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Seal, ‘Kiss From A Rose’: Grey, grave or something else?
Even after all these years, nobody really knows the lyrics to Seal’s Kiss From A Rose.
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Hot Chocolate, ‘No Doubt About It’: Britain’s UFO flap year
Britain’s favourite funk band spent 1980 talking about UFOs. So did everyone else.
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The Glitter Band, ‘The Tears I Cried’: Gilt By Association
A quick favour for a former colleague turned them into Gary Glitter’s backing band. Could they ever break free?
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Celine Dion, ‘Think Twice’: The last real Number One
Celine’s climb to Number One was a long one. And it was the last.
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Kaoma, ‘Lambada’: Fraud, hubris, and two bad movies
The Lambada crazes ultimately ruined two of the biggest chancers in music—and two of the biggest chancers in movies.
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Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson, ‘I Know Him So Well’: Hits in a weird niche
It’s a genre that shouldn’t exist. Try telling that to Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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David Essex, ‘Stardust’: The first draft of history
David Essex and RIngo Starr begin the process of mythologising the 60s.
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Melanie C, ‘Northern Star’: The plain one at the back
Who would be the breakout star of the Spice Girls? Geri? Victoria Beckham? Or the plain one at the back?
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The Specials AKA, ‘Free Nelson Mandela’: We live in hope
Sometimes the world feels beyond hope. Can the right song make a difference?
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Corona, ‘The Rhythm of the Night’: When did men stop dancing?
Straight men are sometimes reluctant to get on the dancefloor. Why is that?