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House of Fun

**House of Fun** is the title of a song recorded and released by British group Madness in May 1982. It was a standalone single release although was included on the group's first hits compilation *Complete Madness* released in April of the same year.

It was written by band members Mike Barson and Lee Thompson and produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley.

## Single release

The song went to no.1 shortly after its release and was their first and to date only no.1 single in the UK. It stayed at the top for two weeks (replaced by Adam Ant's Goody Two Shoes, and stayed in the Top 40 for seven weeks.

House of Fun, a song about coming of age "16 today and up for fun" and entering the adult world, features on all Madness' hits compilations and was included on the 2012 re-issue of the 1982 album *The Rise & Fall*.

The B-side, Don't Look Back, written by Chris Foreman, was another new track and also features on the *The Rise & Fall* re-release.

### 1992 re-release

House of Fun was re-released as a single ten years later in 1992, also as a CD, with Un Paso Adelante! (One Step Beyond – Spanish version), Yesterday's Men and Gabriel's Horn (demos) as accompanying tracks. This re-issue reached no.40 in the UK on 19 April.[1]

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Discogs
* Musicbrainz
I Feel Fine

7" A side label

### Further releases

20th anniversary 7" & pic disc (1984), CD single (1989), *Anthology 2* (1996), *Live At The BBC* (1994), *Past Masters* (2009), *1* (2000), On Air – Live At The BBC Volume 2 (2013)

### Next single

Ticket To Ride

**I Feel Fine** is the title of a song recorded and released by The Beatles. Although published under the usual Lennon/McCartney name, the song was actually written by John Lennon. It was recorded on 18 October 1964 as part of the *Beatles For Sale* sessions, although did not appear on the LP, released shortly afterwards.

## Single release

The song was originally released as the group's eighth UK single in November 1964, b/w a Paul McCartney composition She's A Woman. It was their final release of 1964, and became the Christmas No.1 of that year, replacing The Rolling Stones' Little Red Rooster. It also made the no.1 spot on the US Top 100 on 26 December.

### Tracklistings

original UK 7", Parlophone R 5200

A. I Feel Fine

B. She's A Woman

- *same tracks on US Columbia release*.

## External links

* Official UK Charts Archive
* Discogs
* Beatles Bible
* Musicbrainz (song)
* Spotify
Kajagoogoo

**Kajagoogoo** were a British pop band hailing from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Initially formed under the name of Art Nouveau, they rose to fame with their debut single "Too Shy" produced by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran. After two further hits and Top 5 album *White Feathers*, lead singer Limahl (real name Christopher Hamill) left the band to pursue a solo career. Kajagoogoo were less successful after that although still managed to go Top 10 in the UK with "Big Apple" in September 1983. The group split up in December 1985 after releasing a final album under the name of Kaja. The band have reunited at various times since 2003 and in June 2011 released "Death Defying Headlines", their first new single as a five-piece band since 1983.

## External links

* Kajafax - official site
* Discogs, Kajagoogoo
* Discogs, Limahl
* Discogs, Art Nouveau
Innuendo

### Singles

Innuendo, I'm Going Slightly Mad, Headlong, These Are the Days of Our Lives, The Show Must Go On.

### Next album

*Made In Heaven*

***Innuendo*** is the title of the fourteenth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released in February 1991.

it was the band's last album to be released in lead singer Freddie Mercury’s lifetime, and their last one to be composed of entirely new material. It reached the No. 1 spot on the UK album charts on 10 February and stayed at that position for two weeks [1].

Nine months after the album was released, Mercury died of AIDS-derived bronchopneumonia.

The album was preceded by the release of the title track as a single (maintaining its 6:30 length), and followed by the second album track I'm Going Slightly Mad (see Singles section).

## Singles

UK rel date 14 January 1991, UK chart peak **01**
UK rel date 04 March 1991, UK chart peak 22
UK rel. date 13 May 1991, UK chart peak 14
UK rel. date 14 October 1991, UK chart peak 16
UK rel. date 05 September 1991, UK chart peak **01** (after second release with Bohemian Rhapsody)

## External links

* Discogs
* Muscibrainz
* Spotify
Ed Stewart

**Ed Stewart** (Edward Stewart Mainwaring, b.23 April 1941 – 09 January 2016), also known as Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, was a British radio broadcaster and TV presenter. He was mainly known for his work as a DJ on BBC Radio 1, his Saturday morning *Junior Choice* being his best-known show, and later on Radio 2. He was also presenter of *Top of the Pops* for some thirty shows between 1968 and 1977, and on the BBC children's television show *Crackerjack*.

He presented *Family Favourites* on BBC Radio 2 for a relatively short time between 1980 and 1983, before being dropped from the BBC radio roster, although re-joined in the early 1990s and remained until April 2006. *Junior Choice* was revived for Radio 1 & 2's 40th birthday celebrations in September 2007, and again for special Christmas Day editions between 2008 and 2015.

Stewart died suddenly on 09 January 2016 aged 74, in hospital in Bournemouth after suffering a major stroke, just days after presenting *Junior Choice* on Christmas Day 2015. An hour-long tribute was broadcast on Radio 2 on 10 February 2016.

## Look-In

Stewart was also involved with the "junior TV Times" weekly magazine *Look-In* since it was first published in 1971, up to 1980. "Stewpot's Look-out" and "Stewpot's Newsdesk" became regular features in the magazine.

## Ed and Zed!

In late 1970 Stewart hosted a children's TV show *Ed and Zed!* on BBC One. The first episode went out on 24 October and was billed in *Radio Times* as "*Ed Stewart joins his robot assistant Zed for the first of a new series of comedy programmes with a large measure of pop music."* The series was however short-lived and ended on 19 December of the same year.

