"Soft Cell returned to the charts with a new remix of ""Say Hello Wave Goodbye"" followed by a re-release of ""Tainted Love"" (with a new video). The singles were issued to promote a new Soft Cell/Marc Almond compilation album, ""Memorabilia - The Singles"", which collected some of the biggest hits from Almond's career throughout the previous ten years. The album reached the UK Top 10. Almond then signed to WEA and released a new solo album, ""Tenement Symphony"". Produced partly by Trevor Horn, the album yielded three Top 40 hits including renditions of the Jacques Brel classic ""Jacky"" (which made"
"Torch (song) ""Torch"" is a song by English synthpop duo Soft Cell. It was released as a single in 1982, and in mid-June peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, ranking 45 for the year. It also reached number 31 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart , number 12 in the Netherlands and number 6 in the Flemish Ultratop 50 Singer Marc Almond duets towards the end of the song with Cindy Ecstasy, a rapper from New York, who sings slightly off-key in an approximation of an Estuary English accent. The single was originally intended to be"
"80's Romance ""80's Romance"" is a song by English new wave/pop band The Belle Stars. It is their eleventh single overall, and the band's final single as a seven-piece. 80's Romance was overall the band's least successful single to chart, peaking at #71. 80's Romance is a Torch song that conveys the singer and the lover not seeing each other like lovers should. The singer claims her ""heart is cold"". This possibly means that the singer thinks her love has been denied by her lover, even though some other lyrics in the song conflict with that message. The music video"
"Wind & Fire, George Benson, Michael Jackson (""Thriller"", ""Off the Wall"" and ""Bad""), Quincy Jones and Mika. Hey left Seawind as a touring member in 1979 but continued as a recording member of the band through 1980. Trumpeter Larry Hall, an original member of the band when they were called ""OX"", rejoined the group in 2005. Hey and Hall are longtime friends and both are top-call recording session musicians. When the act signed with A&M, their self-titled album yielded a single called ""What Cha Doin'"", which became a modest hit on ""Billboard's"" Disco/Dance Chart in November 1980, peaking at number"
"number one in the United States with Exile's ""Kiss You All Over"", and Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman reached number four in the same year with their duet ""Stumblin' In"". In 1982 ""Mickey"" by Toni Basil gave the two their second American number one, and in the mid 1980s they had top ten hits with Tina Turner's ""Better Be Good To Me"", and Huey Lewis's ""Heart and Soul"". Chinn and Chapman gradually separated during the early 1980s, finally splitting up in 1983. Chinn's twelve-year stint with Chapman had made him co-writer of over fifty Top 40 hits. In 1983 he"
"Beatbox"" artists would also sing or imitate turntablism scratching or other instrument sounds. The 1980s also saw many artists make social statements through hip hop. In 1982, Melle Mel and Duke Bootee recorded ""The Message"" (officially credited to Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five), a song that foreshadowed the socially conscious statements of Run-DMC's ""It's like That"" and Public Enemy's ""Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"". Popular Hip hop artists of the 1980s include Run D.M.C., Beastie Boys, NWA, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Boogie Down Productions, and Ice-T, among others. In"
"routine for the chorus that is played throughout earlier in the video. The band then experiments with cameras etc. and the video exits by reversing the single cover where the band's animated faces are replaced with their real faces which was also something shown at the beginning of the video. 80's Romance ""80's Romance"" is a song by English new wave/pop band The Belle Stars. It is their eleventh single overall, and the band's final single as a seven-piece. 80's Romance was overall the band's least successful single to chart, peaking at #71. 80's Romance is a Torch song that"
"from Spain. In the mid-1980s, key artists included solo performer Howard Jones, who S.T. Erlewine has stated to have ""merged the technology-intensive sound of new wave with the cheery optimism of hippies and late-'60s pop"", (although with notable exceptions including the lyrics of ""What Is Love?"" – ""Does anybody love anybody anyway?"") and Nik Kershaw, whose ""well-craft synth-pop"" incorporated guitars and other more traditional pop influences that particularly appealed to a teen audience. Pursuing a more dance-orientated sound were Bronski Beat whose album ""The Age of Consent"" (1984), dealing with issues of homophobia and alienation, reached the top 20 in"
