"and Canada. The song was picked up by BBC Radio 2 and became a UK #1 single for three weeks in October 1982. The song entered the American Pop chart the week ending December 4, 1982. It hit #1 in Cash Box magazine and held at #2 for three weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in March and April 1983 (kept from the #1 spot by the massive success of Michael Jackson's ""Billie Jean""). The single achieved sales of 900,000 US copies and also hit #1 in Canada. It was also number one in Australia. This was Culture Club's"
"backgrounds of the members. The band recorded demos that were paid for by EMI Records, but the label declined to sign them. Virgin Records expressed interest in signing the group in the UK for European releases, while Epic Records handled the US and North American distribution. They recorded their debut album ""Kissing to Be Clever"" (UK No. 5, US No. 14,) and it was released in 1982. The single ""Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?"", became an international hit, reaching No. 1 in a dozen countries around the world, plus top ten in several more countries (US No. 2)."
"7 million RIAA certified records sold in the US. Their hits include ""Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"", ""Time (Clock of the Heart)"", ""Church of the Poison Mind"", ""Karma Chameleon"", ""Victims"", ""It's a Miracle"", ""The War Song"", ""Move Away"", and ""I Just Wanna Be Loved"". In the UK they amassed twelve Top 40 hit singles between 1982 and 1999, including the number ones ""Do You Really Want To Hurt Me"" and ""Karma Chameleon"", the latter being the biggest selling single of 1983, and topped the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1984. ""Time (Clock of the Heart)"" is included on"
"make-up and swaggy hair"". The band released two singles in May and June 1982, ""White Boy"" and ""I'm Afraid of Me"", though both failed to chart. In August the single ""Mystery Boy"" was released in Japan. In September of that year, the group released their third single, ""Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"", a reggae-influenced number, which became one of their biggest hits. The song went to No. 1 in the UK in late 1982 and became an international smash, peaking at No. 1 in over a dozen countries (No. 2 in the US), this track sold up to"
"It Really Hurts Me Girl ""It Really Hurts Me Girl"" is a song and single by American group, The Carstairs. In the UK, DJ Ian Levine, having heard this song played on radio in Miami, acquired a copy and played it during a Northern soul event at the Blackpool Mecca in 1973. It caused controversy as it was not to the liking of those who preferred traditional Northern soul music based on a sound and rhythm similar to that traditionally emanating from the Motown label. The song is credited with stating a new musical genre that came to be known"
"as modern soul music. It Really Hurts Me Girl ""It Really Hurts Me Girl"" is a song and single by American group, The Carstairs. In the UK, DJ Ian Levine, having heard this song played on radio in Miami, acquired a copy and played it during a Northern soul event at the Blackpool Mecca in 1973. It caused controversy as it was not to the liking of those who preferred traditional Northern soul music based on a sound and rhythm similar to that traditionally emanating from the Motown label. The song is credited with stating a new musical genre that"
"ads, but had no part in the decision. The group would not sing it during the commercial's run. The group made three albums over the next three years. The late-1983 album ""Deliver"" provided two number-one singles, one of which, ""I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes"", was written by Randy VanWarmer, who had a hit in 1979 with ""Just When I Needed You Most"". Their next album was ""Greatest Hits 2"", released in July 1984. Unlike the 1980 ""Greatest Hits"" album, this one included two new songs, ""Everyday"" and ""Make My Life With You"", both number-one country hits. In"
"1978 and youngest sister Coleen, who had previously made occasional appearances (including appearing in the I'm In the Mood for Dancing video), became a full-time member in 1980, replacing Anne. Between 1979 and 1982, the group had seven UK top 20 hits, including ""Gotta Pull Myself Together"" (1980) ""Who's Gonna Rock You"" (1980), ""Attention to Me"" (1981) and ""Chemistry"" (1981). They were particularly successful in Japan and won the 1981 Tokyo Music Festival with the song ""Sexy Music"". Anne returned to the group in 1982, before Linda left in 1983. The group won a Japanese Grammy (Tokubetsu Kikaku Shō) in"