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Radio 1 Vintage
* Football and music
Kathy Kirby

**Kathy Kirby** (b. Kathleen O'Rourke 20 October 1938 – 19 May 2011 ) was an English singer. She is best known for her cover version of [Doris Day]'s Secret Love (no.4 in December 1963) and Let Me Go Lover (no.10 in March 1964).
Kirby also represented the United Kingdom in the [1965 Eurovision Song Contest] where she finished in second place with I Belong.

Her attractive looks and physical appearance often drew comparisons with [Marilyn Monroe]. Her popularity peaked in the 1960s, when she was one of the best-known and most-recognised personalities in British show business. Kirby was also reportedly the highest-paid female singer of her generation.

She also hosted her own BBC TV show broadcast during the prime time Saturday evening slot. It ran for two series from 1964-65 and 1965-66.
Happy Valley

***Happy Valley*** is a British crime drama television series, set and filmed in West Yorkshire. First broadcast on BBC One, it stars Sarah Lancashire (b.1964) as police officer Sgt Catherine Cawood, Siobhan Finneran (b.1966) as her sister Clare Cartwright and James Norton (b.1985) as Tommy Lee Royce.

The first series began on BBC One on 29 April 2014, the second on 9 February 2016, and the third and final series on 01 January 2023.

The series has gained universal critical acclaim and won several awards including BAFTAs for Best Drama Series (seies 1 & 2), Best Actress (Lancashire, series 1 & 2) and Best Supporting Actor (Norton, series 1). Series creator and writer Sally Wainwright has won BAFTA Television Craft Awards for Best Writer: Drama (s1 & 2). In 2017 and again in September 2023 Lancashire won the National television Award for Best Drama Performance for her appearance in *Happy Valley*.
Harry Styles (album)

**Harry Styles** is the title of the eponymous debut album by British singer, musician and songwriter Harry Styles, released on 12 May 2017 on Columbia label.

The album featured Styles' debut hit Sign of the Times which had reached no.1 in the UK in April. Likewise the album also went straight to no.1 the week after its release.

Tracks Two Ghosts and Kiwi were also released as non-physical singles as album promotion.
I'm Your Money

**I'm Your Money** is the title of a song written and recorded by British group Heaven 17 and released as their second single in 7" and 12" formats in May 1981. The song failed to chart and was not included on their debut album *Penthouse and Pavement* released in September of the same year.

The B-side is a cover version of a song originally recorded by The Buzzcocks.

### Tracklistings

7" Virgin VS 417
* A. I'm Your Money

* B. Are Everything

12" Virgin VS 417-12
* A. I'm Your Money

* B. Are Everything

*Sleeve states: "Special Fortified Dance Mixes!". No timings are given but both are extended mixes of the 7" versions*.
Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)

**Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)** is a song recorded by the British rock band Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, released in 1975 by EMI as the lead single from the band's third studio album *The Best Years of Our Lives*. The song was written by Harley, and produced by Harley and Alan Parsons.

The single reached no.1 in February 1975, usurping Pilot's January, and remained at the top for two weeks, before being replaced by Telly Savalas' If.

The song made a comeback to the charts in 1992 and again in 2005.

### Top of the Pops

* 30 January 1975 (NEW)
* 13 February 1975 (9)
* 20 February 1975 (1)
* 27 February 1975 (1)
* 23 December 1975 (-)

## Cover versions

* A live cover version of "Make Me Smile" was released as the B-side to Duran Duran's 1984 number one single The Reflex. On the label and sleeve, the song's original title was reversed and listed as "Come Up and See Me (Make Me Smile)".
* A version by indie band The Wedding Present peaked in the UK Singles Chart at number 25 in 1990, as a track on the band's *3 Songs* EP. [1]the original title was re-instated for this release.
* Electronic pop band Erasure had a top 20 hit with their cover version of the song in 2003, reaching no.14. the track featured on their covers album *Other People's Songs* (2003).
Hits 4

**Hits 4** is the title of a UK various artists compilation album released on 17 March 1986. It was the latest in the *Hits* series, following *The Hits Album* (1984), *The Hits Album 2* (March 1985) and *The Hits Album 3* (November 1985), and featured a total of 21 contenporrary hit singles.

The album went straight into the UK album charts at no.1 the week after its release (replacing *Brothers in Arms*) and stayed at the top for four weeks, holding up against such albums as *Black Celebration, Please and Parade*, eventually usurped by the Roxy Music compilation *Street Life.[1]*

## Tracklisting

LP/MC

Side One

1. A-ha - The Sun Always Shines on T.V.
2. Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief
3. Wham! - I'm Your Man
4. The Bangles - Manic Monday
5. Madonna - Borderline
6. The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene
7. Belouis Some - Imagination

Side Two

1. Diana Ross - Chain Reaction
2. Whitney Houston - How Will I Know
3. Alexander O'Neal - If You Were Here Tonight (Remix)
4. Five Star - System Addict
5. Paul Hardcastle - Don't Waste My Time
6. Whistle - (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin'
7. Full Force - Alice, I Want You Just For Me!

Side Three

1. The Damned - Eloise
2. Fine Young Cannibals - Suspicious Minds
3. Public Image Ltd - Rise
4. Bronski Beat - Hit That Perfect Beat
5. Eurythmics - It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
6. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
7. Mr. Mister - Kyrie (Edit)

Side Four

1. Double - The Captain of Her Heart
2. Latin Quarter - Radio Africa
3. Mike + The Mechanics - Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)
4. Howard Jones - No One Is to Blame
5. Dee C. Lee - Come Hell or Waters High
6. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
7. Electric Light Orchestra - Calling America
I Can Do It

**I Can Do It** is the title of a hit song by British band The Rubettes. it was the group's fourth single and the second from their album *We Can Do It* released in March 1975*,* and the follow-up to the top 3 hit Juke Box Jive*.*

The single entered the charts in the first week of March 1975 and reached no.7 on the chart announced on 01 April. It represented a hiatus in the bands mainstream pop culture success. The Rubettes reached the top 10 for one final time in March 1977 with Baby I Know.

