query: when was hit me with your rhythm stick released

pos: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" is a song by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, first released as a single on Stiff Records in the UK on 23 November 1978. Written by Dury and the Blockheads' multi-instrumentalist Chaz Jankel, it is the group's most successful single, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 1979 as well as reaching the top three in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and it was also a top 20 hit in several European countries. "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" was named the 12th best single

pos: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" is a song by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, first released as a single on Stiff Records in the UK on 23 November 1978. Written by Dury and the Blockheads' multi-instrumentalist Chaz Jankel, it is the group's most successful single, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 1979 as well as reaching the top three in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and it was also a top 20 hit in several European countries. "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" was named the 12th best single

pos: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick duet by German alternative acts Freaky Fukin Weirdoz and Nina Hagen and released as a single in Germany in 1994. It appears on Hagen's compilation album "Sternenmädchen", released in 2001. Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" is a song by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, first released as a single on Stiff Records in the UK on 23 November 1978. Written by Dury and the Blockheads' multi-instrumentalist Chaz Jankel, it is the group's most successful single, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart in January 1979 as well as reaching the top three

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick tracks written and composed by Ian Dury and Chaz Jankel, except where indicated. The 12" version of the single features a different mix of "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" to the 7" version. The two sides of the single are labelled "A Wing" and "B Wing", in reference to prison blocks. The A-side has the caption "6_ Tricks, Points %✓" while the B-side has the captions "Late start high on fence" and "Segovia rules" printed on the label. "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" is credited to "Ian & the Blockheads – Under the musical direction of Chaz Jankel",

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick Cinema, Kilburn, London, listening to a car radio when it was announced that "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" was the new number one. Dury was on holiday in Cannes, and was at the beach when the hotel staff brought him a bottle of champagne and told him the news. For their appearance on the British television programme "Top of the Pops" the whole band bought Moss Bros suits. The promotional video for the single was made by Laurie Lewis, a friend of Dury's from Walthamstow Art School who had been studying film-making. While the video simply showed the band

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick onwards, that "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" finally became a million-seller. The song has been used for numerous purposes since its release including various adverts (including one in 2006 for financial company Capital One) and in numerous television programmes (including the "Doctor Who" episode "Tooth and Claw"). It has had its lyrics changed often, including in one instance to 'hit me with your oven chip'. This, combined with its continued popularity and original chart success has ensured that today the song is incredibly easily to find on CD, not only on all of Ian Dury's compilations but in numerous

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick by Song" that the song was written in Rolvenden, Kent during a jamming session between him and Dury. Jankel relates that the music was inspired by a piano part near the end of "Wake Up and Make Love with Me" (a song on Dury's solo debut "New Boots and Panties!!" that Jankel had co-written) and that after listening to it, Dury presented the lyrics for "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" to him the same afternoon. This was later corroborated by Dury. Dury mentioned a number of origins for his lyrics, including claiming that he had written them up to

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick that suggests they can hear it." Despite this, Chaz Jankel often re-tells the story that after recording it he phoned his mother and told her, "I've just recorded my first number one". On radio "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" was a popular song from its release, but in the UK the single was initially kept from the number one position in the charts for two weeks by The Village People's smash hit "Y.M.C.A.", which was number one for three consecutive weeks. On the 27 January 1979, however, Turnbull, Watt-Roy and drummer Charley Charles were waiting outside the Gaumont State

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick three years earlier and it had just taken him all that time to realise their quality. Blockheads guitarist John Turnbull gives a different account, claiming the lyrics were written while on tour in America six months prior to the song's recording and that he was still adjusting in-studio. He said the line "it's nice to be a lunatic" was originally "it don't take arithmetic". Whilst researching his book "Ian Dury: The Definitive Biography", Will Birch discovered that Dury wrote the lyrics for "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" as early as 1976. Ian's typed manuscript, which differs only slightly from