"AA sided, coupled with the eventual 'B' Side song 'Insecure Me', as such, both songs were included in the band's 2018 singles compilation 'Keychains & Snowstorms: The Singles'. ""Torch"" ranked 49 in the ""New Musical Express"" critics' list of the year's 50 best singles. Torch (song) ""Torch"" is a song by English synthpop duo Soft Cell. It was released as a single in 1982, and in mid-June peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, ranking 45 for the year. It also reached number 31 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart , number 12 in the Netherlands and"
"graffiti art, MCing/rapping, DJing and b-boying, hip hop became the dominant cultural movement of the minority-populated urban communities in the 1980s. The 1980s also saw many artists make social statements through hip hop. In 1982, Melle Mel and Duke Bootee recorded ""The Message"" (officially credited to Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five), a song that foreshadowed the socially conscious statements of Run-DMC's ""It's like That"" and Public Enemy's ""Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"". During the 1980s, hip hop also embraced the creation of rhythm by using the human body, via the vocal percussion technique of beatboxing. Pioneers such"
"Lowe and Robbie Bickford on guitar, Toner on keyboards and Paul Ojeda on drums. In 1991, ""Still Warrior"" was released with yet another lineup, just as Chalfant had a small hit with a similar act, The Storm. In 1994, ""Peace Of Mind"" was issued. Richard ""Ric"" L. Jacobs (born 30 December 1956, Moline, Illinois; died 17 January 2018, Oakwood Hills, Illinois) died at age 61. Steel Breeze Steel Breeze is an American rock group that had a popular video on MTV with ""You Don't Want Me Anymore"" in 1982, followed by ""Dreamin' is Easy"" the following year. Taking their name"
"Heatwave (English band) Heatwave was the original London pop group (1969–1972) by that name. Known as The Moving Targets, featuring John Fellows (bass & vocals), Terry Shea (rhythm guitar & vocals); Richard Steen (lead guitar & vocals), they auditioned for a drummer in 1969 and Martin Samuel (drums & pyrotechnics) was signed on and they became Heatwave. They were a progressive pop harmony group, doing local gigs, playing cover versions of the popular artists of the day with lead vocals shared between Terry and John with a few songs from Richard. In the winter of 1969, Johnny Edward Entertainment Agency"
"it scored the band a number 21 success on the R&B charts, where Heatwave continued to be a strong presence. A Rod Temperton penned single, ""Lettin' It Loose,"" proved a minor success during August. Derek Bramble quit the band at the end of 1982, like Roy Carter, for a career in production (he would go on to work with David Bowie on 1984s ""Tonight"" LP, and later masterminded Jaki Graham's breakthrough). J.D. Nicholas left to replace Lionel Richie as the lead singer of the Commodores. After this long series of departures, the remaining members of Heatwave effectively disbanded. In approximately"
"singles such as ""Brother Louie"", ""Emma"", ""You Sexy Thing"", ""So You Win Again"" and ""Every 1's a Winner"", whilst including more experimental material on their albums. Heatwave, a multi-national but British-based disco-funk band, not only scored transatlantic hits with ""Boogie Nights"", ""Always and Forever"" and ""The Groove Line"", but also launched the career of songwriter Rod Temperton, who went on to write some of Michael Jackson's biggest hits, including ""Off the Wall"", ""Rock with You"" and ""Thriller"", as well as working with acts such as George Benson, Donna Summer, Herbie Hancock and Aretha Franklin, among others. In the 1980s, the"
"Man"" and ""(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"". Another hit, ""Keep It Comin' Love"", peaked at number two. Their success lasted until the fifth album from 1979; their last chart topping hit was ""Please Don't Go"", hitting number one for one week in January 1980, and becoming the first number one hit of the 1980s. With the explosion of new wave music and the declining popularity of disco, the group explored other styles and changed labels, joining Epic Records in 1980 after TK Records went bankrupt. With a change in styles, Casey enjoyed success, dueting with Teri DeSario with ""Yes,"
"his creativity. Around this time, while rooming with a friend who was trying to start a recording studio, Orbit found his musical calling. In 1980 Orbit teamed up with Laurie Mayer and Grant Gilbert to form the electronic/synth group Torch Song. They initially self-released recordings in an audio cassette series, generated from their home-built studio in a disused school in Notting Hill Gate, in London, alongside the Grand Union Canal. Neville Brody, the graphic designer, joined the band for a period. Orbit and Mayer were also visual artists and created a series of art magazines called ""The Ralph Hoover Guide"""