"life and ""wanted to stick it up these pompous bastard guitarists' arses"". In late December 1980, Motörhead's drummer, Phil Taylor, broke his neck, preventing his continuing to play, so Motörhead's producer, Vic Maile, suggested they record a single with Girlschool. Lemmy chose ""Please Don't Touch"" by one of his favourite groups of the past, Johnny Kidd & the Pirates. For the flipside, the bands recorded each other's songs — Girlschool performed ""Bomber"" and Motörhead performed ""Emergency"", although Denise Dufort played drums throughout. The record was released on 14 February 1981, as ""St. Valentine's Day Massacre"" EP and reaching No. 5"
"24, 1982 to September 4, 1982. (Potential higher chart placement was prevented by songs such as ""Eye of the Tiger"" by Survivor and ""Abracadabra"" by the Steve Miller Band.) ""Hold Me"" ranked at #31 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1982. In the UK, ""Hold Me"" was not a successful single. It was first released there in July 1982 and failed to chart. It was eventually re-issued in February 1989 to promote the group's 1988 ""Greatest Hits"" package with ""No Questions Asked"" as the B-side. It only reached #94. The song is also included on the 2002 US"
"an order for another 1,000 copies, and then a further 4,000. The song entered the UK Independent Charts in August 1980, where it remained for ten weeks, peaking at number five. Wilding received an offer from producer Tony Visconti to re-record the song, but turned it down for fear of it becoming ""too commercial"". The song was later listed by ""New Musical Express"" in their ""NME Writers 100 Best Indie Singles Ever"" in 1992. In 1982 the Native Hipsters released a four-track EP, ""Tenderly Hurt Me"" which was well received by the music press. Over the next few years the"
"(1980), ""Gotta Pull Myself Together"" (1980), ""Who's Gonna Rock You"" (1980), ""Attention to Me"" (1981), ""Chemistry"" (1981) and ""Don't Love Me Too Hard"" (1982). The group supported Frank Sinatra on his 1975 European tour. They were particularly successful in Japan, scoring a string of hits (including a No.1) and won the 1981 Tokyo Music Festival with the song ""Sexy Music"". They also achieved success in Europe and Australia. In 1981, she scored a minor hit with her sister Coleen as part of the Young & Moody Band, with ""Don't Do That"" (UK No. 63) which also featured Lemmy from Motörhead"
"longest run of 1982, behind ""Hurts So Good"" by John Cougar (which was prevented from reaching the top of the Hot 100 by ""Eye of the Tiger""). This top ten run is tied with the aforementioned ""Another One Bites the Dust"" as well as ""Physical"" as the longest run in the top ten for a number one song during the entire 1980s decade. The band won a 1982 Grammy Award for ""Best Rock Performance by Duo or Group With Vocal"" at the 25th Annual Grammy Awards. In September 1982, it also peaked at No. 1 in the United Kingdom, remaining"
"You Really Want To Hurt Me"", ""Time (Clock of the Heart)"" and ""Karma Chameleon"". As well as Boy George having his own UK number one with his cover of Bread's ""Everything I Own"", he is considered a major icon of this era. Liverpool band Frankie Goes to Hollywood's initially controversial dance-pop gave them three consecutive UK number ones in 1984, until they faded away in the mid-1980s. Dead or Alive, also from Liverpool, was another popular dance pop band in the mid-1980s. It was fronted by lead singer Pete Burns. Probably the most successful British pop band of the era"
"Don't You Want Me ""Don't You Want Me"" is a single by British synthpop group The Human League, released on 27 November 1981 as the fourth single from their third studio album ""Dare"" (1981). It is the band's best known and most commercially successful recording and was the 1981 Christmas number one in the UK, where it has since sold over 1,560,000 copies, making it the 23rd most successful single in UK Singles Chart history. It later topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in the US on 3 July 1982 where it stayed for three weeks. In 2015 the song was"
"invites Josie down to London to come and see Billy at Philips club and Josie wholeheartedly decides to go and visit her son. Its time for George to record his demo with his new group Culture Club and the session goes well, apart from the producer stopping one song after realizing that George was singing about another man. So he records a different song to keep the producer happy (Do You Really Want To Hurt Me). Culture Club start to rise to fame and their single hits number 1. Billy sees George at the club and tries to talk to"
"No. 7 hit single ""Tighter, Tighter"" for the group Alive N Kickin'. James launched a solo career in 1970 that yielded two notable hits over a 10-year span, ""Draggin' the Line"" (1971) and ""Three Times in Love"" (1980). During the 1980s, the group's songbook produced major hits for three other artists: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts' version of ""Crimson And Clover"" (No. 7 in 1982), Tiffany's ""I Think We're Alone Now"" and Billy Idol's ""Mony Mony"" (back-to-back No. 1 singles in November 1987). Other Shondells covers have been performed by acts as disparate as psychobilly ravers the Cramps, new wave"