neg: Samboy by falling giant chickens and flattened by a solid brick BBQ, representing the different flavours available. An advertising campaign during the 1990s included the slogan "Hit me with a Samboy chip", with the television commercial featuring a variety of Australian celebrities furthering the slogan to "hit me slowly, hit me quick, hit me, hit me, hit me baby one more time", imitating the song "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" by Ian Dury & The Blockheads. In 2003-2004 Arnotts discontinued the 'Atomic Tomato' flavour. In late 2008 the brand was reintroduced after being acquired by Snack Brands Australia due to

neg: The Blockheads mark the 30th anniversary of "New Boots and Panties!!". The Blockheads still tour and currently consist of Jankel, Watt-Roy, Gallagher, Turnbull with John Roberts on drums, Gilad Atzmon or Dave Lewis on sax. Derek Hussey (aka "Derek The Draw", who was Dury's friend and minder) is now writing songs with Jankel and sings lead vocals. 2013 was the band's 35th anniversary year. On 23 November 2013 the band released the studio album "Same Horse Different Jockey", thirty-five years to the day from when the band's first and only number one "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" was released. The promotional

neg: Nina Hagen RTLplus. Also in the same year (1992) she collaborated with Adamski on the European smash and minor UK hit single "Get Your Body". The following year, she released "Revolution Ballroom". In 1994, Hagen starred in the acclaimed San Francisco Goethe Institut's "The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber", playing the singer version of "Anita" alongside dancer Jennifer Pieren who portrayed the other "professions" of "Anita". Also, her voice was heard on the Freaky Fukin Weirdoz single "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick". 1995 brought the German-language album "Freud Euch", equally recorded in English as "BeeHappy" in 1996. Nina

neg: Mick Gallagher the band started performing as Ian Dury & the Blockheads, when the band signed on for the Stiff "Live Stiffs Tour" alongside Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Nick Lowe, Wreckless Eric and Larry Wallis. The tour was a success, and Stiff launched a concerted Ian Dury marketing campaign, resulting in the Top Ten hit "What a Waste", and the hit single "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick", which reached No. 1 in the UK at the beginning of 1979, selling just short of a million copies. Again, "Hit Me" was not included on the original release of the subsequent album

neg: The Blockheads the UK Single Charts, becoming Stiff Records' biggest-selling single. A very limited 12" pressing was also released. Although the song is seen as specifically a Blockheads song, the B-side, "Wake Up and Make Love with Me", was taken from Dury's "New Boots and Panties!!" album. First released as the Stiff Records 7" single BUY 38, "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"/"There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards" was Number One in the UK Singles Chart in January 1979 and is the band's most successful single. It also was named the best single of 1979 in the Pazz & Jop poll.

neg: The Blockheads discography Lou Reed across North America ending with their own dates in California (with backline roadie Pete Rush) In late 1978 Jankel returned to the fold and composed "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" with Dury. The band recorded it in The Workhouse Studios, Old Kent Road, London and in 1979 had a number one hit record with it in the U.K. Ian Dury & The Blockheads went on to record the "Do it Yourself" (1979) album, toured Europe and the U.K. recording in Rome "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3", which was released as a single in late 1979 reaching

neg: The Blockheads countries and scored several hit singles, including "What a Waste", "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" (which was a UK number one at the beginning of 1979, selling just short of a million copies) and "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3" (number three in the UK in 1979). The band's second album, "Do It Yourself", was released in June 1979 in a Barney Bubbles-designed sleeve of which there were over a dozen variations, all based on samples from the Crown wallpaper catalogue. Bubbles also designed the Blockhead logo, which received international acclaim and which continues to be used by the

neg: Porridge (film) the filming schedule meant that the part written for Tony Osoba had to be reduced because he had a commitment to appear in "Charles Endell Esquire" and his lines were given to other actors. The opening credits of the film feature the hit "Without You" by Nilsson and "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" by Ian Dury and the Blockheads. The closing credits contain a more upbeat song by Joe Brown, entitled "Free Inside". Porridge (film) Porridge is a 1979 film based on the television series "Porridge". It was released under the title Doing Time in the United States. Most