## Top of the Pops

* 27 February 1975: opens the show, still to chart.
* 13 March 1975: opens the show (20)
* 27 March 1975: at no.9, would peak at 7 the following week.

## Trivia

* Liverpool FC's We Can Do It, released in 1977, was based on the Rubettes song.
* A cover version is included on Volume 44 of *Top of the Pops*
* Contemporaneous hits include Bay City Rollers - By Bye Baby, Sweet - Fox on the Run, Kenny - Fancy Pants, Fox - Only You Can, ) Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – (Come Up and See Me) Make Me Smile
Jonathan Coe

**Jonathan Coe** (b.19 August 1961) is a British novelist and writer. He studied at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Trinity College, Cambridge, before teaching at the University of Warwick where he completed a PhD in English Literature. In July 2006 he was given an honorary degree by The University of Birmingham.

## Major works

* *The Accidental Woman* (1987)
* *The Dwarves of Death* (1990)
* *What A Carve Up!* (1994)
* *The House of Sleep* (1997)
* *The Rotters Club* (2001)
* *The Closed Circle* (2004)
* *Middle England* (2018)

## External links

* Jonathan Coe in Goodreads
* Jonathan Coe: ‘The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is a modern classic’ in theguardian.com (Feb. 2018)
Head Over Heels (ABBA song)

**Head Over Heels** is the title of a song by Swedish group ABBA, released as a single in March 1982, taken from their final studio album *The Visitors*.

## Single release

The release came as the group's popularity was declining, and became ABBA's worst selling single since "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do", seven years earlier. It only managed to chart as high as no.25 in the UK, breaking a run of 18 consecutive Top 10 hits, the last being "One of Us" in December 1981.

The B side was the title track from *The Visitors* although in some territories the two tracks were released as a double A side, or even with The Visitors as the A side, as in the US and Canada releases[1]. Neither of the songs feature on their retrospective double LP *The Singles: The First Ten Years*, which was released later in 1982.

## External links

* Discogs
* Discogs (US release)
* Promo video on YouTube
Leslie Ash

**Leslie Ash** (b.19 February 1960) is a British actress. After several minor roles in various TV shows, she is best known for her role in the sitcom *Men Behaving Badly* which ran from 1992–1997.

After appearing as a child in Tv ads, she moved onto modelling and acting, getting her first major film role playing the romantic lead in *Quadrophenia* in 1979, alongside Phil Daniels, Sting and Toyah Wilcox. Between 1983 and 1987 she was also co-presenter of the ground-breaking Channel 4 music show *The Tube*.

Leslie is married to former footballer Lee Chapman (b.1959), and they have two sons, Joe and Max. She has suffered many medical conditions, including botched lip fillers, taking antidepressants and cracking two of her ribs after falling off the bed while having sex with her husband in 2004. It was while she was in hospital for this injury that she contracted a 'deadly strain' of the MRSA superbug because of an abscess that had developed in her spinal column. In 2008 she won £5million in compensation payout in 2008 after contracting the infection.[1]
Making Plans For Nigel

**Making Plans For Nigel** is the title of a song recorded and released by British group XTC. Written by band member Colin Moulding who also sings lead vocals, the song was released as a single in September 1979, taken from the group's album *Drums and Wires* released in August.

## Single release

Although the Making Plans For Nigel 7" made slow chart progress, it eventually entered the Top 30 in the UK on 16 October going on to reach a peak position of no.17 a week later. Chart entry had been fuelled by an appearance on TOTP on 04 October 1979 when the single was still at no.42. The single climed to the no.17 for a second time although no further TOTP appearance was made.

Initial copies (20,000?) of the single were issued in a special fold-out picture sleeve which became a board game featuring Nigel, subject of the song, and his parents. Rules of the game, based on the 'snakes and ladders' principle were not however included, and group member Andy Partridge gave an explanation of how to play in Smash Hits (issue 04 October 1979). Bothe limited edition and regular picture sleeves featured performance and recording credits citing the person's parents' names.

## Tracklisting

* 7" Virgin VS 282 (same cat nos for all issues)

A. Making Plans for Nigel (4:13)

B1. Bushman President (3:10)

B2. Pulsing Pulsing (1:36)

*B1/B2 written by Andy Partridge.*

## Cover versions

* Robbie Williams - Old Before I Die (CDS bonus track, 1997)
* Nouvelle Vague - *Nouvelle Vague* (2004)
Haircut One Hundred

*(This page covers both Haircut One Hundred and Nick Heyward as a solo artist.)*

**Haircut One Hundred** (sometimes written as Haircut 100) were a British jazz-funk/pop band formed in London in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Nick Heyward and bassist Les Memes. Eventually becoming a six-piece, the band enjoyed commercial success with their first releases in the early 1980s and had four Top 10 singles and a top 3 album *Pelican West* in the UK.

Heyward left the group in early 1983, while Nemes remained with the band for their second album *Paint and Paint*, released in 1984. The album was a commercial failure and the band then broke up. Heyward had allegedly left the band due to physical and mental stress (not revealed at the time) although returned as a solo artist in 1983 and enjoyed a string of hit singles as well as a Top 10 album, *North of a Miracle*, continuing to record and release records throughout the eighties and nineties. Haircut One Hundred have reformed several times since 2004 and a live recording of their debut *Pelican West* album performed in its entirety was released in 2011.

Heyward released a new solo album in 2017 entitled *Woodland Echoes*.

## Top of the Pops appearances

*studio appearances unless otherwise stated*

## Other TV appearances

### Nick Heyward

* 11 March 1983 - *The Tube*
* 13 November 2017 - *Children in Need Rocks the 80s* (appearance on live concert recorded 19 October 2017)
Hatful of Hollow

LP front cover

**Hatful of Hollow** is the name of the first compilation album issued by British group The Smiths. It was released on Rough Trade in November 1984, just nine months after the group's eponymous debut album, when the public was hungry for new material from the group.

