That You Give Me No, That You Give Me No

Today's video and the sound in general are so 80's you can't help but think of what you were doing when this song was playing on the airwaves in 1988 and 1989.  It's the British synthpop duo of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clark and singer Andy Bell.  Clark was a founding member of Depeche Mode before leaving in 1981 to form the group known as Yaz in the U.S.  He then teamed up with Bell to form the group for today's video known as Erasure.

Though today's song was a dance club hit (#2) and a top 15 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, the video is a mess as someone played too much with the fade button in and out of various obvious objects to correspond to the lyrics.  Anyway, I still like the beat and the song in general.  Here is "A Little Respect"...




Lyrics | Erasure lyrics - A Little Respect lyrics

"A Little Respect"
Single by Erasure
from the album The Innocents
B-side	"Like Zsa Zsa Zsa Gabor", "Love Is Colder Than Death"
Released	September 19, 1988
Format	12", 7", CD
Recorded	1988
Genre	New Wave, synthpop
Length	3:33
Label	Mute (UK) Sire (U.S.)
Writer(s)	Vince Clarke, Andy Bell
Producer	Stephen Hague

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak:  #14
UK peak:  #4

How Can I Explain

Today's European synthpop duo had four straight top 20 hits in the UK and three in the U.S. It's keyboardist Vince Clarke along with vocalist Andy Bell better known as the group Erasure with their debut in the Excellent 80's. Here is "Chains of Love"...




Lyrics | Erasure lyrics - Chains Of Love lyrics

"Chains of Love"
Single by Erasure
from the album The Innocents
B-side "Don't Suppose", "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
Released May 31, 1988 (1988-05-31)
Format 12", 7", CD
Recorded 1987
Genre Synthpop
Length 3:36
Label Mute (UK)
Sire (U.S.)
Writer(s) Vince Clarke, Andy Bell
Producer Stephen Hague

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #11
UK peak: #12