neg: Do It Yourself (Ian Dury & the Blockheads album) Do It Yourself (Ian Dury & the Blockheads album) Do It Yourself is a 1979 album by Ian Dury & the Blockheads. It was the first album to be credited to Ian Dury & the Blockheads rather than Ian Dury alone, although Dury had used the full band name for the "What a Waste" 7" single of 1978. The album was released in the wake of the chart-topping hit single "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick", and reached number two in the charts, behind ABBA's "Voulez-Vous". "Do It Yourself" sold around 200,000 copies, and was Dury's second Platinum album (after

neg: Ian Dury "New Boots and Panties!!" which, although it did not include the single, achieved platinum status. In October 1977 Dury and his band started performing as Ian Dury & the Blockheads, when the band signed on for the Stiff "Live Stiffs Tour" alongside Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Nick Lowe, Wreckless Eric, and Larry Wallis. The tour was a success, and Stiff launched a concerted Ian Dury marketing campaign, resulting in the Top Ten hit "What a Waste", and the hit single "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick", which reached No. 1 in the UK at the beginning of 1979, selling

neg: The Coolies Harper formed the short lived Lester Square, then Ottoman Empire. After two albums also released on DB Recs, Ottoman Empire also disbanded. Gal joined 6X, while Harper embarked on a solo career with the ten track "East of Easter". After this, he recorded a children's record, "Not Dogs...Too Simple (A Tale of Two Kitties)" with his brother, Mark (who was also a member of Ottoman Empire) in 1998. The album featured guest appearances by Ian Dury (of "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" fame), Drivin N Cryin's Kevn Kinney, former Georgia Satellites guitarist Rick Richards, former Velvet Underground drummer Maureen

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick various artists' compilations. However, like many of Ian Dury's stand alone singles, this was not originally the case, and in keeping with his then-policy of not including singles on his albums the song was omitted from "Do it Yourself", the next Ian Dury & The Blockheads album. It was not available again until the release of "Jukebox Dury" years later. Though none of the 11+ takes of the original song have been released, two live versions exist on Ian Dury's two live albums "Warts 'n' Audience" and "Straight From The Desk" both including ad libs in the song's third verse,

neg: Do It Yourself (Ian Dury & the Blockheads album) took to being cantankerous, contrary, confrontational and argumentative, as well as performing a number of bizarre 'wind-ups' (including crushing a whole packet of McVitie's Digestive Biscuits and throwing them over Laurie Latham). His behaviour worsened and Jankel was forced to phone him and politely ask he stay away from the final weeks of sessions, which he did. In keeping with Dury's policy of not including singles on albums, "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" was omitted, and no singles were released from the album either (his next British single would be "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3"). Most retrospective interviews

neg: Do It Yourself (Ian Dury & the Blockheads album) "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" was used to demo some of the new songs. These demos, later released on Edsel Record's 2-CD re-issue of the album, were for "This Is What We Find", "Inbetweenies", "Quiet" and "Uneasy Sunny Day Hotsy Totsy", along with the first version of "Duff 'Em Up and Do 'Em Over (Boogie Woogie)", a song that would remain unreleased but would eventually become the song "Oh Mr. Peanut" on the next album, "Laughter". "Do It Yourself" was recorded in The Workhouse Studios on the Old Kent Road, the same place where "New Boots and Panties!!" had

neg: Straight from the Desk and an end repetition of the title. "Clevor Trever" features a lengthy instrumental break, including a saxophone solo by Davey Payne and also an ad-lib name checking West Ham United F.C. and Gants Hill, Ilford, Romford, Barking and Dagenham, Dagenham is also name-checked in the performance "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick". These are all areas near the venue. The album was the first time a recording of "I Made Mary Cry" was released. A song written during Dury's time with Ian Dury & the Kilburns, the latter-day incarnation of his influential pub rock band Kilburn and the High Roads