"of the ""Record World"" magazine in the USA. Although it did not reach the number-one on any chart, ""Shining Star"" was The Manhattans's highest charting hit since the worldwide hit ""Kiss and Say Goodbye"" released in 1976. It should not be confused with the song ""Shining Star"" by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, which is a different song from 1975. ""Shining Star"" won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1980. It was the only Grammy Award received by The Manhattans. The B-side of the ""Shining Star""'s 7"" single contains the"
"1980s were ""Take It Any Way You Want It"", ""I Found Lovin'"", and ""Spread Love"", with singer Evelyn Thomas, in 1985. Whilst American pop success proved elusive, the group made regular appearances in the UK Singles Chart, including the Top Ten twice with ""(Do The) Spanish Hustle"" and ""I Found Lovin'""; the latter was also covered by British disc jockey Steve Walsh, and reached the Top Ten at the same time as the original version. Keyboardist Gerry Thomas was simultaneously a member of The Jimmy Castor Bunch, so the band elected to remain close to the New York area instead"
"Dancing"", which reached number three in the UK singles chart. They also had UK top twenty hits with ""Don't Make Waves"" (1980), ""Gotta Pull Myself Together"" (1980), ""Who's Gonna Rock You"" (1981), ""Attention to Me"" (1981), ""Chemistry"" (1981) and ""Don't Love Me Too Hard"" (1982). In 1981 they won the Tokyo Music Festival with the song ""Sexy Music"". In 1991 the group won a 33rd Japan Record Awards Kikaku-shō (Prize for Planning) for Cover version of Japanese pops. On 5 February 1974 Nolan made her first television appearance with her sisters when she was almost nine years old, as the"
"Katrina and the Waves Katrina and the Waves (sometimes written as Katrina and The Waves) were a British-American rock band best known for the 1985 hit ""Walking on Sunshine"". They also won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest with the song ""Love Shine a Light"". The band's earliest incarnation was as The Waves, a group that played in and around Cambridge, England, from 1975 to 1977 and featured guitarist Kimberley Rew and drummer Alex Cooper. This incarnation of the Waves never issued any recordings, and broke up when Rew left to join the Soft Boys. A more direct ancestor of Katrina"
"selling single, ""淋しい熱帯魚"" ""Samishii Nettaigyo"", with English lyrics, under the name ""Tidal Wave"". Sexy Music ""Sexy Music"" is a 1981 single taken from Irish female vocal group The Nolans' 1980 album ""Making Waves"", and later translated into Japanese by Japanese idol duo Wink. The Nolans' version was released as a single in Japan in April 1981 after winning the Tokyo Music Festival a few days prior to this. It was cut from the album exclusively in Japan to be released as a 7-inch single and a LP containing rearrangements of tracks from ""Making Waves"" and ""Nolan Sisters"", gaining commercial success"
"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"
"has seen a resurgence in the form of synthwave, which is primarily characterized by new wave, soundtrack influences and a retrofuturistic, cyberpunk-like visual aesthetic. This term is applied to the music of artists such as Kavinsky, College, Power Glove, Mitch Murder, and , as well as soundtracks of films and video games such as ""Drive"", """", ""Hotline Miami"", ""Kung Fury"", ""Turbo Kid"", and """". New wave music experienced a lot of mainstream success during the late 1970s and also during the 1980s. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Blondie had 4 songs on at number 1 on the ""Billboard"""
"within the Top 10, with the exception of Lovesexy. In the 1990s, he infamously changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol in response to a record dispute with Warner Brothers. He went on to sell over 120 million records worldwide and win 7 Grammy Awards. Madonna and Whitney Houston are regarded by many as the most groundbreaking female artists of the decade. The keyboard synthesizer and drum machine were among the most popular instruments in music during the 1980s, especially in new wave music. After the 1980s electronic instruments were no longer popular in rock but continued to be the"
"wave music|new wave]] dominating the charts, and continued through a new form of silky smooth soul, and ended with a popular [[glam metal]] trend dominating mainstream America. Meanwhile, the first glimmer of punk rock's popularity began, and new [[alternative rock]] and [[hardcore punk|hardcore]] found niche markets. Hip hop diversified as a few artists gained mainstream success, finally breaking through in the last few months of the decade. In the 1980s, hip hop saw its first taste of mainstream success with [[LL Cool J]] and [[Kurtis Blow]]. Meanwhile, hip hop was continuing its spread from the East Coast to most major"