The compilation contains BBC session recordings made for John Peel and David Jensen as well as two singles released after the debut album and relative B sides.
Liverpool - The New Wave

**Liverpool - The New Wave** was the title of a six-part radio documentary series broadcast by BBC Radio 2 in 2002. The series was presented by Liverpool radio broadcaster Janice Long and looked at the ways in which the Liverpool music scene reinvented itself in the wake of the sixties explosion.

## Episode list

#### Part One: Sweat, Floods and Toilet Roll - The Story of Eric's Club.

* Pete Wylie, Pete Burns and Holly Johnson pay homage to Eric's, which opened its doors in 1976 on the same street as the then defunkt Cavern.
* First broadcast 30 January 2002, 10.00 pm

#### Part Two: The Crucial Three

* At the height of punk, Ian McCulloch, Julian Cope and Pete Wylie endured a phenomenally short-lived collaboration before moving on to Echo and the Bunnymen, the Teardrop Explodes and Wah! respectively.
* First broadcast 06 February 2002, 10.00 pm

#### Part Three: Into the Pleasuredome - Electro-pop and the Eighties.

* A chance to reassess Frankie Goes to Hollywood, OMD, China Crisis and Dead or Alive, with guests Holly Johnson, Pete Burns, Eddie Lundon and Andy McCluskey.
* First broadcast 13 February 2002, 10.00 pm

#### Part Four: All Together Now - Beyond Madchester

* Indie locals like the Farm, the La's, the Boo Radleys and the Lightning Seeds all struck a major chord in the nineties.
* First broadcast 20 February 2002, 10.00 pm

#### Part Five:The Cream of Clubland

* This penultimate edition looks at the city's dance scene, from disco to techno.
* First broadcast 27 February 2002, 10.00 pm

#### Part Six: And the Beat Goes On

* A look at the contemporary scene - features Atomic Kitten, Kathryn Williams, Ian Broudie, Castfrontman John Power and Pete Burns. With music by Space, Mel C, the Coral, Clinic and others.
* First broadcast 06 March 2002, 10.00 pm
I Want You

**I Want You** is the title of a song written, recorded and leased by Australian duo Savage Garden. Originally released as a single in their native country in 1996, it was released as their debut single in the UK in May 1997. It reached no.11 in the UK singles charts in June and was later included on the group's eponymous debut album.

After the success of follow-up singles Truly Madly Deeply and To the Moon and Back in 1998, I Want You was re-released in the UK in December and reached no.12.

*Smash Hits* 04 June 1997
Jane Asher

**Jane Asher** (b.05 April 1946) is a former British actress. She was a key figure of 1960s entertainment and pop culture, as well as a girlfriend to Paul McCartney between 1963 and 1968.

On 20 July 1968, Asher announced publicly to the BBC that her engagement to McCartney had been called off.

She met the illustrator Gerald Scarfe, 10 years her junior, in 1971 and they were married ten years later. the couple have three children.
Love Resurrection

**Love Resurrection** is the title of a song written by British singer-snongwriter Alison Moyet, released as her debut single in June 1984. It was also later included on her debut album *Alf*, released in November.

Signalling the beginning Moyet's solo career after Yazoo folded, the single reached no.10 in the UK Top 40 and was the first of a series of hits for the singer during the 1980s.

Love Resurrection, and the single B-side Baby I Do, were co-written with the Jolley & Swain partnership, who also produced both tracks. Two extended versions, a 'Long version' and a 'Love Injected Remix', were issued on separate 12" releases.
Heathen

double CD front cover

### Singles

Slow Burn, Everyone Says 'Hi' (radio edit), I've Been Waiting for You (Canada only?).

### Next album

*Unknown*

**Heathen** is the twenty-second studio album recorded and released by David Bowie. The follow-up to *Hours*, it was Bowie's first original material of the 21st century.

In the UK, the album entered the charts at no.5 and stayed in the Top 40 for 10 weeks. The lead single Slow Burn did not chart although the follow-up Eveyone Says Hi reached no.20 in the UK singles chart.[1] (*see Singles section for more details*)

## Tracklisting

* standard CD issue

1. Sunday (4:46)

2. Cactus (2:55)

3. Slip Away (6:05)

4. Slow Burn (4:41)

5. Afraid (3:28)

6. I’ve Been Waiting for You (3:00)

7. I Would Be Your Slave (5:14)

8. I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship (4:06)

9. 5:15 the Angels Have Gone (5:02)

10. Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (3:58)

11. A Better Future (4:11)

12. Heathen (The Rays) (4:16)

* vinyl LP issue

Side One: tracks 1-6 above

Side two: tracks 7-12 above

* bonus CD issue

Disco 1 as above, plus Disc 2:

1. Sunday (Moby remix) (5:11)

2. A Better Future (remix by Air) (4:58)

3. Conversation Piece (written 1969 — recorded 1970 — re‐recorded 2002) (3:54)

4. Panic in Detroit (outtake from a 1979 recording) (2:59)

## Singles

UK Only

UK rel. date
* CD single

1. Slow Burn
2. Wood Jackson
3. Shadow Man
4. When The Boys Come Marching Home
5. You've Got A Habit Of Leaving
UK rel. date September 2002
* 3 x CD single set incl.:

1. Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio edit) (3:31) - on all CDs
plus: Wood Jackson (Album Version), Safe,
When the Boys Come Marching Home, You've Got A Habit Of Leaving,
Baby Loves That Way.
Kraftwerk

**Kraftwerk** are an electronic music group from Düsseldorf, Germany active since 1970.

They are generally considered as innovators and pioneers of electronic music, they were among the first successful acts to bring the genre into pop-culture and one of the biggest influences on the British 'new romantic' and electro-pop groups of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

They were initially part of Germany's so-called 'krautrock' music scene before breaking away to become fully electronic. Kraftwerk have continued to be one of rock's most enigmatic groups, giving few interviews and very little publicity. The location of their recording studios, known as Kling Klang, was kept a well-guarded secret for many years.