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick while "There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards" is credited to the musicians individually as "Michael Gallagher, John Turnbull, Davey Payne, Norman Watt-Roy, Charlie Charles, Chaz Blockhead and Ian Blockhead". The cover of the single credits "There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards" to "ID and the Blocks". The cover was designed by Stiff's Barney Bubbles, anonymously as usual. All tracks remixed by Paul Hardcastle. Remixed by Dean Thatcher and Jagz for Flying Vinyl. A dance version of the track was released in Europe by Jezebel Brown & the Ya Yas in 1991. The song was also recorded as a

neg: Pazz & Jop "Who's Next", while English singer Ian Dury and his band the Blockheads topped the first singles poll with "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" (1979). Bob Dylan and Kanye West topped the albums poll the most number of times, with four number-one albums each. West, in addition, won the singles poll of 2005. Music critic Robert Christgau oversaw the Pazz & Jop poll for more than thirty years; he also wrote an accompanying essay that discussed the poll's contents. Christgau's tenure as Pazz & Jop overseer came to an abrupt end when he was controversially fired from "The Village Voice"

neg: Norman Watt-Roy Dury and the Blockheads. Under the management of Andrew King and Peter Jenner, the original managers of Pink Floyd, Ian Dury and the Blockheads quickly gained a reputation as one of the top live acts of new wave music. They released two more albums on Stiff and several singles, achieving a UK number one in 1979 with "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick". In 1980, Wilko Johnson replaced Jankel for a while, which led to a rapport between Johnson and Watt-Roy. This resulted in Watt-Roy becoming a regular member of Johnson's own band by 1985. During the 1970s and 1980s,

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick performing on stage, it was significant for Dury, who for the first time had appeared in public without his pink jacket or long sleeved shirt hiding his withered left arm. As sales of the single approached the one million mark, in February 1979 Stiff announced that the record would be deleted when it reached the milestone, and the dealer ordering the millionth copy of the single would receive a "mystery prize". However, sales stalled at 979,000 during the single's original chart run, and it was not until downloads were made eligible for inclusion in the UK singles chart, from 2004

neg: Disco (1979), Barbra Streisand's "The Main Event" (1979), Dan Hartman's "Instant Replay" (1978). The biggest hit by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, best known as a new wave band, was "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" (1978), featuring a strong disco sound. Even mainstream rock artists adopted elements of disco. Progressive rock group Pink Floyd used disco-like drums and guitar in their song "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" (1979), which became their only number-one single in both the US and UK. The Eagles referenced disco with "One of These Nights" (1975) and "Disco Strangler" (1979), Paul McCartney & Wings

neg: The Blockheads band as, for example, on their "Live in Colchester 2004" DVD. The hit single "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" was notably not included, however, on the original release of the album. The single and its accompanying music video featured a Davey Payne sax solo with dual saxophones, in evident homage to jazz saxophonist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, who had made this his trademark technique. Dury's lyrics are a distinctive combination of lyrical poetry, word play, observation of British everyday (working-class) life, acute character sketches, and vivid, earthy sexual humour. ""This is what we find ... [H]ome improvement expert Harold Hill

neg: The Blockheads Terry Edwards or Dave Lewis and from time to time, the original sax player, Davey Payne. The band are best known for their hit singles, recorded with Dury, "What a Waste", "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick", "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3", and "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll". In 1974 Radio Caroline's Ronan O'Rahilly set up the pop group The Loving Awareness Band, comprising John Turnbull (guitar) and Mick Gallagher (keyboards) both formerly of 1960s psychedelic rock band Skip Bifferty with the session musicians Norman Watt-Roy (bass) and Charlie Charles (born Hugh Glenn Mortimer Charles, Guyana 1945)

