to remember and enjoy the genius that was "Rappin' Rodney"... no respect!

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I tell ya I'm alright now
But last week I was in rough shape
But I don't get a break with nuthin'

I played hide and seek when I was three
(no respect, no respect)
Why they couldn't even look for me
(no respect, no respect)
I was an ugly kid I never had fun
(no respect, no respect)
They put me through a dog showand I won!
(no respect, no respect)
When I was born I brought no joy
(no respect, no respect)
My old man said he wanted a boy
(no respect, no respect)
I was an ugly kid always alone
(no respect, no respect)
Halloween I had to trick or treat over the phone
(no respect, no respect)
Friends don't call
My phone don't ring
I don't get a break with anything!
(whatsamatta rodney?)
Ah death, where is my sting?!

CHORUS:
It's just Rappin' Rodney
Ain't that your type
No, no
Rappin' Rodney
Get out of sight
It's just
Rappin' Rodney
Make no mistake
Or old
Rappin' Rodney
Can't get a break!

I'm getting old it's hard to face
(no respect, no respect)
Well during sex I lose my place
(no respect, no respect)
Steak and sex my favorite pair
(no respect, no respect)
I have 'em both the same way...very rare
(no respect, no respect)
I know I'm old I could go any minute
(no respect, no respect)
I got a kidney shaped pool with a stone in it
(no respect, no respect)
Doctor Vinnie Boombah that's another one
(no respect, no respect)
I said I wanted to stop aging he gave me a gun
(no respect, no respect)
I told him I got water on the knee
He gave me a sponge and raised his fee
(whatsamatter rodney?)
Ahhhh, It ain't easy bein' me

(CHORUS)

Ah, give me a break
Play somethin' from the forties

Now what kind of music is this?
And how 'bout stardust?

Hey what are you doin'?
That's not stardust!

Listen to this will ya?!
I mean where are the flutes?

What a band...
Hey, don't quit your day jobs!

Look at this!
The drummer carries the melody

Hey tell the bass player
I like his instrument

Hey boys, keep it goin'
Lay it on me
I'm in the groove!

Nothin' goes right I just can't fight it
(no respect, no respect)
Well Eastern Airlines thanked me for flying United
(no respect, no respect)
I got some money what did I do?
(no respect, no respect)
I bought some quicksand the deal fell through
(no respect, no respect)
My car broke down I called Triple A
(no respect, no respect)
They left the car and towed me away
(no respect, no respect)
I can't take it no more I'm getting too old
(no respect, no respect)
I called suicide prevention they put me on hold
(no respect, no respect)
Winter, Summer, Spring, and Fall
I'm always up against the wall
(whatsamatta rodney?)
Ahhh, I don't get no respect at all

(CHORUS)

It's getting worse
It's caving in
The happiness I can't take it no more
It's all over
Hey, where are my kids?
Somebody help me
Hey bartender!
Hey! Who's that guy with my daughter?
Where's my wallet?
How do I get out of here?
Stop that dancin'!

Rappin' Rodney
By: Rodney Dangerfield

Duration: 3:33
Release Date: 1983 (Stavro Arrgolus)
Lyrics By: Moore/Ford/Dangerfield/Blair/Henry/Hoyt (Stavro Arrgolus)
Music By: Moore/Ford/Dangerfield/Blair/Henry/Hoyt (Stavro Arrgolus)
Produced By: J.B. Moore/R. Ford Jr. (Stavro Arrgolus)
Released By: RCA AFL 1-4887 (Stavro Arrgolus)
Published By: Funk Groove Music Publishing/Original JB Music (Stavro Arrgolus)

80's Movie Weekend

Well, we're early in October, but like I've done in the past, every 80's movie weekend for this month will feature a "scary" movie from the 80's as we close in on Halloween... this weekend, we are starting off with a classic written by the one and only Stephen King... that is one dude who can write some scary crap and a movie that was not too shabby either back when it came out in 1984... featuring Linda Hamilton, here is "Children of the Corn"...

the trailer...



a clip from the movie...




Children of the Corn

Directed by Fritz Kiersch
Produced by Donald P. Borchers
Terence Kirby
Written by Stephen King (short story and original draft of the screenplay)
George Goldsmith
Starring Peter Horton
Linda Hamilton
R. G. Armstrong
John Franklin
Courtney Gains
Music by Jonathan Elias
Cinematography Raoul Lomas
Editing by Harry Keramidas
Distributed by New World Pictures
Release date(s) March 9, 1984 (USA)
Running time 92 min.
Language English
Budget $800,000
Followed by Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1993)

I Know Its Over, But I Don't Know Why

One of the top 3 sweetest mullets of the 80's is back again today in The Excellent 80's... why did Richard Marx take "his hands off the wheel"? Now, he's just a prisoner to this pain and his heart still aches for her... Richard Marx "Should've Known Better"...

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"Should've Known Better"

by Richard Marx
from the album: Richard Marx
released 1987

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3

I Hear Violins

Once again today we bring you the UK new wave band known with lead singer Martin Fry and the band known as ABC... here is one of their later hits... from 1987, it's their tribute to R&B singer Smokey Robinson with "When Smokey Sings"...




Lyrics | Abc lyrics - When Smokey Sings lyrics

"When Smokey Sings"

Single by ABC
from the album Alphabet City
B-side "Chicago"
Released May 1987
Format CD single, 7" 12"
Genre New Wave
synthpop
Length 4:22
Label Mercury
Writer(s) Martin Fry, Mark White
Producer Martin Fry, Mark White


Chart (1987) Peak position
UK Singles Chart #11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #5
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play #1