Kraftwerk were also one of the first groups to bring electronic music to live audiences, and continue to innovate with their 3-D shows which continue to the present day.

## External links

* Official site
* MusicBrainz

* Discogs
Janet Brown

**Janet Brown** (b.14 December 1923 – d.27 May 2011) was a Scottish actress, comedian and impressionist. She gained considerable fame in 1970s and 1980s pop-culture for her impersonations of Margaret Thatcher among others.

She was married to comic actor Peter Butterworth, who died in 1979. Brown never remarried.

As well as radio and television work, she also featured in several films, including the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only as then British PM Margaret Thatcher.

## Scrapbook

*scans GraemeWood unless otherwise stated*

*TV Times*, April 1982
## External links

* Wikipedia
* The Guardian obituary
Low-life

LP cover

**Low-life** (or **Low Life**) is the title of the third studio album by British group New Order released on Factory records, FACT 100, on 13 May 1985. It was the much anticipated follow-up to 1983's *Power, Corruption & Lies* album and the much revered singles Blue Monday, Confusion and Thieves Like Us which had seen the group achieve their first commercial success with a move towards an electronic dance/rock crossover style.

The album hit no.7 in the UK charts on its release, although stayed in the Top 40 for just five weeks. It was produced by the group themselves and recorded at Jam Studios and Britannia Row Studios in London.

The sleeve design, as usual by Peter Saville Associates, is the only album by New Order to feature photographs of the band members themselves. The cassette differs slightly from the vinyl LP design although still features the four band members.

A CD edition was released later in the year as the medium started to gain ground.

A full-length version of album track The Perfect Kiss was released as a single on the same day as *Low-life*. A remix of Sub-culture was also later released as a single. This was the first time that New Order had lifted album tracks for single release, albeit in remixed forms.

As was customary, there was little publicity for the launch of the album, or singles, although some of the tracks had already been performed live by the group prior to the release of the album versions.

A 'Definitive' box set version of *Low-Life* on vinyl, CD and DVD was released on 27 January 2023.[1]

## Personnel

*uncredited*

* Bernard Sumner - lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
* Peter Hook - bass guitar
* Gillian Gilbert - keyboards
* Stephen Morris - drums, keyboards

## Tracklisting

original UK LP FACT 100
Side One
1. Love Vigilantes
2. The Perfect Kiss
3. This Time of Night
4. Sunrise

Side Two
1. Elegia
2. Sooner Than You Think
3. Sub-culture
4. Face Up

MC FACT 100c
as above plus

* The Perfect Kiss (fac 123) - end of side one
* Perfect Pit - end of side two

CD FACD 100
tracks 1-8 as per LP

all songs written by New Order

2008 re-issue
* CD 1 - as above
* CD 2

1. The Perfect Kiss full length version (8:51)
2. Sub-culture (John Robie remix)
3. Shellshock (Substance edit)
4. Shame of the Nation
5. Elegia full length version (17:29)
6. Let's Go
7. Salvation Theme
8. Dub-vulture

## Singles

UK rel. date 13 May 1985, UK chart peak no.42
* 7": A. The Perfect Kiss (3:50) B. The Kiss of Death (3:00)
* 12": A. The Perfect Kiss (8:46) B1.The Kiss of Death (7:00) B2.Perfect Pit (1:24)
UK rel. date 28 October 1985, UK chart peak 63
* 7": A. Sub-culture (3:25) B. Dub-vulture (3:34)
* 12": A. Sub-culture (7:26) B. Dub-vulture (7:57)
Just Can't Get Enough

**Just Can't Get Enough** is the title of a song recorded by British group Depeche Mode and first released as their third single in September 1981 as the the follow-up to their first chart hit New Life. It became their first UK Top 10 single, peaking no.8 in October.[1] The song featured as the final track on the band's debut album *Speak & Spell*, released shortly afterwards.

The song was written by band member Vince Clarke although it would be his last single with the group.

Just Can't Get Enough has become one of the group's best known songs, and has been regularly performed live during the group's career. [2]

## Single release

The single was released ahead of the band's debut album *Speak & Spell*, entering the UK Top 40 at no.24 (third highest new entry) on 22 September 1981, after debuting on the charts at no.44 the week after its release.

The B-side, Any Second Now, also written by Clarke, was the group's first officially released instrumental track. It later surfaced on the *Speak & Spell* album with a vocal sung by Martin Gore, and re-titled Any Second Now (Voices).

Both tracks were remixed for the 12" release, a fairly uncommon practice at the time.

### Tracklistings

* 7" - MUTE 016 (timings not stated)

A. Just Can't Get Enough

B. Any Second Now

* 12" - 12 MUTE 016

A. Just Can't Get Enough (Schizo Mix) (6:41)

B. Any Second Now (altered) (5:43)

* CD - CD MUTE 16, issued 1991, 2004 (DMBX1)

1.Just Can't Get Enough (3:42)

2. Any Second Now (3:08)

3. Just Can't Get Enough (Schizo Mix) (6:45)

4. Any Second Now (altered) (5:43)

## Television performances

* TOTP 24 September 1981
* TOTP 08 October 1981
* Swap Shop 07 November 1981
* TOTP 25 December 1981

## Live recordings

*Official live recordings, UK release only*

* Love In Itself 2 and Live Tracks (EP, 1983)
* *101* (1989)

## Cover versions

* Nouvelle Vague - *Nouvelle Vague (album)* (2004)

## External links

* Discogs
* Wikipedia
* Spotify (DMBX1)
I Feel Love

**I Feel Love** is the title of a song written by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte with lyrics by Donna Summer, originally included on Summer's album *I Remember Yesterday* and successively released as a single.

The track has become to become recognised as a breakthrough recording in the 'hi-energy' electronic dance music genre, and a prime example of Giorgio Moroder's production style, with heavy use of Moog synthesisers and sequencers.

