I'll Keep Holding On

If you are a fan of the Simpson's Sideshow Bob, more specifically Bob's hair, then you loved to watch Simply Red back in the 80's, no? If ever there could have been a live version of the cartoon character, then lead singer Mick Hucknall was the man regardless of if you liked his music or not. Filmed in the English coastal town of Whitby, and soaring all the way to #1 in 1985, here is Simply Red with "Holding Back the Years"...
Lyrics | Simply Red lyrics - Holding Back The Years lyrics "Holding Back the Years" Single by Simply Red from the album Picture Book B-side "Drowning in My Own Tears" / "I Won't Feel Bad" Released 1985 Genre Pop rock, blue-eyed soul Length 4:27 Label WEA Elektra Writer(s) Mick Hucknall, Neil Moss U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1 UK peak: #2

We Only Act Like Children When We Argue, Fuss, and Fight

In 1989, a slow, angst-ridden, somewhat of a love song came on the radio... every 15 minutes... all day long... on 75% of the radio stations around the country. Uggh. The song skyrocketed to #1 in the U.S. obviously, and Australia, and Canada, and every time it came on my radio I changed the station.
Sorry. Nothing against those of you that still enjoy this song, but it just seemed to drag on forever and ever despite it's barely over three minutes length. Anyway, here is the band Simply Red with Sideshow Bob on lead vocals ("Simpsons" reference... look it up if you don't know who that is and tell me I'm wrong) and a remake of a 1972 hit by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes called "If You Don't Know Me By Now"...





Lyrics | Simply Red - If You Don’t Know Me By Now lyrics

"If You Don't Know Me by Now"
Single by Simply Red
from the album A New Flame
Released March 27, 1989
Format 7" single
12-inch single
CD single
Genre Pop
Length 3:24
Label Elektra
Writer(s) Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
Producer Stewart Levine

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1