This was T'Pau's very first single release and the lead single from Bridge Of Spies. After featuring in a Pepe Jeans advert, the song became a big hit, reaching No.4 in both the USA and UK. It features rapping in a kind of Pet Shop Boys style, which then overlaps the actual main lyrics. Having not listened to this track for a very long time, it now sounds kind of strange. I guess the producer, Roy Thomas Baker, was trying to be clever!
This eighties power ballad was my favourite track from the Bridge Of Spies album, and the last top ten single in the UK for T'Pau, peaking at #9. The song was written by the band's guitarist Ronnie Rogers and lead singer Carol Decker. The B-side was entitled Giving My Love Away.
A reissue was released in 1993 to help promote the compilation album Heart And Soul - The Very Best Of T'Pau, although it failed to make a dent in the Top 40, stalling at #53. |
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