Youthquake is the second album by the British pop group Dead or Alive, released in May 1985, the album was their commercial breakthrough in Europe and the United States, due to which lead single, which was the song was the first UK number-one hit by the Stock Aitken Waterman production trio?
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Youthquake (album) Youthquake is the second album by the British pop group Dead or Alive, released in May 1985. The album was their commercial breakthrough in Europe and the United States, due to the lead single "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", which was a UK number-one hit and a top 20 hit in the United States. Additional single releases from the album included "Lover Come Back To Me", "In Too Deep" and "My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)". This was Dead or Alive's first collaboration with the Stock Aitken Waterman production team. "Youthquake" was re-released in the UK on compact disc in 1994, with the two bonus tracks that were previously included on the original CD and cassette versions of the album.
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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". The song was the first UK number-one hit by the Stock Aitken Waterman production trio. Released in November 1984, the record reached number one in March 1985, taking 17 weeks to get there. 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 number one in a poll for ITV. Musician and actor Gary Kemp described the song as "one of the best white dance records of all time".
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The Gap (song) "The Gap" is a song by the British pop group Thompson Twins. It was the title track from the group's 1984 album "Into the Gap", and was also released as a single in certain countries though not in the group's native UK. The single peaked at #69 in the U.S., spending six weeks on the US Billboard 100. It also charted in Germany where it peaked at #62. There was no promotional music video for this single.
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Beethoven (I Love to Listen To) "Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)" is a song by the British pop music duo Eurythmics, released in October 1987 as the first single (in the UK) from their seventh album, "Savage".
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Matt Aitken Matthew James Aitken (born 25 August 1956 in Coventry) is an English songwriter and record producer, brought up in Astley, Greater Manchester, best known as the creative force behind the 1980s songwriting/production trio Stock Aitken Waterman.
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One Thing (One Direction song) "One Thing" is a song by English-Irish boy band One Direction from their debut studio album, "Up All Night" (2011). It was released in various countries by Syco Music on 6 January 2012, as their second single, and as their third single in the UK on 13 February 2012. Additionally, Columbia Records sent it to contemporary hit radio playlists on 22 May 2012 as their second single in the United States. Written by Savan Kotecha and its producers, Carl Falk and Rami Yacoub, initially, the upbeat pop rock number was written as two different songs. As both tracks had elusive attributes, the trio decided to merge the two into one song. The lyrical content regards the protagonist's infatuation with a significant other.
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Shout (Tears for Fears song) "Shout" is a song by British band Tears for Fears, written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley and sung by Orzabal (with Curt Smith duetting on the chorus). First released in the UK on 23 November 1984, it was the band's eighth single release (the second taken from their second album "Songs from the Big Chair") and sixth UK Top 40 hit, peaking at no. 4 in January 1985. In the US, it reached no. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on 3 August 1985 and remained there for three weeks. "Shout" would become one of the most successful songs of 1985, eventually reaching the Top Ten in 25 countries. "Shout" is regarded as one of the most recognisable songs from the mid-eighties and is also recognised as the group's signature song, along with "Everybody Wants to Rule the World".
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Boys Do Fall in Love "Boys Do Fall in Love" is a 1984 single by British singer-songwriter Robin Gibb. The song is the first track on his 1984 third solo album "Secret Agent", and is the album's lead single.
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Living in a Box (album) Living in a Box is the eponymous debut album from British pop group Living in a Box. It was released on Chrysalis Records on 27 April 1987, and features their biggest U.S. hit, the self-titled single, which reached a peak of number 17 that year.
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Love, Truth and Honesty "Love, Truth and Honesty" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the first single released to promote the group's "Greatest Hits Collection" in 1988. The song was co-written and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) trio and was the last single Bananarama would write with Stock Aitken Waterman.
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Cleopatra's Theme "Cleopatra's Theme" is a 1998 song by English R&B girl group Cleopatra. The song hit #3 on the UK Singles Chart and reached #26 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. It was their only song to reach the top 40 in the United States, effectively making them a one-hit wonder. They would go on to find greater success in the UK, with the rest of their singles from their respective debut album reaching the top 40 in the country.
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Going Underground "Going Underground" is the first British number-one chart single by The Jam, released in March 1980. It went straight in at number one in the UK Singles Chart, spending three weeks at the top. It was the first of three instant chart-toppers for the group.
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The Drowners "The Drowners" is the debut single by Suede, released on 11 May 1992 on Nude Records. It charted at number 49 on the UK Singles Chart. Though not a hit at first, it amassed airplay over time and has become one of the band's definitive singles. The song has been considered by many to be the beginning of the Britpop movement along with Blur's "Popscene". The title track featured two videos, one in rotation in the UK and the other in America
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Blue (Da Ba Dee) "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" is a song by the Italian music group Eiffel 65. It was released on 15 January 1999 as the lead single from their debut album "Europop". The song is the group's most popular single, reaching number one in many countries such as Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, Australia, and Germany, as well as reaching number six on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the United States. In the United Kingdom, the song originally entered the top 40 purely on import sales. It was only the third single to do this.
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Stock Aitken Waterman Gold Stock Aitken Waterman Gold is a compilation album released in 2005 by Sony BMG, PWL Records and EBUL.
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Hold Me in Your Arms (album) Hold Me in Your Arms is the second album by the British pop singer Rick Astley, released in November 1988 on RCA Records serving as the follow-up to his debut album "Whenever You Need Somebody". Like his previous albums, half the record was written and produced by Stock Aitken & Waterman, and the other half were Astley's own compositions produced by PWL associates Phil Harding, Ian Curnow and Daize Washbourn. The release of the album was delayed a few months due to a fire at PWL Studios destroying some of Astley's recorded material. This would be Astley's last record with Stock, Aitken & Waterman, due to Astley wanting to leave behind the dance-pop sound of the producers, of wanting to shed his boy next door image, and wanting to focus on his original compositions on his albums, reappearing in 1991 with the soul album "Free".
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Stand and Deliver (Adam and the Ants song) "Stand and Deliver" is a song by English new wave band Adam and the Ants, released as the lead single from their third studio album, "Prince Charming" (1981). The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number one 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, (along with the B side, "Beat My Guest"). In 2008, it was featured as part of the "Burnout Paradise" soundtrack. In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's 15th favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV.
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Some People (Belouis Some song) "Some People" is a 1985 single by British artist Belouis Some, from his 1985 debut album "Some People". The song reached the Top 40 in the UK, peaking at #33 on the UK Singles Chart in April 1986. In the U.S., the song reached #67 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
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Why? (Bronski Beat song) "Why?" is a single by British synthpop trio Bronski Beat and appeared on their 1984 album "The Age of Consent".
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One Hit (To the Body) "One Hit (To the Body)" is the opening track to English rock and roll band The Rolling Stones' 1986 album "Dirty Work". The first Rolling Stones single to feature a Ron Wood co-writing credit with Jagger and Richards, it charted in the USA, Netherlands and Australia. Reaching number 80 in the UK, it was their poorest charting single at the time.
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Manhattan Skyline (song) "Manhattan Skyline" is a song by the Norwegian pop band A-ha. It was the third single from their "Scoundrel Days" album, and reached #13 in the UK Singles Chart.
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It's a Sin "It's a Sin" is a song recorded by English synthpop duo the Pet Shop Boys which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in 1987, and was their third top ten in the US when it reached number nine on the "Billboard" Hot 100.