"100 chart anyway, albeit only at number 87 and for only a three-week chart stay). Reportedly, the song narrowly avoided a radio ban by the BBC as well. ""Master and Servant"" might have been banned if the one BBC staffer who wanted to ban the record had not been away on holiday at the time the other staffers voted on whether to add ""Master and Servant"" to their playlist. The production and mixing process of ""Master and Servant"" are remembered by Alan Wilder, Daniel Miller, and Gareth Jones, as among the longest that Depeche Mode ever endured. One famous story"
"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"
"and Paice, never recognized this record as a Deep Purple album. On the other hand, Turner openly praised Slaves and Masters by saying it was ""probably (the) last great Purple album there was (...) It's a great album, (it) stands up to these days, one of the best recorded, best written (...) I can name every title and just go...who can beat that?"". Slaves and Masters Slaves and Masters is the thirteenth studio album by the British rock band Deep Purple, and was released on 5 October 1990. This is the only Deep Purple album to feature former Rainbow lead"
"Buried and Dead ""Buried and Dead"" is the second single by Australian rock group, the Masters Apprentices, which was issued in May 1967 on Astor Records. It peaked at No. 26 on the ""Go-Set"" national singles charts. In mid-1966 Adelaide-based rock group, the Masters Apprentices, shared a gig with pop star, Bobby Bright (of Melbourne duo, Bobby & Laurie), who was impressed and recommended them to his label, Astor Records. A few weeks later, they were contacted by Astor's Max Pepper, who requested a four-track demo. The band went to a local two-track studio to record it, but realised that"
"the band's drummer, and their debut album, ""Crocodiles"", met with critical acclaim and made the UK Top 20. Their second album, ""Heaven Up Here"" (1981), again found favour with critics and reached number 10 in the UK. The band's cult status was followed by mainstream success in the mid-1980s, as they scored a UK Top 10 hit with the single ""The Cutter"", and the attendant album, ""Porcupine"" (1983), which reached number two in the UK. The next release, ""Ocean Rain"" (1984), regarded as their landmark release, spawned the hit singles ""The Killing Moon"", ""Silver"" and ""Seven Seas"". One more studio"
"Victims (song) ""Victims"" is a song by English band Culture Club, released as a single in 1983 and taken from the album ""Colour by Numbers"". As with most early Culture Club singles, the song is about lead singer Boy George's then publicly unknown and rather turbulent relationship with drummer Jon Moss. Although the group's previous single ""Karma Chameleon"" had been a massive hit throughout the world, ""Victims"" was only issued in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, and Australia. The piano ballad peaked at #3 on the UK Singles Chart. In Ireland, it peaked at #2, and in Australia, at #4."
"also reached the UK top ten. 1984's ""Lament"" continued the band's run of top ten albums and produced three top 40 hit singles, including the international hit ""Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"" (UK No. 3), ""Lament"" (No. 22) and ""One Small Day"" peaking at No. 27. Towards the end of 1984, a ""greatest hits"" compilation spanning the band's 1980s output was released entitled ""The Collection"". It was preceded by a new single, ""Love's Great Adventure"", which enjoyed massive radio airplay that autumn and eventually peaked at No. 12 in the UK, accompanied by a popular Indiana Jones-style spoof video."