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick was unhappy with. Because we did it live, I didn't have enough compressors – God knows why we didn't hire more equipment. On a track like that the piano needs a bit of compression and dynamically some sorting out. Well, to me it sounds like it's getting lost in certain places where it shouldn't, such as [the end of the saxophone solo]. The piano sort of disappears at that point. It gets very roomy and ambient. Still, in the end I suppose all these blemishes give the track a certain character, and if people do talk about the bass then

neg: Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3 "Common As Muck" were recorded in the break in the tour caused by the cancellation of the Italian shows. Saxophonist Davey Payne was upset about the financial disparities within Dury’s band, so in order to placate him, Dury told co-writer Chas Jankel to incorporate a sax solo part in the middle, which Payne could improvise and thus earn a share in the song. Musically, "Reasons to be Cheerful" is noticeably different from Ian Dury's other output, even from the funkier, softer tracks from Do It Yourself and his hit single "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" and radically different from

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick co-writer from their time in the pub-rock band Kilburn and the High Roads. The song affectionately describes the achievements of Noël Coward, Vincent van Gogh and Albert Einstein in a working class (specifically Cockney) manner and amusingly describes Leonardo da Vinci as an 'Italian geezer'. According to Jemima Dury, her father had deliberately chosen to put one of the Kilburns' old songs on the B-side, knowing that the single was likely to be a big hit and that Hardy and their previous managers (who part-owned the publishing company to which Dury and Hardy had been signed) would benefit financially. All

neg: Mick Gallagher wallpaper catalogue. Bubbles also designed the Blockhead logo. Jankel left the band temporarily and relocated to the U.S. after the release of "What a Waste" (his organ part on that single was overdubbed later) but he subsequently returned to the UK and began touring sporadically with the Blockheads, eventually returning to the group full-time for the recording of "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick"; according to Gallagher, the band recorded 28 takes of the song, but eventually settled on the second take for the single release. Partly due to personality clashes with Dury, Jankel left the group again in 1980

neg: The Blockheads release of "What A Waste" (his organ part on that single was overdubbed later) but he subsequently returned to the UK and began touring sporadically with the Blockheads, eventually returning to the group full-time for the recording of "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"; according to Mick Gallagher, the band recorded 28 takes of the song but eventually settled on the second take for the single release. Partly due to personality clashes with Dury, Jankel quit the group again in 1980, after the recording of the "Do It Yourself" LP, and he returned to the U.S. to concentrate on his

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick much of the band as well as producer Latham remain unhappy with the chosen take's mix, claiming it to be too dominated by piano and vocals. Latham said later: "I was never happy with the mix anyway. My authority had diminished [since the recording of "New Boots and Panties!!"] and it was a complete free-for-all, with the whole band in there while Chaz basically took over and pushed faders around ... I myself wasn't entirely happy because I didn't think we could hear enough bass, but then I'm never happy with mixes ... The piano sound was another thing I

neg: Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3 number, written sometime before its A-side, it is a celebration of being 'common' working class). Like its A-side, it is filled with name checks, including Lionel Blair, Evonne Goolagong, Jack Palance and Fred Astaire. As with "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick" before it, "Reasons to be Cheerful" can now be found easily on every Ian Dury compilation to date. Like all of Ian Dury's singles, this was not originally the case because, in keeping with Ian Dury's singles policy at the time, the song was omitted from the next album ("Laughter") and was not made available again. It first

neg: Brian Moore (rugby union) Autobiography award at the British Sports Book Awards. He has also published "The Thoughts of chairman Moore", and "More Thoughts of chairman Moore" (2011). He has been a regular invitee at leading UK literary festivals - including Hay, Keswick, Dartington Hall, Salisbury and Wimbledon, invariably speaking to large audiences. Moore was the guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs on 24 February 2012 where he was interviewed at length by Kirsty Young. His music choices were Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Queen of the Night; Ian Dury and The Blockheads — Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick; Genesis — In

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick the later recorded version and with hand written notes about arrangement and instrumentation ('drums and fuzz bass doing Roy Buchanan volume trick' after first chorus, for example), was posted to a friend in September of that year. The 'lunatic' line reads 'one two three fourithmatic'. 'O'er the hills and far away' was originally 'down to Hammersmith Broadway'. The manuscript, complete with handwritten annotations, was reproduced in "Hallo Sausages", the book of Dury's lyrics compiled by his daughter Jemima. According to Jemima it appeared that the origins of the song could be traced as far back as 1974. The song is

