"Circle in the Sand ""Circle in the Sand"" is a song recorded by Belinda Carlisle and released in 1988 from her album ""Heaven on Earth"" (1987). It was her third consecutive top ten hit in the UK and US reaching No.4 and No.7 respectively. The 12"" single contained remixes from producer William Orbit. ""Circle in the Sand"" was written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley, who wrote many of Carlisle's hit singles in the late 1980s and into the early 1990s, including her signature song ""Heaven Is a Place on Earth"". The first known appearance of the song in progress"
"in the center does his or her favorite dance. If asked ""Show me your partner"", he or she picks a friend to join him or her in the circle. It has been played for many centuries in all of Jamaica. Arguably the most popular version of the song, Boney M.'s recording was originally the B-side to the group's number-one hit single ""Rivers of Babylon"" (1978). In July 1978, following ten weeks in UK Top Ten, five of them at number one, ""Rivers of Babylon"" slipped to number 18 and then to 20, when radio stations flipped the single. Airplay for"
"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) ""You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"" is a song by British band Dead or Alive on their 1985 album ""Youthquake"". Released as a single in 1984, it reached no. 1 in the UK in March 1985, taking 17 weeks to get there. It was the first UK no. 1 hit by the Stock Aitken Waterman production trio. On the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, it peaked at no. 11 on 17 August of that year. In 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation's 17th favourite 1980s no. one"
"at the time, although it would eventually sell enough copies to be certified platinum by 1994. The only single the album spawned, a cover of ""Remember (Walking in the Sand)"" by the Shangri-Las, peaked at number 67 on the Billboard Hot 100. The tour for ""Night in the Ruts"" commenced shortly thereafter, but the band found themselves playing in smaller and smaller venues than before due to their popularity beginning to wane. Steven Tyler's drug issues were starting to affect his performance and songwriting, and he reached rock bottom in 1980, when he collapsed on stage during a show in"
"His number one hit is credited with making the poem famous. Edgel Groves Edgel Groves is a recording artist/singer/songwriter who recorded the Hit single ""Footprints in the Sand"" based on the anonymous poem of the same name. in 1981. The song sold millions of copies and the record was #1 in ""country music"" and was a cross over hit and became #1 in Christian and country gospel. It was also voted the number one requested song of 1981 by American radio DJs. Edgel Groves was the original singer to record ""Footprints in the Sand"" and the only singer to have"
"Edgel Groves Edgel Groves is a recording artist/singer/songwriter who recorded the Hit single ""Footprints in the Sand"" based on the anonymous poem of the same name. in 1981. The song sold millions of copies and the record was #1 in ""country music"" and was a cross over hit and became #1 in Christian and country gospel. It was also voted the number one requested song of 1981 by American radio DJs. Edgel Groves was the original singer to record ""Footprints in the Sand"" and the only singer to have ""Footprints in the Sand"" as a hit in the music charts."
