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The reason the links are dead is that my account with Media Fire has been closed with all 11,000 files lost. That is why you can not download the things and No I can not re-upload them.
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'King in a Catholic Style' was released in 1985 as the bands 11th single and reached number 19 in the UK Singles Chart.
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This post has had to be taken down due to a DMC notice that I had received. I have reinstated the post so people can enjoy the You Tube performance.
If yo want to discuss this post being taken down then please go to the 80's page of the forum where there is a section regarding the takedown notices of this and some others.
China Crises - King in a Catholic Style - Live performance
'Come into My Life', from 1987, was the debut album of Joyce Sims. The Abum contains the full versions of the title track, the hard version of 'Lifetime Love,' and '(You are My) All and All.'
However, for unknown reasons, the soft version of 'Lifetime Love,' despite getting as much radio airplay as the hard version, was not included — but the UK remix of 'All and All' was included.
Joyce Sims wrote all of the songs except for 'Love Makes a Woman,' a cover version of an older song. Singles released were 'All and All,' 'Come Into My Life', 'Lifetime Love,' 'It Wasn’t Easy,' and 'Walk Away,' the latter of which was released with remixes by Clivilles & Cole.
Tracklisting:
01 - Come into My Life 02 - Love Makes a Woman 03 - It Wasn’t Easy 04 - (You are My) All and All 05 - Lifetime Love [Hard Version] 06 - A Change in You 07 - Walk Away 08 - The All and All UK Remix
Working with Fire and Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two is the second studio album by the group China Crisis. The album was released in November 1983.
This was regarded as a more consistent effort, with tracks including 'Tragedy and Mystery' (released as a single six months earlier), 'Hanna Hanna' and the title track, 'Working With Fire & Steel', which became a hit single in Australia.
The album made number 20 in the UK Album Chart, and China Crisis spent 1984 and 1985 making their biggest chart run, beginning with their only UK Top 10 hit single, 'Wishful Thinking', which peaked at number 9 in the UK Singles Chart.
Tracklisting: 01 - Working with Fire and Steel 02 - When the Piper Calls 03 - Hanna Hanna 04 - Animals in Jungles 05 - Here Come a Raincloud 06 - Wishful Thinking 07 - Tragedy and Mystery 08 - Papua 09 - The Gates of Door to Door 10 - The Soul Awakening
1988 saw the release of Joyce Sims 'Come into my World' which became a worldwide mega hut reaching number 7 in the UK Singles Chart and became a club anthem. The single quickly became one of my favourites of that year and is still a great single today.
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Bad Animals was the 9th album, but 10th album overall, released in 1987 by the band Heart.
The album was a hit, scoring triple platinum sales, and was almost as successul as their previous record. The album itself reached number 2 on the Billboard album charts and number 7 on the UK album charts. It contained the hit number 7 single 'Alone.' 'Who Will You Run To' which reached number 30 and 'There's the Girl' reaching number 34.
Tracklisting: 01 - Who Will You Run To 02 - Alone 03 - There's The Girl 04 - I Want You so Bad 05 - Wait for an Answer 06 - Bad Animals 07 - You Ain't So Tough 08 - Strangers of the Heart 09 - Easy Target 10 - RSVP
E G Daily signed with A&M Records in 1985, (Working with Madonna's frequent collaborators John 'Jellybean' Benitez and Stephen Bray) and it was in 1986 that the label released the R&B/Rock single 'Say It, Say It'.
The song only made it to number 70 on Billboard Hot 100, but claimed the number 1 spot on the Hot Dance Music / Club Play chart.
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Top Gun is the sountrack from the movie of the same name, released in 1986 by Columbia Records. In 1999, it was reissued in a Special Expanded Edition with additional songs.
The album reached number one in the US Album charts for several weeks in 1986.
A separate CD of the score was released as a limited promotional item. It was never sold in stores and fetches high prices with traders. However, even this CD does not contain the complete score. Noticeably missing are the Hop 19 instrumental, and the music from when Maverick flies with Sundown.