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick had been producing Dury's records since his debut solo single "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" in August 1977, although Latham is uncredited on the single. The song was recorded live with all the Blockheads placed in different positions in the studio's live area, with Jankel playing a Bechstein grand piano, Mickey Gallagher playing the Hammond organ, and Dury sat on a stool in the centre singing into a hand-held microphone. At least 11 takes of the song were recorded before one, reportedly an early take, was chosen for the single release. Gallagher remains jaded about this method, and

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick the "Warts 'n' Audience" version name checking the Brixton Academy and the "Straight from the Desk" version name checking Dagenham Heathway. The "Straight From the Desk" version also includes an extended instrumental break. Paul Hardcastle remixed the track in 1985, stripping all the instrumental tracks and using only Dury's vocal, and re-recording the instrumental parts with keyboards. The remix reached number 55 in the UK Singles Chart. Another remix of the track was done in 1991 which reached number 73 in the chart. The B-side was "There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards", written by Dury and Russell Hardy, his

neg: Chaz Jankel Chaz Jankel Charles Jeremy Jankel (born 16 April 1952), better known as Chaz Jankel, is an English singer, songwriter, arranger, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. In a music career spanning more than 40 years, Jankel came to prominence in the late 1970s as the guitarist and keyboardist of the rock band Ian Dury and the Blockheads. With Dury, Jankel co-wrote some of the band's best-known songs including "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll", "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" and "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3". In addition to his work with the Blockheads, Jankel has had a solo

neg: For Today album's first single, "Fearless", was released on March 6, 2012. They headlined the Fight the Silence Tour based on their new album in March 2012 and toured alongside A Skylit Drive, Stick to Your Guns, MyChildren MyBride, and Make Me Famous. The new album, "Immortal", was released on May 29, 2012. They played at Warped Tour 2012. On June 15, 2012, it was announced that drummer David Morrison had stepped down from For Today to do missionary work in South America with Extreme Nazarene Ministries. David Puckett (formerly of The Crimson Armada) was announced as the new drummer. Rhythm guitarist

neg: Do It Yourself (Ian Dury & the Blockheads album) A number of promotional items designed by Bubbles can be seen in the booklet for Ian Dury & the Blockheads' last album "Ten More Turnips from the Tip". Tracks 1-6: demos; tracks 7-17 from the "Stiff’s Live Stiffs" tour 1977 The album was reissued by Edsel Records as part of an Ian Dury 2-disc re-issue series. Previously it had been reissued by Demon Records, once without bonus tracks, then again by Repertoire with "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick", "There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards", "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3", "Common As Muck", "I Want To Be Straight",

neg: Ian Dury in a Barney Bubbles-designed sleeve of which there were over a dozen variations, all based on samples from the Crown wallpaper catalogue. Bubbles also designed the Blockhead logo. Jankel left the band temporarily and relocated to the US after the release of "What a Waste" (his organ part on that single was overdubbed later) but he subsequently returned to the UK and began touring sporadically with the Blockheads, eventually returning to the group full-time for the recording of "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick"; according to Mickey Gallagher, the band recorded 28 takes of the song but eventually settled on

neg: Deconstruction Records "Don't You Want Me" and Italian techno act U. S. U. R. A.'s UK No.7 hit, "Open Your Mind". It was home to Kylie Minogue in the mid-late 1990s, when working with Saint Etienne, Brothers in Rhythm (who produced her single "Confide in Me"), and others. Among the other artists to record for the company were Guru Josh, Black Box, M People, Way Out West, Sasha, Jam Machine and Republica. It also released recordings by Lionrock, Death in Vegas and Dub Pistols through its Concrete Records subsidiary. Distribution was via label deals with Parlophone, for acts such as K-Klass and

neg: Stiff Records Panties!!" had raced up the charts and its sales kept the label in business over the following months. In 1979, Robinson signed Madness, whose considerable commercial success, both in Britain and abroad, would keep Stiff afloat for several years. The next few years were the halcyon period, with many Top 20 single chart placings, including the label's first No. 1 single, "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" by Ian Dury, and a number of other big-selling albums. Stiff expanded rapidly and moved its premises twice. It also continued to release dozens of obscure and uncommercial releases. For example, "The Wit