"'Cos We Beat The Arsenal)"" in 1991. In 1982, they had their biggest success on the chart with ""Ain't No Pleasing You"", which reached number two on the UK chart and also charted in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. This song departed from their usual style and was a slower-paced break-up ballad, with strings added to the usual piano, drum and bass sound. The official video featured the orchestra backing the band. They were given a Christmas TV special on LWT that year, ""Chas and Dave's Christmas Knees-up"". After the Christmas special, they were offered their own television series, ""Chas"
"Ya"""". He further stated that ""[Boy George's] vocal ""normalcy"" [plays] against the provocative content of the material."" He concluded that ""the beat does special service to the message – even when we don't quite know what that message is."" All tracks written by Culture Club. Side One Side Two Side one Side two Kissing to Be Clever Kissing to Be Clever is the debut album by the English band Culture Club, released in late 1982. It includes Culture Club's international breakthrough hit single, ""Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"", which reached number one in the band's native UK and"
"Square Health Club, Pimlico in 1957. The jury was in blackface making jazz hands gestures. One band member, Mikey Craig, was not in the video, and was replaced by his brother Greg. Boy George wears a shirt with the Hebrew writing ""Tarbut Agudda"" (תַּרְבּוּת אֲגֻדָּה), a literal translation of the individual words ""culture"" and ""association"" in a grammatically incorrect order. A. ""Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"" – 4:22 B. ""Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"" (Dub Version) – 3:38 A. ""Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"" – 4:23 B. ""You Know I'm Not Crazy"" – 3:35"
"topping the charts in six countries, and has become one of the band's biggest hits, along with ""The Joker"" and ""Rock'n Me"". In the U.S., the song was #1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for two non-consecutive weeks. It was knocked off the top by Chicago's ""Hard to Say I'm Sorry"", only to return to #1 two weeks later. A similar occurrence happened in 1976, when Steve Miller Band's ""Rock'n Me"" knocked Chicago's ""If You Leave Me Now"" out of the #1 spot. The song also showed substantial longevity, spending fourteen weeks in the top ten of the Hot 100"
"and released their debut album, ""The Two Of Us"". which contained ""Don't Stop the Music,"" topping the US ""Billboard"" R&B chart in early 1981, knocking their label-mate's song ""Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)"" out of the top spot. The song went on to chart higher on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 than any of the other songs released on the label up to that time. In addition, the corresponding album went Gold and peaked at #16 in the Billboard Hot 200 album chart. Across the pond in Europe, the UK release of the song reached #7 in"
"all), and ""I'm Afraid of Me"" (which peaked at No. 100 in the UK). But with the release of ""Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"", the band scored a global smash hit in over a dozen countries. The album spent 88 weeks on the US ""Billboard"" charts and reached its peak position of #14 in March 1983. The follow-up single, ""Time (Clock of the Heart)"", became a US #2 and UK Top 3 hit. This song appeared on US versions of the album but not initially on the UK version. Another single was released in North America, ""I'll Tumble"
"earlier debut hit with Culture Club, ""Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?"". Coming at the time of his arrest for possession of heroin, it provided a major boost to his career. Other than the UK, it was a number one in many countries (including Canada, Ireland, Italy, Norway and South Africa) and top 10 in many markets too. The track was recorded during the ""Sold"" sessions at Air Studios Montserrat and produced by Stewart Levine. The musicians were Ian Maidman (later aka Jennifer Maidman) bass and guitar, Vic Martin keyboards, Glen Nightingale guitar, Richie Stevens drums, and Paul 'Wix'"
"Rats (1978), The Clash (1979), The Jam (1980), The Selecter (1980), UB40 (1981), Girlschool (1981), U2 (1982), Whitesnake (1983), The Alarm (1984), Nina Hagen (1984), The Cure (1985), The Damned (1986), The Pretenders (1987), The Stranglers (1988), Tanita Tikaram (1989), Georgia Satellites (1989), Soundgarden (1990), Bob Dylan (1990), Midnight Oil (1990), Billy Idol (1991), Nirvana (1992), Faith No More (1993), Chris Isaak (1993), Jethro Tull (1993), Aerosmith (1994), Simple Minds (1995), Bon Jovi (1995), Blur (1996), Pulp (1996), Neil Young (1996), David Bowie (1997), Sting (1997), Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1997), Pet Shop Boys (1997), Beastie Boys (1998),"