"the most played pop song in 1984 by Broadcast Music International. Bonnefond stayed with the group for ""Emergency"" (1984), which remains their highest selling album with over two million copies sold in the US. It spawned four US top 20 singles, including ""Emergency"", ""Cherish"", ""Fresh"", and ""Misled"". This feat made Kool & the Gang the only band to have four top 20 singles from a single album in 1985. In June 1984, Kool & the Gang took time off from recording ""Emergency"" to perform at Wembley Stadium as part of a sold out summer concert organised by Elton John. That"
"the single was a phenomenal success in the UK, immediately entering at the number one position on 10 June 1984 and staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine consecutive weeks, during which time the group's previous single ""Relax"" climbed back up the charts to number two. It was the longest running number-one single in the UK of the 1980s. It has sold 1.58 million copies in the UK as of November 2012. Songwriters Johnson, Gill and O'Toole received the 1984 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2015 the song was voted by"
"signed a management and publishing deal with Hit and Run Music, joining Genesis and Peter Gabriel amongst others at the company. While most of summer 1984 was spent preparing new material, including a major new song Take A Look, the band broke cover in July to play their first major London headline at the Dominion Theatre. It was a great success with some 1,500 people attending. In August the band travelled to Liverpool to record the ""Art and Illusion"" album with Gil Norton (of ""Echo & the Bunnymen"" fame) producing. Soon after its release in October it reached No. 83"
"at 4 in the UK Albums Chart, 36 in the U.S., and 12 in Australia. Around the same time, the band headlined ""Pits and Perverts"", a concert at the Electric Ballroom in London to raise funds for the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign. This event is featured in the film ""Pride"". The third single, released before Christmas 1984, was a revival of ""It Ain't Necessarily So"", the George and Ira Gershwin classic (from ""Porgy and Bess""). The song questions the accuracy of biblical tales. It also reached the UK Top 20. In 1985, the trio joined up with"
"top 15 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1983, and the Pussycat Dolls in 2005. The Creatures ( singer Siouxsie Sioux and drummer Budgie) recorded a cover version of ""Right Now"" in 1983. Co-produced by Mike Hedges, it was released as a single by Polydor Records on July 8, 1983. Their version, recorded in '60s style with a brass section (Gary Barnacle on saxophone, Peter Thoms on trombone and Luke Tunney on trumpet) and timpani, later peaked at No. 14 in the UK Singles Chart, leading to an appearance on BBC's ""Top of the Pops"". The Creatures' version started"
"""Cruel Summer"" (1983), ""Robert De Niro's Waiting..."" (1984), ""Venus"" (1986) and ""Love in the First Degree"" (1987). In 1986, they had a U.S. number one with another of their UK Top 10 hits, a cover of ""Venus"". In total, they had 11 singles reach the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 (1983–88), including two more in the Top 10, with ""Cruel Summer"" (1984) and ""I Heard a Rumour"" (1987). They are associated with the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US, and featured on the 1984 Band Aid single, ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"". They topped the Australian ARIA albums chart in"
"was brought to an abrupt end because Hopkin became ill and the group disbanded shortly afterwards. Oasis (1980s band) Oasis was an English music group which formed in 1984. The group consisted of Peter Skellern, Julian Lloyd Webber, Mitch Dalton, Bill Lovelady and Mary Hopkin. Their only album, ""Oasis"", was released on the WEA label along with two singles. The album reached No. 23 on the UK Albums Chart after first charting in April 1984; it remained in the charts for 15 weeks. A tour of the United Kingdom was planned for September 1984 and a new cellist, Audrey Riley,"
"were the duo Wham! with an unusual mix of disco, soul, ballads and even rap, who had eleven top ten hits in the UK, six of them number ones, between 1982 and 1986. George Michael released his debut solo album, ""Faith"" in 1987, and would go on to have seven UK number one singles. The 1985 concert Live Aid held at Wembley Stadium would see some of the biggest British artists of the era perform, with Queen stealing the show. Bonnie Tyler had major hits with ""Total Eclipse of the Heart"" and ""Holding Out for a Hero"", while Robert Palmer's"
"And Gentlemen – The Best Of George Michael"". It included his 7 UK number one singles, and other hits since his career began in 1984. The Beastie Boys had their biggest UK hit to date with the single ""Intergalactic"" which got to No. 4, and their studio album ""Hello Nasty"" got to #1. Unlike the previous year, where LL Cool J, Puff Daddy and Will Smith all topped the UK singles chart, no Hip Hop single reached number one. Jason Nevins's remix with Run DMC ""It's like that"" reached the top spot, but the remix is considered a dance song."
