Jimmy
Somerville left his earlier band Bronski Beat to team up with
classically-trained musician Richard Coles to form The Communards. The
duo were active from 1985 to 1988.
Don't Leave Me This Way was the eighties band's biggest hit, and was a cover of Thelma Houston's song. The song was the third single to be lifted from the band's self-titled debut album. It spent four weeks at the top of the UK singles chart and lead vocals were provided by Sarah-Jane Morris. The fourth single from the album, So Cold The Night, reached #8 and was the second top ten hit for the band. The only other track to break into the top ten was Never Can Say Goodbye which reached #4 in the UK in 1987 and featured on the band's second album Red. Overall, the 80s band achieved success with nine Top 30 hits during the eighties before splitting-up in 1988. What great songs the Communards made, and Disenchanted is no exception. Sadly, due to WMG not allowing people to embed many Communards or Bronski Beat videos on their site, you can't view the video. That's despite the fact that you're given the option to purchase the songs from this site, and that non-official videos are allowed on Youtube. Talk about picking on the little guys! Anyway, you can still listen to a snippet of the song which I hope will suffice. Disenchanted
was the Communards second single release taken from the 80s band's
debut self-titled album. The song reached #29 in the UK and was the
follow-up single to You Are My World which had peaked at #30. It's such a shame that this song didn't make the top ten, at least. Two more songs were released from the album as singles; Don't Leave Me This Way which was the band's best-seller, spending four weeks at No.1, and my favourite Communard's song So Cold The Night. A 1987 remix of You Are My World reached #21. |
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