"Want to Hurt Me"" (1982), ""Time (Clock of the Heart)"" (1982) and ""Church of the Poison Mind"" (1983); Dexys Midnight Runners' ""Come On Eileen"" (1983); the Style Council's ""Shout to the Top"" (1984); Teena Marie's ""Lovergirl""(1985); Eurythmics' ""Missionary Man"" (1986) and Steve Winwood's ""Roll with It"" (1988). As the decade drew to a close, British artist Lisa Stansfield had considerable success on R&B radio, scoring three number-one R&B hits, the most popular being ""All Around the World"". A backlash ensued in the late 1980s as some black people felt that white people were cashing in on the popularity of their"
"themselves with two new members, Walter and Wittler, for a New Order European tour in 1984. ""You Hurt Me"" was one of their concert favorites, and Bernard Sumner of New Order wanted to release the track as a single. He also played guitar at the closing moments of the track. Sumner co-produced the track with A Certain Ratio's Donald Johnson, who also added vocals to the track. A different version to this single was also released on Die Toten Hosen's label ""Totenkopf"". A later Shark Vegas track, ""Pretenders of Love"", can also be found on the Factory US compilation album,"
"the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Tell Me Where It Hurts (Milli Vanilli song) ""Tell Me Where It Hurts"" is a song written by Diane Warren originally recorded by The Real Milli Vanilli for their 1991 album ""The Moment of Truth"". The song has been covered by many artists in the subsequent years. The song was first covered by German group Try 'N' B. The group was formed by two members of The Real Milli Vanilli with two new members, and their album was essentially an updated version of that group's album. The group were the first to"
"like ""Die Ärzte"" and featuring ""Die Tödliche Doris"" and ""Die Haut"") and for the first time ever, a young East German band he'd literally discovered on the street, called ""Jessica"" appeared on a UK TV show, fronted by Tino Eisbrenner. It was also the first time that a British TV crew had ever filmed a pop programme both in the GDR (East Berlin) and West Berlin. In 1984, ""Die Unbekannten"" changed their name to ""Shark Vegas"" and toured Western Europe with New Order. In 1986, Shark Vegas released one of the most sought after Factory 12"" single ""You Hurt Me"""
"1980 to promote the new album. Much to his disappointment, Jagger declined. ""Emotional Rescue"" hit the top of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic and the title track reached No.3 in the US. In early 1981, the group reconvened and decided to tour the US that year, leaving little time to write and record a new album, as well as rehearse for the tour. That year's resulting album, ""Tattoo You"", featured a number of outtakes, including lead single ""Start Me Up"", which reached No.2 in the US and ranked No.22 on Billboard's Hot 100 year-end chart. Two songs"
"The Carstairs The Carstairs were an American group of the 1960s and 1970s whose 1973 single, ""It Really Hurts Me Girl"" is credited with starting the modern soul music scene and genre. A male vocal group from the U.S., The Carstairs releases met with no success in their home country. In the United Kingdom, DJ Ian Levine, having heard their song ""It Really Hurts Me Girl"" played on radio in Miami, acquired a copy and played it during a Northern soul event at the Blackpool Mecca in 1973. It caused controversy as it was not to the liking of those"
"in the UK and was the first of seven top twenty hits. The others, with Bernie Nolan usually singing lead vocals, were ""Don't Make Waves"", (1980) ""Gotta Pull Myself Together"" (1980), ""Who's Gonna Rock You"" (1980), ""Attention to Me"" (1981), ""Chemistry"" (1981) and ""Don't Love Me Too Hard"" (1982). The Nolans sold millions of recordings worldwide, particularly in Japan where they sold over nine million albums and won the 1981 Tokyo Music Festival with the song ""Sexy Music"". Bernie also composed songs during this time, when she wrote two tracks for their 1982 album ""Portrait"". In 1991, they won of"
"Say I'm Sorry"". Their second Warner album, ""Chicago 17"", became the biggest seller of their career—it reached #4 in the US and produced four US Top 20 singles including the Top 5 hits ""Hard Habit to Break"" (#3) and ""You're the Inspiration"" (#3) and is currently accredited at 6× Platinum. Lead singer Peter Cetera left the group after this album but had continued success as a solo artist for Warner, scoring a #1 hit in 1986 with ""Glory of Love"" (from the movie ""The Karate Kid Part II""), which was also nominated for a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award,"