## Single release

The song was released as a single in the UK in early July 1977 and on 19 July 1977 reached the no.1 position where it stayed for four weeks (replaced by Brotherhood of Man - Angelo). The parent album *I Remember Yesterday* also peaked at no.3 in late July. In the US the single peaked at no.6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of November 12 1977 and had already reached no.9 on the Soul Singles Chart in October.

### Extended version

The track is also known for being one of the first to receive an 'extended version' treatment, issued on 12" vinyl, a format also pioneered by Moroder. The extended version clocked in at over eight minutes and received limited release, usually only as a 'promo' disc.

### Remixes

The 1982 and 1995 remixes of the song peaked at no. 21 and no.8 on the UK chart respectively, and sales of these physical singles totalled 956,400. According to the Official Charts Company, together with digital sales, I Feel Love has sold 1.07 million copies in Britain as of June 2013. [wikipedia]

## Tracklisting

* original UK 7" GTO 100 (same for US, European and other territories)

A. I Feel Love (5:53)

B. Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over) (3:56)

* 12" (US and other territories, usually single-sided)

A. I Feel Love (8:15)

- for 1977 variations and further issues and remixes see Discogs.com.

## Cover versions

Among the notable cover versions is one recorded by synth-pop group Bronski Beat with guest vocalist Marc Almond (Soft Cell), released as a single in 1985. This version was actually a medley combined with another Moroder/Bellotte/Summer song Love To Love You Baby, and Johnny Remember Me, originally a 1961 UK no.1 hit single for John Leyton, produced by Joe Meek. [1] Reviewing the single in Smash Hits, Peter Martin wrote, "I thought this might be brilliant. It's not".[2]
Jack Garratt

**Jack Garratt** (b.11 October 1991 ) is a British singer and songwriter. He released his debut studio album *Phase* on 19 February 2016. It entered the UK albums chart a week later at no.3, kept off the top by Adele and David Bowie.[1]

He released his second album *Love, Death and Dancing* on 12 June 2020.
Corinne Bailey Rae

**Corinne Bailey Ray** is a British singer-songwriter born 26 February 1979. She is best known for her eponymous debut album released in 2006 and the hit single Put Your Records On. She has had tow more chart albums, *The Sea* (No.5 in 2010) and *The Heart Speak in Whispers* (no.14 in 2016).

In 2006 she won the Best New Act Award for both Q and MOJO magazines and came top in the BBC Sound of 2006 poll.

## External links

* Official site
* Discogs
* Musicbrainz
* Spotify
Is There Something I Should Know?

**Is There Something I Should Know?** is the title of a song recorded by British group Duran Duran, first released in March 1983. It was the group's first UK no.1

The single went straight to no.1 in the UK and remained at the top for two weeks before being replaced by David Bowie's Let's Dance. In the US it reached number 4 on the US *Billboard* Hot 100 on 6 August 1983 selling more than a million copies.

Is There Something I Should Know? was a 'standalone' single in that it did not feature on a studio album. The track was included on the first *Now That's What I Call Music* compilation released at the end of the year. It became the 17th biggest selling single of 1983.

The 7" version and 12" Monster Mix, as well as two mixes of the B-side Faith In This Colour, feature on the *Singles Box '81-'85*.

TV
--

### Top of the Pops

* 23 March 1983 (Jensen & Peel) - studio appearance (1)
* 31 March 1983 - video (1)
* 25 December 1983 - studio

### Other TV

* 04 March 1983 - *Oxford Road Show (*and Hungry Like The Wolf)
* 02 May 1983 - *Mike Read's Replay Selection* (rpt. from Saturday Superstore - date unknown)
* *Kenny Everett's TV Show* - date unknown
Lynsey De Paul

**Lynsey De Paul** (b.11 June 1948, d.01 October 2014) was a British singer-songwriter and producer. She had a number of chart hits in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting with UK top 10 single Sugar Me in 1972. She represented the UK in the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Rock Bottom, with Mike Moran, which was her final UK chart hit.

In the Record Mirror 1975 Readers Poll, she was voted Best British Female Singer.

TV
--

### Top of the Pops

* 17 August 1972 - Sugar Me (non-chart)
* 24 August 1972 - Sugar Me (20)
* 07 September 1972 - Sugar Me (6) - *peaked at 5*

* 23 November 1972 - Getting a Drag (non-chart)
* 07 December 1972 - Getting a Drag (30)
* 21 December 1972 - Getting a Drag (19) - *peaked at 18*

* 25 December 1972 - Sugar Me (-)

* 04 May 1973 - All Night (non-chart) - *did not chart*

* 04 October 1973 - Won’t Somebody Dance With Me (non-chart) *500th ed.*
* 25 October 1973 - Won’t Somebody Dance With Me (28)
* 08 November 1973 - Won’t Somebody Dance With Me (17) - *peaked at 14*

* 31 October 1974 - No Honestly (48)
* 14 November 1974 - No Honestly (20) - *peaked at 07*

* 20 February 1975 - My Man And Me (non-chart) - *peaked at 40*

* 17 July 1975 - Rhythm And Blue Jean Baby (non-chart) - *did not chart*

* 10 March 1977 - Rock Bottom (ft. Mike Moran) (non-chart) - chosen as ESC song
* 31 March 1977 - Rock Bottom (ft. Mike Moran) (29)
* 21 April 1977 - Rock Bottom (ft. Mike Moran) (19) - *peak*

### Other TV

*selected shows*

* 20 August 1972 - *The Golden Shot*
* 02 July 1973 - *The Two Ronnies*
* 22 August 1973 - *Music My Way* (own show - guest Colin Blunstone)
* 14 November 1973 - *Lift Off With Ayshea* (Royal Wedding Day)
* 26 December 1973 - *That's* *Christmas Sez Lez!* Les Dawson - guests Slade, David Essex

* 12 July 1974 - Les Dawson (ITV) - guest
* 14 July 1974 - *The Golden Shot* - new theme tune "Golden Day" written by De Paul and Barry Blue, performed by Rain.
* 25 December 1974 - *David Nixon's Magic Christmas*