"due to his arguments with Jodie Marsh, however he won back many fans after his row with George Galloway. He finished in second place on finale, receiving 43.6% of the final vote. Pete Burns (5 August 1959 – 23 October 2016) was an English singer-songwriter and frontman of the dance/pop band Dead or Alive, best known for their number one single ""You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"" in 1985. After he claimed in the house that his coat was made of gorilla skin, police removed the coat from the house, without his knowledge or consent, for testing. Ownership of"
"Riddles in the Sand Riddles in the Sand is the thirteenth studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released in September 1984 as MCA 5512 and was produced by noted country music producer Jimmy Bowen and represented a concerted shift toward a more country sound by Buffett. He appeared on the album's cover in typical country singer garb and promoted the album at Fan Fair country music festival in Nashville, Tennessee. The album was originally to have been titled ""Gulf and Western Music"" reflecting the fusion of musical styles seen in much of Buffett's music often"
"the dance play charts with her version of the song, becoming the most successful single of her career. Circles (Atlantic Starr song) ""Circles"" is 1982 song by the American band Atlantic Starr. The single was the most successful for the group thus far, peaking at number two for two weeks on the Soul Singles chart and it also became their first single to hit the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, peaking at number 38. ""Circles"" was also Atlantic Starr's most successful single on the dance charts, peaking at number nine. In 1992, Nigerian singer Saffron recorded her version, which featured a remix"
"a Man)"" and Evelyn Thomas's ""High Energy"". In the mid-1980s, Hi-NRG producers in the dance and pop charts included Ian Levine and trio Stock Aitken Waterman, the latter had two of the most successful Hi-NRG singles ever with their productions of Dead or Alive's ""You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"" (UK #1 & US #11 in 1985) and Bananarama's cover of the Shocking Blue song ""Venus"" (US #1 & UK #8 in 1986) . Artists, including Rick Astley and Australian actress Kylie Minogue, dominated British pop music and the charts in the late 1980s. In stark contrast to the"
"Circles (Atlantic Starr song) ""Circles"" is 1982 song by the American band Atlantic Starr. The single was the most successful for the group thus far, peaking at number two for two weeks on the Soul Singles chart and it also became their first single to hit the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, peaking at number 38. ""Circles"" was also Atlantic Starr's most successful single on the dance charts, peaking at number nine. In 1992, Nigerian singer Saffron recorded her version, which featured a remix by Frankie Knuckles, but this one failed to chart. In 1998, Kimara Lovelace went to number one on"
"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"
"In Square Circle In Square Circle is the twentieth studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder, released in 1985. The album features the hits ""Part-Time Lover"", ""Go Home"" and ""Overjoyed"" (which was left off Wonder's 1979 album ""Journey through the Secret Life of Plants"" and re-recorded for this album). The album won Wonder the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 28th Grammy Awards (his fourth award in the category, and his 13th Grammy overall). ""In Square Circle"" broke into the Top 5 on the Pop Albums chart and spent 12 weeks at #1 on the Top"
"Two further singles were taken from the album during 1973, ""Things Will Be Better"" b/w ""For Free"" (which was issued exclusively in the UK and Europe), and ""Cowgirl in the Sand"" b/w ""Long Live the King"", but neither of these singles charted. Finally, a fourth single, ""Full Circle"" b/w ""Things Will Be Better"", was released in the UK in August 1975, almost two-and-a-half years after the album had first appeared, but this too failed to chart. Upon its release, the album suffered from generally poor reviews, with Jon Landau, in the April 1973 edition of ""Rolling Stone"" magazine, criticizing it"
"as the top selling act. ""Brass in Pocket"" by The Pretenders became the first number 1 single of the 80s (not counting ""Another Brick in the Wall"" by Pink Floyd"" which was a holdover from 1979). The tables below include sales between 31 December 1979 and 31 December 1980: the year-end charts reproduced in the issue of ""Music Week"" dated 27 December 1980 and played on Radio 1 on 4 January 1981 only include sales figures up until 6 December 1980. 1980 in British music This is a summary of 1980 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official"
"""Byrds"", which was released in March 1973 by Asylum Records. While the album charted relatively well (U.S. No. 20), its placement did not live up to the label's initial expectations in the wake of the recent success of Crosby (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) and Hillman (a member of Stephen Stills's band Manassas). Clark's compositions ""Full Circle"" and ""Changing Heart"" and the Neil Young covers on which he sang the lead vocal (""See the Sky About to Rain"" and ""Cowgirl in the Sand"") were widely regarded as the standout tracks on the critically divisive album. Disheartened by the bad reviews"