"Five Star Five Star (also styled as 5 Star) are a British pop group, formed in 1983 and comprising siblings Stedman, Lorraine, Denise, Doris and Delroy Pearson. Between 1985 and 1988, Five Star had four Top 20 albums and 15 Top 40 singles in the UK, including the Top 10 hits ""System Addict"" (1986), ""Can't Wait Another Minute"" (1986), ""Find the Time"" (1986), ""Rain or Shine"" (1986), ""Stay Out of My Life"" (1987) and ""The Slightest Touch"" (1987). They won the 1987 Brit Award for Best British Group. The five-piece group of siblings from Romford were masterminded by their father"
"but was denied the No. 1 position by the re-release of John Lennon's ""Imagine"" after his murder in New York City on 8 December 1980. ""Stand and Deliver"" became the band's first No. 1 when it debuted at the top spot on 9 May 1981, and remained there for five weeks. It has sold 1.03 million copies in the UK. On the US Dance chart, ""Stand and Deliver"" peaked at #38. Copies of the single ""Stand and Deliver"" b/w ""Beat My Guest"" were included as a free bonus item with some vinyl copies of the US version of the album"
"first Top 40 hit since ""People Are People,"" eventually becoming the biggest-selling 12-inch single in Warner Records' history up to that point. Released in January 1990, ""Enjoy the Silence"" reached number six in the UK (the first Top 10 hit in that country since ""Master And Servant""). A few months later in the US, it reached number eight and earned the band a second gold single. It won ""Best British single"" at the 1991 Brit Awards. To promote their new album, ""Violator"", the band held an in-store autograph signing at Wherehouse Entertainment in Los Angeles. The event attracted approximately 20,000"
"in Europe and reached No.4 in the UK chart in January 1983 (their last studio album to break the UK Top 10). 1984 saw the release of ""Aural Sculpture"" which consolidated the band's success in Europe and established them in Oceania. It included the UK No.15 hit ""Skin Deep"" (which also reached No.11 in Australia and No. 19 in New-Zealand, and Top 30 in the Netherlands). This was their first album to feature the three-piece horn-section which was retained in all their subsequent albums and live performances until Hugh Cornwell's departure in 1990. ""Aural Sculpture"" was only a moderate success"
"group's rhythm guitarist, Mick Bower. The band made a promotional film clip for ""Buried and Dead"" for TV (at their own expense), which their lead singer, Jim Keays, believed was one of the first music videos made in Australia. Buried and Dead ""Buried and Dead"" is the second single by Australian rock group, the Masters Apprentices, which was issued in May 1967 on Astor Records. It peaked at No. 26 on the ""Go-Set"" national singles charts. In mid-1966 Adelaide-based rock group, the Masters Apprentices, shared a gig with pop star, Bobby Bright (of Melbourne duo, Bobby & Laurie), who was"
"tracks, featuring the band's greatest hits and stand-out tracks, including Paul King's one minor solo hit, ""I Know"". Cherry Red Records released a remastered version of Bitter Sweet in 2007 followed in 2010 by a remaster of Steps In Time and in 2018 by another King compilation entitled Remixes & Rarities which contained rare tracks not found on the reissues. King (new wave band) King were a British pop band which formed in 1984. The band achieved chart success in 1985, and are best known for their hit single ""Love & Pride"", which reached number 2 in the UK. The"
"song became their biggest hit in both the UK and the US. It was the joint 2nd song (along with The Searchers' 'Needles and Pins') to get to the US chart by a British act during the British Invasion, the first were The Beatles. The song was covered by the glam rock band Mud in 1974, being released on their album ""Mud Rock"" which reached #8 in the British album charts. British garage rock musician Billy Childish and his band The Milkshakes also recorded a cover on their 1984 album '20 Rock And Roll Hits of the 50's and 60's'."