* 31 January 1975 - *The Old Grey Whistle Test* Let's Boogie, My Man and Me, interview (see date page for video)
* 22 March 1975 - *Lynsey De Paul In Concert* (BBC2) - just before the Eurovision Song Contest on BBC1
* 07 July 1975 - *Shang-A-Lang* (BCR show, ITV)
* 23 December 1975 - *The Musical Time Machine* (BBC2, guest)

* 13 February 1976 - *Oscar Peterson's Piano Party* (BBC2, guest)
* 01 May 1976 - *Saturday Night at the Mill* (BBC1, guest) - FA Cup Final day
* 18 May 1976 - *The Arrows* - guest performing If I Don't Get You the Next One Will

* 09 March 1977 - *A Song For Europe (live, BBC1) -* Rock Bottom with Mike Moran (winner)
* 20 April 1977 - *Get It Together*
* 07 May 1977 - *Eurovision Song Contest (1977)* - Rock Bottom comes second.
* 20 July 1977 - *Shang-a-Lang*
* 10 September 1977 - *The Rag Trade* (ITV) - theme tune composed and sung by De Paul
* 08 May 1978 - *Whodunnit* - panel guest
* 26 July 1979 - *Quick On the Draw* - guest contestant

* 01 August 1981 - *Pop Quiz* (contestant)

## Scrapbook

1976 - Record Mirror's Best British Female Singer (1975)same issue - centrespread1977
## External links

* Discogs
* UK Official Charts archive
July albums

***Page no longer updated - replaced by July albums (new version).***

Notable albums released in the UK in the month of July. Artist followed by album title in *italics*. Exact dates, where known in brackets.

### 1960s

* **1964**: The Beatles - *A Hard Day's Night* (10), The Beach Boys - *All Summer Long* (13), Cliff Richard & The Shadows - *Wonderful Life* (soundtrack)
* **1965:**

### 1980s

* **1980**: Echo & The Bunnymen - *Crocodiles* (debut), Ultravox - *Vienna,* Joy Division - *Closer,* AC/DC - *Back in Black*.
* **1981**: ELO - *Time* (02), Foreigner - *4* (02), Bucks Fizz - *Bucks Fizz* (debut, 26), Debbie Harry - *KooKoo* (debut, 27)
* **1983**: Yazoo - *You And Me Both* (04), Paul Young - *No Parlez* (debut, 18),
* **1984**: David Sylvian - *Brilliant Trees* (07, debut), Sade - *Diamond Life* (16, debut), VV AA - Now That's What I Call Music - 3 (23)
* **1985**:
* **1986**: Sting - *Bring On The Night* (-), Bananarama - *True Confessions* (-)
* **1987**: Echo & The Bunnymen - *Echo & The Bunnymen* (06), Terence Trent D'Arby - *Introducing the Hardline According to...* (13)
* **1988**: Kylie Minogue - *Kylie* (debut, 04), Joy Division - *Substance* (11), UB40 - *UB40* (11), VV AA - Now That's What I Call Music - 12 (11)
* **1989**: The Pogues - *Peace and Love* (?), Mike Oldfield - *Earth Moving* (10)

### 1990s

* **1993**: U2 - *Zooropa* (05), Björk - *Debut* (05)
* **1996**: Electronic - *Raise The Pressure* (08)
Internet

**Internet** (or **the** **internet**) is a global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the interlinked hypertext documents and applications of the World Wide Web, e-mail and file sharing.

## World Wide Web

The World Wide Web (www) was invented by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee while working at CERN in 1989. He conceived it as an information management system using several concepts and technologies, the most fundamental of which was the connections that existed between information. A working system implemented by the end of 1990 including the WorldWideWeb browser and an HTTP server. The technology was released outside CERN to other research institutions starting in January 1991, and then to the general public on 23 August 1991. Websites for use by the general public began to emerge in 1994, thanks to user-friendly browsers such as Netscape Navigator and later Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

During the mid-1990s, web directories and primitive search engines were created to catalogue pages and allow people to find things more easily on the internet. Yahoo! was founded by students Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. Yahoo! Directory became the first popular web directory. Online shopping began to emerge with the launch of Amazon's shopping site in 1995 and eBay the same year.

Faster broadband internet connections replaced many dial-up connections from the beginning of the 2000s.
Erasure

**Erasure** are a synth-pop duo formed by lead vocalist Andy Bell and keyboardist and electronic music maestro Vince Clarke (formerly of Depeche Mode, Yazoo and The Assembly), active since 1985. The duo have had 35 Top 40 singles (of which 24 consecutive releases), including their 1992 ABBA-esque EP, and five no.1 albums in succession between 1991 and 1994. In 1989 they won the Brit award for Best British Group.

## External links

* Official site
* Discogs
* Official Charts page
Kid A

front cover

**Kid A** is the title of the fourth studio album recorded and released by British group Radiohead. The follow-up to the group's critically acclaimed and commercially successful *OK Computer* album, Kid A also went straight into the UK charts at no.1 on its release in October 2000. It also became Radiohead's first number-one album in the United States. Like *OK Computer*, it won a Grammy for Best Alternative Album in 2001.