"feels that the next line, ""it's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game"", was already outdated when the song was released in the late 1960s. At the time of the song's initial release, ""Rolling Stone"" described the lyrics as ""quietly accusative"". Young himself has claimed that ""Cowgirl in the Sand"" is about his impression of ""beaches in Spain"", despite the fact that when he wrote the song he had never been to Spain. Author Ken Bielen suggests an interpretation of the lyrics, in which Young is singing about himself. The sand in the title could"
"nominated for a Grammy in the Best Contemporary Folk Album category. A third batch, ""Mermaid Avenue Vol III"", and ""The Complete Sessions"" followed in 2012 to mark Woody Guthrie's centennial. A rift with Wilco over mixing and sequencing the first album led to Bragg recruiting his own band, The Blokes, to promote the album live. The Blokes included keyboardist Ian McLagan, who had been a member of Bragg's boyhood heroes The Faces. The documentary film ""Man in the Sand"" depicts the roles of Nora Guthrie, Bragg, and Wilco in the creation of the ""Mermaid Avenue"" albums. A developing interest in"
"in 1980, she would have two number one singles, and eight top ten hits in the decade. Tina Turner would top the charts with ""What's Love Got to Do With It"", she scored a total of six top ten singles. Donna Summer's She Works Hard for the Money was a continuation of the feminist movement started in the 70s, and a rally cry for those who worked hard and wanted to be treated fairly. She would have five top ten singles in the decade. Bruce Springsteen's ""Born In the USA"", AC/DC's ""Back in Black"", Def Leppard's ""Hysteria"", and Bon Jovi's"
"Around and Around ""Around and Around"" is a 1958 rock song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry. It originally appeared under the name ""Around & Around"" as the B-side to the single ""Johnny B. Goode"". The Rolling Stones covered the song on their EP, Five by Five and second U.S. album ""12 X 5"" in 1964. Besides the band members it featured Ian Stewart (musician) on piano. In October 1964, they performed the song as part of their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. They played it on a regular basis on their tours in 1964 and 1965."
"many of these lyrics were without surviving melodies, as Woody did not write musical notation and never recorded (or taught anyone) the majority of his original compositions. In 1995, Nora Guthrie had invited alternative folk-rocker Billy Bragg to select some lyrics from the archive to be set to music and then to be recorded commercially. Bragg then invited the alt-country band Wilco to help complete the project. Wilco and Bragg released 2 acclaimed ""Mermaid Avenue"" albums in 1998 and 2000, using Woody's lyrics set to their own musical compositions. Also, a film documentary Man in the Sand. was released documenting"
"the mainstream with hits in the UK and US pop and dance charts, such as Hazell Dean's ""Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)"" and Evelyn Thomas's ""High Energy"". In the mid-1980s, Hi-NRG producers in the dance and pop charts included Levine, Bronski Beat and SAW, both of whom worked with many different artists. Stock Aitken Waterman had two of the most successful Hi-NRG singles ever with their productions of Dead or Alive's ""You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"" (UK #1, CAN #1, & US #11 in 1985) and Bananarama's ""Venus"" (US #1, CAN #1, & UK #8 in 1986)."
"""Carousel"". Dire Straits It reached the position of only #54 in the UK Singles Chart upon its single release in October 1980, despite being one of the band's most famous and popular songs. Two music videos exist for the song, one depicting Mark Knopfler, John Illsley and Pick Withers performing on a blank set, intercut with imagery and actors relevant to the lyrics, the other featuring a larger band arrangement and telling the story of a couple escaping a group of soldiers who chase them from a funfair. In 1980s concerts, Dire Straits played the central theme of The Animals'"
"Man in the Sand Man in the Sand is a 1999 music documentary that chronicles the collaboration between Billy Bragg and Wilco, which involved the musicians creating new music to accompany lyrics that were written decades earlier by folk singer Woody Guthrie. The project, which was organized by Woody's daughter Nora, spawned three albums: ""Mermaid Avenue"", released in 1998; ""Mermaid Avenue Vol. II"", released in 2000, and ""Mermaid Avenue Vol. III"", released in 2012. The film begins with Bragg in Guthrie's original hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma, and follows along as Bragg travels to other Guthrie haunts in Texas, California, and"