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick of 1978 by the writers of British music magazine "NME", and best single of 1979 in the annual 'Pazz & Jop' poll organised by music critic Robert Christgau in "The Village Voice". It was also named the 3rd best post-punk 7"'s ever made by "Fact" magazine. By September 2017, it had sold over 1.29 million copies in the UK, making it the 114th biggest selling single of all time in the UK. Co-writer Chaz Jankel has repeated a story both in "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll: The Life of Ian Dury" and "Ian Dury & The Blockheads: Song

neg: New Boots and Panties!! the UK's top 30 best selling albums of both 1978 and 1979, and eventually peaked at number 5 in the UK Albums Chart in February 1979, some 17 months after its release, in the wake of "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick"'s chart-topping success. The album's title derives from Dury's habit of buying clothes second hand and refers to the only items of clothing he insisted on buying new. According to "Ian Dury & the Blockheads: Song By Song", the name was chosen by Dury from a list of twenty potential titles drawn up by compere Kosmo Vinyl. "New Boots

neg: New Boots and Panties!! selling, having been certified platinum status in the UK for 300,000 sales, in June 1979. Sales of the album during the first few months after its release were modest, and the album's only single, "Sweet Gene Vincent", failed to chart. However, the following three Ian Dury and the Blockheads singles, "What a Waste", "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" and "Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3", all reached the top ten of the UK Singles Chart, and their success kept the album in the spotlight and ensured consistent sales over the next two years. "New Boots and Panties!!" was among

neg: Davey Payne but returned for an exclusive performance of "New Boots And Panties!!" on 17 April 2008, and on 30 April 2009 for two shows at The Electric Ballroom in Camden. Davey Payne David 'Davey' Payne (born 11 August 1944 in Willesden, North West London) is an English saxophonist best known as a member of Ian Dury's backing band The Blockheads, and his twin saxophone solo on their 1978 UK #1 single "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick". He also appeared on the first version of Nico's 1981 album "Drama of Exile". According to Pete Frame's Rock Family Trees, Payne grew up

neg: Straight from the Desk by Ian Dury and Chaz Jankel, except where indicated. Straight from the Desk Straight from the Desk is a live album by Ian Dury & the Blockheads recorded on 23 December 1978 at the Ilford Odeon, Ilford, East London. There is little information available about the album, other than what can be heard on the record. During the performance of "Billericay Dickie" the audience break the venue's floor, presumably in excitement causing Dury to warn the audience to mind the hole as an introduction to "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" and mention it repeatedly later in the set. Dury

neg: Straight from the Desk Straight from the Desk Straight from the Desk is a live album by Ian Dury & the Blockheads recorded on 23 December 1978 at the Ilford Odeon, Ilford, East London. There is little information available about the album, other than what can be heard on the record. During the performance of "Billericay Dickie" the audience break the venue's floor, presumably in excitement causing Dury to warn the audience to mind the hole as an introduction to "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" and mention it repeatedly later in the set. Dury forgets the words totally on "There Ain't Half Been

neg: Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick noted for a complex 16-notes-to-the-bar bassline played by Norman Watt-Roy, which producer Laurie Latham believed had been influenced by seeing Weather Report bassist Jaco Pastorius in concert, and the saxophone solo in the instrumental break in which Davey Payne plays two saxophones simultaneously. In addition to English, the song's lyrics contain phrases in both French and German. According to Dury, the song has an anti-violence message. The song was recorded in The Workhouse Studio on the Old Kent Road, London, the same place Dury's debut album "New Boots and Panties!!" had been recorded. It was produced by Laurie Latham, who