"success, peaking at No. 4 in their native UK where it became the band's biggest seller earning a gold disc, and reached No. 3 in the US in the spring of 1984 becoming their biggest American hit. The band's new album, ""Into the Gap"", was released in early 1984 and became one of the year's biggest sellers, selling five million copies worldwide. It topped the UK Albums Chart and was later certified double platinum there. Further hit singles from the album followed with ""Doctor! Doctor!"" (UK No. 3) and ""You Take Me Up"" (UK No. 2, their highest UK singles"
"Jesus and Mary Chain (1998), Metallica (1999), Ministry (1999), Blondie (1999), Oasis (2000), Iron Maiden (2000), Lou Reed (2000), Hellacopters (2001), Kent (2002), Manic Street Preachers (2003), Dio (2003), The Cardigans (2003), Motörhead (2004), Stray Cats (2004), Hawkwind (2004), Within Temptation (2005), Rammstein (2005), New York Dolls (2006), Morrissey (2006), Tool (2006), Flogging Molly (2006), Saxon (2006), Opeth (2006), Billy Talent (2007), Interpol (2008), Primal Scream (2008), Bullet for my Valentine (2008), Anti-Flag (2008), Slipknot (2009), Volbeat (2009), Canned Heat (2010), Ozzy Osbourne (2010), NOFX (2010), The Specials (2010), Amon Amarth (2010), The National (2011), Nekromantix (2011), Paramore (2011), Suicidal"
"tracks. A second reissue was released in the UK in 2010 by Cherry Red Records with 7 bonus tracks. Steps in Time Steps in Time is the debut album by the English band King, released by CBS Records in October 1984. The album peaked at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Gold by the BPI. The album included three singles. ""Love & Pride"", ""Soul On My Boots"" and ""Won't You Hold My Hand Now"" were all released in 1984 but were initially unsuccessful. ""Love and Pride"" was then re-released in January 1985, this time becoming a"
"""Vengeance"" reached Number 1 in the UK independent chart in early 1984, pushing The Smiths from that position. After a further single ""The Price"" also reached a high placing in the independent charts, the band were signed by major label EMI. The band then made four studio albums (plus a live album) for EMI and one studio album for Epic, in a period of eight years. 1985's ""No Rest for the Wicked"" and associated single ""No Rest"" both made the mainstream Top 30 in the UK, the latter leading to some controversy when the band sported T-shirts with the phrase"
"1984 in British music This is a summary of 1984 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. 1984 was a year of several huge selling releases, including at the time the biggest selling single ever. Six singles this year sold over a million copies, the joint highest number ever along with 1998. Out of the top 10 biggest selling songs of the 1980s, six of them all peaked in 1984 including the entire top 4. One of the biggest bands of the year was Frankie Goes to Hollywood, a five-piece from Liverpool fronted by"
"of the leading pop groups of the time including the Searchers, Freddie and the Dreamers, the Dave Clark Five, the Bachelors, the Rolling Stones, and the Beatles. The song imagined the various artists singing about being conscripted, or ""called up"" into the British Army, although actual conscription had ended in 1960. The single climbed to number 3 in the UK Singles Chart. As an example, the song ""Bits and Pieces"" by The Dave Clark Five was parodied as ""Boots and Blisters"". They then followed this parody theme with two more hit singles ""Pop Go the Workers"" (1965) and ""Merrie Gentle"
"Howard Jones (English musician) John Howard Jones (born 23 February 1955) is a British singer, musician and songwriter. He had ten top 40 hit singles in the UK between 1983 and 1986, including six which reached the top ten, and his 1984 album ""Human's Lib"" went to number one. Around the world, he had 15 top 40 hit singles between 1983 and 1992. He has been described by AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine as ""one of the defining figures of mid-'80s synth pop."" He also performed at Live Aid in 1985. Jones is the eldest of four boys. His brothers,"
"Beatmasters The Beatmasters are an English electronic music group who were successful as artists in their own right in the UK in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They then went on to produce and remix records for many other groups. As artists, the team had a string of chart hit singles, including ""Burn It Up"", ""Hey DJ! (I Can't Dance to that Music You're Playing)"", ""Who's in the House"" and ""Rok Da House"", the latter having been recorded in 1986, being one of the earliest examples of hip house, a subgenre of house music which features rap vocals performed"
"June 1988 with ""Wow!"" (1987), and earned Brit Award nominations for Best British Single for ""Love in the First Degree"", and Best Music Video for their 1988 hit cover of The Supremes single ""Nathan Jones"". Fahey left the group in 1988 and formed Shakespears Sister, best known for the UK number one ""Stay"" (1992). She was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan. This line-up had UK top five hits with ""I Want You Back"" (1988) and The Beatles track ""Help!"" (1989), recorded with comedy duo French and Saunders for the charity Comic Relief. In 1989 they embarked on their first world tour."
"album, ""Master's Apprentices"", was listed in the top 40 in the book, ""100 Best Australian Albums"". The Masters Apprentices The Masters Apprentices (or The Masters to fans) were an Australian pop/rock band fronted by Jim Keays on lead vocals, which formed in 1965 in Adelaide, South Australia, relocated to Melbourne in February 1967 and attempted to break into the United Kingdom market from 1970, before disbanding in 1972. Their popular Australian singles are ""Undecided"", ""Living in a Child's Dream"", ""5:10 Man"", ""Think About Tomorrow Today"", ""Turn Up Your Radio"" and ""Because I Love You"". The band launched the career of"