Tracklisting: 01 - Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins 02 - Mighty wings by Cheap Trick 03 - Playing With The Boys by Kenny Loggins 04 - Lead Me On by Teena Marie 05 - Take My Breath Away (Love Theme from Top Gun) by Berlin 06 - Hot Summer Nights by Miami Sound Machine 07 - Heaven In Your eyes by Loverboy 08 - Through the Fire by Larry Greene 09 - Destination Unknown by Marietta 10 - Top Gun Anthem by Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens
Bonus Stuff: 11 - Top Gun Anthem (Movie Version) by Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens 12 - Memories by Harold Faltermeyer 13 - Goose's Death (Goodbye Goose) by Harold Faltermyer
By the time Fearless had been completed and released in July of 1987, Eighth Wonder had issued a string of singles that had found success across Europe.
Fearless sold well in the U.K. reaching number 47 in the UK Album Chart . The group (now a quartet) even notched minor chart singles, 'Cross My Heart' and 'Baby Baby' in the U.S.
However by the end of 1988 Eighth Wonder quickly faded away, with Patsy Kensit going on to success in movies and being known for her involvement with a number of high-profile musicians.
Tracklisting: 01 - Cross My Heart 02 - When The Phone Rings Twice 03 - Baby Baby 04 - Will You Remember 05 - Wilde Love 06 - I'm Not scared 07 - Use Me 08 - Anything At All 09 - My Baby's Heartbeat
'Part-Time Lover' was released by Steviw Wonder in 1985, from his album In Square Circle. The song reached number one on the Billboard, Pop, R&B and Adult Contemporary charts. The song's simultaneous chart success made him the first artist to score a number-one hit on four different Billboard charts. The song also reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.
'Part time Lover' featured R&B crooner Luther Vandross humming at the end of Stevie's verses and on backing vocals.
Stevie Wonder earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1986, for the song. Wonder is noted in the liner notes of the 4-CD set "Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection Volume 2 1972-1992" as describing the music for the song as an ode to 'You Can't Hurry Love' and 'My World Is Empty Without You', both by The Supremes, former Motown label mates of Wonder. There was some contovery over the song sounding a lot like Maneater.
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May 1988 saw the release of another single 'Cross My Heart' by Eighth Wonder which proved to be almost as successful chart wise as 'I'm Not Scared'.
The single made it o number 13 on the UK singles charts while also making number 6 in Switzerland, number 10 in Italy, number 13 in France and number 56 in the U,S, where it was their only American Top 75 hit single.
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'I'm not Scared' is a 1988 song recorded by the band Eighth Wonder. It was the first single from the album Fearless. The single was also the group's fifth single overall.
The single achieved success in France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and UK, where it reached number 7 on the UK Singles Chart.
Written by the Pet Shop Boys, the original version contains several words in the French-Language. 'J'ai pas peur', the B-side of the vinyl, is the French adaptation of 'I'm Not Scared'.
The Pet Shop Boys included their own version of the song on their 1988 album Introspective.
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'Circle in the Sand' was written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley, who wrote many of Carlisle's hit singles in the late 1980s and into the early 1990s.
The first known appearance of the song in progress is from the Lost Heaven Demos bootleg which features a solid drum beat, lead keyboard line and simple bass with no guitars present, and completed lyrics. The final album version of the song features a unique lead keyboard theme provided by Thomas Dolby, combined with a thumping bassline and accentuated with swirling and shimmering guitar effects.
The memorable music video was directed by Peter Care and features Carlisle singing with various beach scenes in the background. The video mirrors the lyrical content of the song with "cold wind", "tide moves in" and "waves crash"-ing throughout. Carlisle's look in this video is the same long, red hair look she features on the back cover of the Heaven on Earth album.
The single reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart in 1988 while also making number 7 in the US Billboard Hot 100.
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Heaven Is a Place on Earth is recorded by Belinda Carlisle, the lead singer of The Go-Go's. Written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley, it hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 on 5th December 1987, becoming Carlisle's only U.S. chart-topper with or without The Go-Go's.