"Carved in Sand Carved in Sand is the third regular studio album by The Mission, released in 1990. It reached #7 in the UK Albums Chart, making it the second of two top ten albums and overall best-selling album in the band's career. Four singles were released from the album: ""Butterfly on a Wheel"" (#12, January 1990), ""Deliverance"", ""Into the Blue"" (#32, June 1990), ""Hands Across the Ocean""/""Amelia"" (#28, November 1990). The band had invited members of its fan club to help select the tracks for the album. A ""companion"" album with outtakes that were not included on ""Carved in"
"single of 1980, behind only ""Call Me"" by Blondie and ""Another Brick in the Wall, Part II"" by Pink Floyd. In Canada, the song spent two weeks at number one. It also reached number 4 in Australia and number 32 in the UK. The song became Newton-John's biggest Adult Contemporary hit to date, spending five weeks at the top of the American chart, and also topped the Canadian AC chart for a week. John Lennon named ""Magic"" and ""All Over the World"" as two recent songs he liked in a ""Newsweek"" interview in September 1980, shortly before his death. The"
"R&B singer Mariah Carey. ""Footprints in the Sand"" charted as a separate single in Ireland, the United Kingdom and the European Hot 100 Singles, whilst the double A-side appeared in Germany and Switzerland, and was certified gold in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), in 2008. In the same year, Lewis performed the song for the first time in the UK live on the television programme ""Dancing on Ice"". In 2009, the song was covered by Lucie Jones, a contestant of ""The X Factor"", and by Julia Star from Swiss programme ""Die grössten Schweizer Talente"". ""Footprints in the"
"Into a Circle Into a Circle (also as In Two a Circle and In2a0) were an English new wave duo, formed in April 1985 by Paul ""Bee"" Hampshire and Barry Jepson, two former members of the band Getting the Fear. Jepson had also previously been the bassist for Southern Death Cult from 1981-83. Into a Circle formed in 1985 after Getting the Fear ended. The band played their first concert at the Croydon Underground in December 1985, coinciding with the release of their first single, ""Rise..."". The single, issued on the Arcadia label, reached No. 5 in the UK Indie"
"Inner Circle. Inner Circle, well known for their hit ""Bad Boys"". After touring with Inner Circle, Sterling returned to Miami and began his career as a solo artist. During this time, he started his own record label TSOM Records, where he produced hits for local artists 2 Live Crew, MC Shy D, JT Money and others. He also served as musical director for BMG recording artist Blu Cantrell. His first album, The Artist, which contains 'Desperate' in 1983 and 'Nite Club 69' in 1985 didn't generate much attention. He first struck big time stardom with his second album, No Such"
"Me Round (Like a Record)"" (No. 11 in 1985) and ""Brand New Lover"" (No. 15 in 1986). ""You Spin Me Round"" peaked at number one for two weeks in 1985 in the UK, then charted again in 2006 following Burns's appearance on the television reality show ""Celebrity Big Brother"". It also became the first of two singles to top the ""Billboard"" Hot Dance Club Play chart. In December 2016, ""Billboard magazine"" ranked them as the 96th most successful ""dance artist"" of all-time. As of 2017 Dead or Alive has sold over 30 million albums and 28 million singles worldwide. The"
"Cowgirl in the Sand ""Cowgirl in the Sand"" is a song written by Neil Young and first released on his 1969 album ""Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"". Young has also included the live versions of the song on several albums and on the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young album ""4 Way Street"". It has also been covered by The Byrds on their self-titled album. Like two other songs from ""Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"", ""Cinnamon Girl"" and ""Down by the River"", Young wrote ""Cowgirl in the Sand"" while he was suffering from the flu with a high fever at his"
"I Can't Turn Around ""I Can't Turn Around"" is a song written and originally performed by Isaac Hayes as the lead single from his 1975 album ""Chocolate Chip"". In 1986, a house music cover of the song by J.M. Silk reached number one on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with lead vocals performed by Keith Nunnally. The single was the only US dance number one for J.M. Silk, and the title would not place on any other US chart. It did, however, enter the UK singles chart in October 1986, peaking at number sixty-two. However it was"
"""You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"". As both sides earned significant play in American nightclubs, they charted together as a double-sided hit on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, peaking at number four. The band performed it before a live audience on Razzmatazz, which featured Burns in dreadlocks, wearing a Vivienne Westwood outfit and large hat similar to Boy George's then appearance, creating friction between the two performers for short period of time. The single became the group's first entry on the UK Singles Chart in June 1983, as well as their lowest peaking single, charting to #100."