Complex sentence: It was expected to be the finish to an enormously successful year for the band, but because of its extraordinary commercial success Virgin executive Simon Draper decided he wanted yet another single from the album before the end of 1981.
Split into simpler sentences: It was expected to be the finish to an enormously successful year for the band. But because of its extraordinary commercial success Virgin executive Simon Draper decided he wanted lift yet another single from the album before the end of 1981.