A month later it hit number one on the UK Singles Chart and held the spot for two weeks. The song reached number one in many other countries, among them Switzerland, Ireland, Sweden, South Africa and Norway. The song also reached number three in Germany, number two in Australia, and number six in Italy. It is widely considered to be Carlisle's signature song.
David's first solo single 'Young Americans Talking' was released on WEA records and narrowly missed a place in the UK Top 40 reaching number 43 on the UK Singles Chart in 1983.
The single was produced by Andy Hill, the man responsible for the success of Bucks Fizz. Andy Hill also wrote and produced the b-side 'Fighting For The Country' which he also recorded with his own group Paris. The 12" version (which also came with a free poster) includes extended versions of both tracks.
I don't have the B-side or the 12 inch extended of this track. If anyone has them and is willling to share then please let me know.
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'China in Your Hand' was recorded by the band T'Pau and released from their album Bridge of Spies. A re-recorded version was released as a single in October 1987, spending five weeks at number 1 in the UK Singles Charts and is arguably the song for which the group is best known for, though their debut single 'Heart and Soul' was a much bigger hit in the United States.
'China in Your Handwas the 600th song to top the UK charts, famously stopping The Beatles George Harrison from hitting the top spot.
The song's lyrics refer to the novel Frankenstein and its author Mary Shelly. This is more readily heard on the longer album version of the song, as the re-recorded single edit omits most of the more obvious references to the book. The song's title was more unclear however and when quizzed, co-writer Ron Rogers was unsure of to what it referred. Lyric writer Carol Decker explained that it is the effect that if you hold a china cup to a light, you can see your hand through it - therefore 'china in your hand' means something that is transparent.
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Dollar's gorgeous Thereza Bazar with the title track from her 1985 album, produced by the late Arif Mardin. 'The Big Kiss' was released on two 12" singles in the UK. The first one features a Stock, Aitken and Waterman extended version while the second one has an Arif Mardin remix.
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By 1986 Dollar had reformed after some time apart and released their 13th Offiacla release called 'We Walked in Love'. The single did not meet with much success reaching number 62 in the UK Singles Chart.
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'The Things That Dreams Are Made Of' is a song by the group The Human League. It was originally recorded for the Dare album of 1981. It was remixed, remastered and released as a dance EP single in 2008; partly to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Human League, 26th anniversary of Dare and the band's Dare '07 tour. It reached number two in the official UK Dance Chart in February 2008.
The song started as an album track on the Human League’s Dare album, recorded at Genetic Studios in the summer of 1981 and was produced by Martin Rushent. Often informally abbreviated TTDAMO, the song is a tribute to the simple pleasures in life which are then juxtaposed against a greater ambition.
Since the recording of Dare, the Human League have frequently played the song live, principally because of its stadium friendly bass line. It was the opening track of performances on the Dare '07 tour. The song live today is now a much different and more dynamic version than the original.
Although an officially released Human League single, the band themselves did not initiate its release and have had nothing to do with the record's promotion. The track became popular with DJs and in clubs, gaining its own momentum through radio play on UK national BBC Radio One. After release it reached number two on the UK Dance Chart and number 17 on the UK Indie Chart in February 2008. It was the first return to the charts for the Human League in six years.
Click the link below to download the following: MTV Dance Video Version - Video MTV Dance Video Version Justus Knucle Dub Mix Kissy Sell Out Mix Richard Stone club Mix Llya Santana Dub Mix House Mix Richard Stone Dub Mix Richard Stone Dub Mix Richard Stone Radio Edit Original Dub Edit
A Little Spice is the first album released by the band Loose Ends. The original UK version was released in 1984 (some early pressings list 1983).
The following year, an alternate version of the album, featuring 'Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)' in place of 'Feels So Right Now' and a re-ordered overall track listing was released for the U.S. market. This album failed to chart on the UK Albums Chart but rose to number five on the U.S. R&B chart in 1985.
Tracklisting: 01 - Hanging On A String 02 - Choose Me 03 - Music Takes Me Higher 04 - Emergency (Dial 999) 05 - Tell Me What You Want 06 - A Little Spice 07 - So Much Love 08 - Let's Rock
'Love Action (I Believe in Love)' was released as a single, in the UK, by the group The Human League in July 1981. It peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart, the band's first Top 10 success.