## Tracklisting

* original CD release

1. Everything in Its Right Place (4:11)
2. Kid A (4:45)
3. The National Anthem (5:52)
4. How to Disappear Completely (5:56)
5. Treefingers (3:43)
6. Optimistic (5:16)
7. In Limbo (3:31)
8. Idioteque (5:09)
9. Morning Bell (4:36)
10. Motion Picture Soundtrack (6:59)

* 2x10" vinyl, LPKIDA 1

the four vinyl 'sides' were labelled according to the Greek alphabet with the above tracks divided as

* Alpha: Everything in Its Right Place / Kid A
* Beta: The National Anthem / How to Disappear Completely / Treefingers
* Gamma: Optimistic / In Limbo
* Delta: Idioteque / Morning Bell / Motion Picture Soundtrack

## Notes

* no singles were released from the album as the group wished the album to be appreciated as a complete entity.
* *Kid A* was one of the first albums to be marketed via the internet and be made available via a streaming service. It was also publicised via "i-blips", short video images designed for the net with soundbites from album tracks, downloadable from fan sites and the record company site.
* In late 2000, Radiohead toured Europe in a custom-built tent without corporate logos, playing mostly new songs from the album.
* The group appeared on the American TV show Saturday Night Live on 14 October 2000 performing The Ntional Anthem and Idioteque.[1]
Ken Bruce

**Ken Bruce** (b. 02 February 1951) is a Scottish radio broadcaster, best known for his long-running weekday mid-morning show on BBC Radio 2 which ran from from 1986 to 1990, and then again from 1992 to 2023. The show featured the popular Pop Master daily quiz, and the "Tracks of My Years" feature.

In September 1982 he hosted his first regular show on Radio 2. the 5.00 am early morning slot, for a limited time[1], and did the same in May and June 1983. he began the Saturday late night show in January 1984, his first 'regular gig'.[2] he took over the Radio 2 breakfast slot in January 1985, after Terry Wogan had left radio for television. In April 1986 he moved to the 9.30 mid-morning slot [3] where he remained, save for a two-year hiatus, until March 2023. He then moved to Greatest Hits Radio, as did his trademark phone-in quiz Pop Master.

In 1988, he became the radio commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest.

In 2021 he was named as Britain's favourite radio presenter.[4]

## 70th birthday

02 February 2021

* *Special celebration for BBC Radio 2’s Ken Bruce on a special birthday*, ontheradio.co.uk, 2021-02-02
* BBC Radio 2 tweet

## External links

* RealKenBruce on twitter
* BBC Radio 2 official page
* BBC Genome search
Kim Wilde

**Kim Wilde** (real name Kim Smith b. 18 November 1960) is a British singer and TV personality. She first reached mainstream success in pop culture as a solo recording artist with songs such as Kids in America, Chequered Love and Water On Glass, all hits in 1981. She was backed by a band led by her brother Marty (b.1961). Both are the children of late 1950s/early 60s pop star Marty Wilde (b.1939).

Maintaining her sultry image, success continued beyond her eponymous debut album and in 1983, she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist. She also enjoyed success in Europe, the US and Australia and by the end of the 1980s had become a worldwide pop phenomenon. Wilde holds the record for being the most-charted British female solo act of the 1980s, with seventeen UK Top 40 hit singles throughout the decade.

Towards the end of the 1990s, pursuing her hobby for horticulture, she became a 'celebrity gardener' presenting specialist shopws for both Channel 4 and the BBC. She has also written books on the subject.

Kim is married to actor Hal Fowler. Other famous family members include Roxanne Wilde (sister), Rose Fowler (daughter) and Scarlett Wilde (niece) all active in the music business.

* See also: What links here

## Scrapbook

*Look-In*, w/e 29 August 1981*No.1*, Aug. 1983
## Top of the Pops

studio appearances only

* 26 February 1981 - Kids In America
* 07 May 1981 - Chequered Love
* 30 July 1981 - Water On Glass
* 13 August 1981 - Water on Glass
* 26 November 1981 - Cambodia
* 25 December 1981 - Kids in America
* 22 April 1982 - View From a Bridge
* 04 August 1983 - Love Blonde
* 18 August 1983 - Love Blonde
* 11 October 1984 - The Second Time
* 16 May 1985 - Rage to Love
* 30 October 1986 - You Keep Me Hanging On
* 13 November 1986 - You Keep Me Hanging On
* 23 April 1987 - Another Step (Closer To You) with Junior
* 21 July 1988 - You Came
* 04 August 1988 - You Came
* 13 October 1988 - Never Trust A Stranger
* 22 December 1988 - Four Letter Word
* 05 January 1989 -Four Letter Word
* 23 March 1989 - Love In The Natural Way
* 07 May 1992 - Love Is Holy
* 08 July 1993 - If I Can’t Have You

Also features in:

* *Review of the 80s*, *The Story of 1981*, *Big Hits 1981*, *Big Hits 1986*

## External links

* Official site
* Discogs
* Spotify
From Now On

**From Now On** is the title of debut studio album by British recording artist Will Young. It was released on 07 October 2002, eight months after he won the first series of *Pop Idol*, and went straight into the UK album charts at number one the following week.[1] It remained the top for two weeks, and styed in the Top 40 for fifteen consecutive weeks, and was the eighteenth biggest selling album of 2002.

*From Now On* features three number 1 and one number 2 singles. The tracks were written by various song writers, including Lennon/McCartney (The Long And Winding Road), The Doors (Light My Fire), Guy Chambers, Burt Bacharach, Per Magnusson and Young himself. Producers are also consequently varied.

## Tracklisting

original UK release

1. Evergreen
2. Anything Is Possible
3. Light My Fire
4. Lover Won't You Stay
5. Lovestruck
6. The Long And Winding Road
7. You And I
8. Side By Side
9. What's In Goodbye
10. Cruel To Be Kind
11. Over You
12. From Now On
13. Fine Line

## Singles

* Anything Is Possible/Evergreen
* Light My Fire
* The Long and Winding Road
* Don't Let Me Down/You and I

## External links

* Wikipedia
* Discogs
I Owe You Nothing

**I Owe You Nothing** is the title of a song recorded and released by British band Bros. Originally released as their debut single in 1987, it failed to chart first time round but was remixed and re-released in 1988, after the success of When Will I Be Famous? and Drop the Boy (both no.2), and became Bros' first and only UK no.1 single.

The song was not included on the band's debut album Push, although featured on the 2003 deluxe re-release.

I Owe You Nothing was written by 'The Brothers' (not Bros) and produced by Nicky Graham. The 1988 remix is by Bob Cadway and Ric Wake.