"Wang Chung (band) Wang Chung are an English new wave band formed in London in 1980 by Nick Feldman, Jack Hues and Darren Costin. The name Wang Chung means ""yellow bell"" in Chinese (, ), and is the first note in the Chinese classical music scale. The band found their greatest success in the US, with five Top 40 hits there, all charting between 1983 and 1987, including ""Dance Hall Days"" (No. 16 in the summer of 1984), ""Everybody Have Fun Tonight"" (No. 2 in 1986) and ""Let's Go!"" (No. 9 in 1987). Jeremy Ryder, known professionally as Jack Hues"
"acts like Visage, Ultravox, Duran Duran and Japan. There were also more straight forwardly pop acts like The Human League as well as Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, and Yazoo. Other key artists from the early-mid-1980s include Eurythmics, Talk Talk, A Flock of Seagulls, Tears for Fears, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, OMD, Thomas Dolby, Thompson Twins, Bronski Beat, Heaven 17, Howard Jones , Blancmange and Erasure. Hi-NRG (High Energy) is high-tempo disco music (often with electronic instrumentation), as well as a more specific, derivative genre of electronic dance music that achieved mainstream popularity in the mid to late 1980s. In"
"Heatwave's popularity was on the wane, though, as the November single ""Gangsters of the Groove"" proved to be their last popular music success, scoring number twenty-one on the US R&B chart (failing to make the Hot 100 because of the anti-disco backlash), and number 20 in the United Kingdom early in the New Year. But the album peaked at a mere number 71 in the United States in December 1980. Heatwave's 1982 LP, ""Current"", marked yet another new era for the band, as they returned to producer Blue. The album managed only number 156 on the US ""Billboard"" 200, although"
"channels was used with considerable success by bands formed in previous decades. Among the first were ZZ Top, who mixed hard blues rock with new wave music to produce a series of highly successful singles, beginning with ""Gimme All Your Lovin'"" (1983), which helped their albums ""Eliminator"" (1983) and ""Afterburner"" (1985) achieve diamond and multi-platinum status respectively. Others found renewed success in the singles charts with power ballads, including REO Speedwagon with ""Keep on Loving You"" (1980) and ""Can't Fight This Feeling"" (1984), Journey with ""Don't Stop Believin'"" (1981) and ""Open Arms"" (1982), Foreigner's ""I Want to Know What Love"
"keyboardist, David C. Lewis, as well as an additional singer Royce Jones. In April 1980 Warner Bros. released ""One Eighty"", which produced two of the year's biggest hits. The first, ""Biggest Part of Me"", reached number three for three weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and crossed over to the soul chart, where it peaked at number thirty-five. The second, another blue-eyed soul hit, ""You're the Only Woman (You & I)"", reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. ""One Eighty"" earned the band three Grammy nominations, including Best Pop Vocal Group. A headlining world tour followed. For the Japanese"
"You Home)"" (1976), ""I Wanna Go Back"" (1977) and ""Anthem (One Day in Every Week)"" (1978). This line up remained intact until 1978, when Danny Finn and Eve Graham left the group to marry. In 1980, the group attempted to represent the UK again in the ""Eurovision Song Contest"" with the song ""Tell Me"", but it was disqualified shortly before the British heats were televised due to the fact the group had already performed the song on TV a year earlier. Had they appeared in the 1980 UK contest, the group would have been up against former member Danny Finn,"
"the show unless Devo was cut. There were also claims that MTV banned the video but these claims were ultimately proven false. Several journalists view ""Whip It"" as a cornerstone of the development of new wave music in the early 1980s. In his book ""Pop Goes the Decade: The Eighties"", Thomas Harrison wrote that the song introduced heavily synthesized music to a mainstream audience while music critic Evie Nagy called it a ""defining anthem of new wave's rise"". The majority of new wave music in the early 1980s was produced by British bands. Following the success of ""Whip It"", Devo"
"Pearl Harbor and the Explosions Pearl Harbor and the Explosions was a musical act from San Francisco, California. Forming in 1978, the new wave band had limited success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with their debut single, ""Drivin'"", reaching the lower end of the American top 40 charts in 1980. That same year, they released a self-titled LP which included the song ""Shut Up and Dance"", which received considerable airplay, particularly in the Bay Area. The vocalist, Pearl E. Gates (also known as ""Pearl Harbor"", and later ""Pearl Harbour"" (British and Canadian spelling), would eventually marry Clash bassist"