The song was written jointly by lead singer Philip Oakey and keyboard player Ian Burden and features lead vocal by Oakey and female backing vocals by Susanne Sulley (now Susan Ann Sulley) and Joanne Catherall.
'Love Action (I Believe in Love)' was the second of three songs from the Dare album to be released in advance of the album itself in 1981. It was released as a double A-side single with the non-album track 'Hard Times.
The song is a semi-autobiographical account of Oakey’s relationships. Oakey often refers to himself and at one point uses the lyric "this is Phil talking." The line was inspired by Iggy pop's line "Jesus, this is Iggy". The Human League had previously supported Iggy Pop live. Oakey borrows from another of his influences and the title 'Love action (I Believe in Love)' is named after the Lou eed song 'I Believe in Love'. The song contains another cryptic reference to Lou Reed in the lyric, "I believe what the old man said". Oakey, speaking in 1982 said, "no one ever asks me who the old man is... it's Lou (Reed)."
The single was designated 'Red' on the Human League’s short lived, self imposed labeling system of 'Blue' for pop songs and 'Red' for dance tracks.
The single made number 3 in the UK charts and placed The Human League in the forefront of media attention. It also renewed Virgin Records' faith in the band and guaranteed the release of the album that was to become Dare, just four months later.
Originally the song was released without a promotional video. The reason was that in 1981 promotional videos were still rare, very expensive and only very high-profile bands received them. At this point the Human League were not sufficiently marketable to warrant the expense of a video.
In 1982, for the U.S. release of 'Love Action', a video was shot retrospectively. The storyline is loosely based on the 1968 film The Graduate. The opening scene is an exact copy of the church scene from the film with Oakey taking Dustin Hoffman's role. The majority of the video was filmed on a derelict South London council estate. Most of the female camera time goes to Joanne Catherall, in a wedding dress for the first half. Susan Ann Sulley throws a temper tantrum in her main scene throwing objects around a flat. She accidentally manages to score a direct hit on the camera and a production crew member with a flying lamp. She momentarily breaks character and cringes as she realizes she's just hit one of the crew.
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'The Safety Dance' was the best-selling single by the 1980s synth pop group Men Without Hats, written by frontman Ivan Doroschuk.
Released in the United States in 1982 and in the United Kingdom in 1983, the song peaked at number six on the UK singles Chart, number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on Cash Box, as well as number one on the Billboard Dance Chart.
In the UK the single was actually released three times before sparking an interest on radio play. The song is the only major international hit for the group.
The music video for the song is notable for its medieval imagery. It was filmed in the village of West Kington, near Bath, in south-west England. Ivan Doroschuk is the only member of the band to actually perform in the video; the other band members can be seen standing in the entry to one of the buildings in the town square.
There has been a lot of speculation over what the song is supposed to mean. Many have thought the song was a metaphor for safe sex, and others thought it was anti-nuclear proliferation because of the nuclear images at the end of the music video. But Ivan Doroschuk has explained it was actually about being able to dance in clubs, because bouncers didn't like some of the types of dancing (like moshing and pogo) that was happening and would tell him to stop it or be kicked out of the club.
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'The Living Years' is a popular song written by Mike Rutherford and B.A. Robertson.
The single was first released as a single by Mike and the Machanics, becoming a top ten chart hit around the world. It peaked at number 2 in the UK Singles Cahrt while making number one on the Billboard Hot 100, in the USA. It also spent four weeks at the top of the U.S. adult contemporary chart and reaching number 1 in Canada and Australia.
The Mike & The Mechanics version was initially promoted to give the impression the lyrics described the disagreements between Rutherford and his father. However, in an interview with the band, Mike Rutherford said:-
“The lyrics were written by BA and the song is about something he went through. He lost his Dad and it's about the lack of communication between him and his father before he died. There's also the irony of him having a baby just after losing his father. I had exactly the same thing happen to me at the same time, so it meant a lot to me too.”
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'King in a Catholic Style' was released in 1985 as the bands 11th single and reached number 19 in the UK Singles Chart. 
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