stevie nice
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Post by stevie nice on Jun 21, 2004 13:58:49 GMT -5
Another 1979-1980 era piece of pop heaven that at least was a significant pop hit, something Richard rarely had in the US despite massive success in England which continues to this day. This was a pop disco ditty that managed major airplay in 1979, on then new-rock station WPIX and sounded odd being played in between XTC and the B-52s. But what a super track it is.
Cliff tells a breakup in an earnest fashion "don't come crying to me when you're the lonely one, remember what you've done," but still pines for the honey when he says "but I lose the sleep, and I count the sheep."
IIRC, I don't have my copy of the single handy, but this was written by the guys from the Tarney/Spencer duo, who had a great song around this same time called "No Time To Lose."
Richard also had a major pop hit with "Devil Woman" in 1976 or 77 in the US and did a real crappy IMHO version of Shep And The Limelites big hit "Daddy's Home" in addition to a thoroughly noxious track with Olivia Newton John that I think was in Xanadu.
Actually now that I listen to this, he also sounds pretty cool in the line "well I hope you know which way to go, you're on your own again..."
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iceman
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Post by iceman on Jun 21, 2004 14:18:25 GMT -5
This is a song that I've heard many times over the years but wasn't until recently that I found out it was Cliff Richard. I don't mind it.
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jimmy74747
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Post by jimmy74747 on Jun 21, 2004 15:54:30 GMT -5
I like this song. Great synth line in this.
And his duet with Olivia from Xanadu was "Suddenly"
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Post by snoman on Jun 21, 2004 16:00:10 GMT -5
Cliff Richard is not known that well in the US, but in Europe and around the world, he's widely known and liked. Someone compared his popularity in Europe as "Elvis-Like".
I love "We Don't Talk Anymore". He also had a very successful US single in 1980 called "Dreamin' " which was great.
I don't know if he still is performing or not, but supposedly he has had hits from the 1950's through the 1990's. That is pretty remarkable.
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mst3k
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Post by mst3k on Jun 21, 2004 17:11:43 GMT -5
I love it... my favorites by Cliff are "Dreaming" and "A Little In Love".
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Post by echarter on Jun 22, 2004 7:14:51 GMT -5
Love it
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Post by reception on Jun 22, 2004 16:35:11 GMT -5
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Post by cartman2002 on Nov 28, 2006 17:05:58 GMT -5
this record reached #7 on the Hot 100 in early 1980 for Sir Cliff and it's his second biggest US hit behind "Devil Woman"
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Post by Hervard on Nov 28, 2006 17:49:50 GMT -5
This is Cliff Richard's biggest hit on Pop. It peaked at #2 on the R&R chart in December, 1979 while "Devil Woman" and "Dreaming" both stopped at #3.
There was sort of an unusual chart situation around the time this song was peaking. The last week of 1979, Rupert Holmes' signature hit "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" was at #1 and the first week of 1980, it had fallen to #10. The next #1 song after that, "The Long Run" by the Eagles, was #6 the last week of 1979. Since such large chart moves were very unusual at that time, it's entirely possible that had there been charts published during the two holiday weeks in which R&R did not print, there might have been a #1 song between Rupert Holmes and The Eagles. Since "We Don't Talk Anymore" was in the runner-up position, that could possibly have been the one, but more likely, it was "Rock With You" by Michael Jackson, which was #3 the last week of 1979 and #2 the first week in 1980. Cliff Richard, meanwhile, had slid to #8 on that chart.
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Post by Live Your Life on Sept 24, 2017 21:57:38 GMT -5
I love this song!
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