Yazoo - Only You

'Only You' is a ballad written by musician Vince Clarke. He wrote it while with Depeche Mode, and offered it to them when he was leaving. They declined, and Clarke recorded it after forming the duo Yazoo with Alison Moyet.

It was an instant success in 1982, hitting number two in the UK, and charting in the U.S. (number sixty-seven, Billboard Hot 100), a feat only attained by one other Yazoo single (coincidentally, that single was 'Situation' the original UK B-side of 'Only You'). 'Only You' also made the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart at number thirty-eight.

A remix of 'Only You' made the UK Top 40 again in 1999, while reaching number sixteen on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.

There was no video released when this single was originally released. Kute records released a live version to promote the single.

The music video for the new version was created using the Houdini 3D animation software package.

Although not a Christmas song, it has become a popular song to play at that time of year. This is probably due to the Flying Pickets version being the UK Christmas Number One in 1983.

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Mute Live Promo
1996 Video

Single Version

Situation - B-Side

Situation - Extended Version - 12 inch B-Side

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Yazoo - Situation

'Situation' is the title of a 1982 single by the British synthpop band Yazoo.

The song was originally released in the UK as the B-side to Yazoo's debut single, 'Only You', which went to number two on the UK Singles Chart.

Released as a single in its own right in the U.S., the song peaked at number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. However, it became Yazoo's first song to top the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in the late summer of 1982, and it remained at number one on this chart for four weeks, and even crossed over to the R&B chart, peaking at number 31 there.

The song features a memorable synthesizer hook by Vince Clarke (similar to the work he had done with his previous band, Depeche Mode) combined with the vocals by Alison Moyet (including her laughter, which has since been sampled in countless other songs including the international dance hit 'Macarena'). The song has been featured on various 1980s compilation albums, as well as an appearance in a commercial for Classic NES Series.

Its most famous version is the American 12-inch remix by François Kevorkian. This version was included on the U.S. version of Yazoo's album Upstairs at Eric's, and is the version of the song which receives the most radio airplay in the United States (where the song, despite its modest showing on the Hot 100, is still played on alternative, variety-hits, and dance-oriented radio stations).

It was covered by welsh singer Tom Jones in 1994 on his album The Lead and How To Swing It.

The song was featured in the 2002 film The Rules of Attraction.

In 1990 and again in 1999, the song was remixed by various noted DJs, including Peter Rauhofer and Richard "Humpty" Vission. The 1999 remixes were released to dance clubs, and this renewed interest in the song sent 'Situation' to Number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for a second time in October of that year.

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Single Remix
7-up's Revamp
Deadline Mix
Dub Version
Kevorkian Remix
Long Ultrasund Remix
Richard 'Humpty' Vission Visits The Dub Version
Space Dub
Special Dance Mix
Special US Dub - Vocal Edit
The Aggressive Attitude Version
Wicked Mix

State Farm - Madhouse Mix Edit - 1990 B-Side
Situation - Live At Dominion Theatre - Bonus Track
Don't Go - Live At Dominion Theatre - Bonus Track

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Yazoo - Don't Go

'Don't Go' is the second single taken from the British new wave band Yazoo's debut album, Upstairs at Eric's.

Released in the UK in July of 1982, the song peaked at number 3 on the UK singles chart, becoming Yazoo's second top five hit.

In the US, where the band was known as Yaz, the song was their second big hit on the American dance chart, where it spent two weeks at number 1 in October 1982. Their first American dance chart hit was 'Situation', which had also gone to number 1 on this chart earlier the same year.

The music video for the song features band members Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke in a sort of haunted mansion.

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Video
Single Version
Rare Remix
Homebrew Version
Bailey and Rossko Remix
Ben Liebrand Remix
Class X Mix
Digital blonde Intrumental Mix
MT's Dub Version
NTS Electro Style Club Mix 2007
Razormaid Remix
Re-Mix
Re Re-Mix
Tee's Freeze Mix
Tees Radio Mix
DJ Dello Remix 2007
Winter Kills - B-Side

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Synth Britannia - BBC4 Documentary

Synth Britannia is BBC4 documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage.

In the late 1970s, small pockets of electronic artists including the Human League, Daniel Miller and Cabaret Volatire were inspired by Kraftwerk and JG Ballard and dreamt of the sound of the future against the backdrop of bleak, high-rise Britain.

The crossover moment came in 1979 when Gary Numan's appearance on Top of the Pops with Tubeway Army's Are Friends Electric heralded the arrival of synthpop. Four lads from Basildon known as Depeche Mode would come to own the new sound whilst post-punk bands like Ultravox, Soft Cell, OMD and Yazoo took the synth out of the pages of the NME and onto the front page of Smash Hits.

By 1983, acts like Pet Shop Boys and New Order were showing that the future of electronic music would lie in dance music.

Contributors include Philip Oakey, Vince Clarke, Martin Gore, Bernard Sumner, Gary Numan and Neil Tennant.

Originally Transmitted on 16th October 2009 on BBC4

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Synth Britannia - Part 1



Synth Britannia - Part 2



Synth Britannia - Part 3



Synth Britannia - Part 4



Synth Britannia - Part 5



Synth Britannia - Part 6



Synth Britannia - Part 7



Synth Britannia - Part 8



Synth Britannia - Part 9




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