neg: Ruth Brown Recorded for Atlantic Records in New York City in September 1950 and released in October, it was "Billboard"'s R&B number one for 11 weeks. The hit earned her the nickname "Miss Rhythm", and within a few months, she became the acknowledged queen of R&B. She followed up this hit with "I'll Wait for You" (1951), "I Know" (1951), "5-10-15 Hours" (1953), "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" (1953), "Oh What a Dream" (1954), "Mambo Baby" (1954), and "Don't Deceive Me" (1960), some of which were credited to Ruth Brown and the Rhythm Makers. Between 1949 and 1955, her records stayed

neg: Davey Payne Davey Payne David 'Davey' Payne (born 11 August 1944 in Willesden, North West London) is an English saxophonist best known as a member of Ian Dury's backing band The Blockheads, and his twin saxophone solo on their 1978 UK #1 single "Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick". He also appeared on the first version of Nico's 1981 album "Drama of Exile". According to Pete Frame's Rock Family Trees, Payne grew up in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex and started playing the clarinet because of his enjoyment of Dixieland jazz. On hearing swing, bebop and Dexter Gordon in the 1960s he moved to London,

neg: Feels So Good (Show Me Your Love) were released before she turned 18 years old. Feels So Good (Show Me Your Love) "Feels So Good (Show Me Your Love)" is a hit song by one-hit wonder artist Lina Santiago. It hit #35 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 6, 1996. It was recorded and released in 1995 before she was 17 years old. Due to a series of bad decisions on her record label's part when they suggested her first album consist almost entirely of ballads, the song was her only hit. She was eventually dropped by Universal in 1997, after releasing only three singles and

neg: Hit Me with Your Best Shot Hit Me with Your Best Shot "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" is a song by American rock singer Pat Benatar. In 1980, it was released as the second single from her second album "Crimes of Passion". It hit No. 7 in "Cash Box", and reached No. 9 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, becoming her first Top 10 hit. "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" sold well over a million copies in the U.S., achieving a gold certification by the RIAA. The song is one of Benatar's most recognizable tracks. Heard at many baseball and soccer games, the song has

neg: Feels So Good (Show Me Your Love) Feels So Good (Show Me Your Love) "Feels So Good (Show Me Your Love)" is a hit song by one-hit wonder artist Lina Santiago. It hit #35 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 6, 1996. It was recorded and released in 1995 before she was 17 years old. Due to a series of bad decisions on her record label's part when they suggested her first album consist almost entirely of ballads, the song was her only hit. She was eventually dropped by Universal in 1997, after releasing only three singles and one album in her discography, all of which

neg: Rhythm Shower Rhythm Shower Rhythm Shower is a studio album by The Upsetters, released in 1973. Originally released in a very limited Jamaican pressing with no sleeve, it became better known when re-released by the Trojan label as part of its originally 3 LP, later 2-CD set "The Upsetter Collection", first issued in 1986. Many of the rhythms on the album are known as those done by Lee "Scratch" Perry. "Double Power" versions "Give Me Power" by the Stingers, "Lover Version" features Perry's production of Chenley Duffus covering William Bell's "I Forgot to Be Your Lover" (he later gifted the rhythm to

neg: Chicory Tip the song "Take Your Time Caroline" but it too failed. The band released one more single, this time on Roger Easterby's Route label. It was the first single on Route and was called "Survivor". It was written by Zack Lawrence and J Weston. Lawrence was piano player on the hit "Groovin' With Mr Bloe" by Mr. Bloe. The group released one album, also entitled "Son of My Father". There were two versions released. "Excuse Me Baby" was the final track on side one in the early pressings, but when "What's Your Name" became a hit single, it replaced "Excuse Me

neg: Let Me Be Your Fantasy Let Me Be Your Fantasy "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" is a song by the British musical group Baby D. Originally released by Production House Records in 1992, it became a number-one UK single in November 1994 when re-released by London Records subsidiary Systematic. Sam Richards, writing in "The Guardian" in 2015, said "Let Me Be Your Fantasy was the biggest crossover hit of the rave era." "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" originated in 1992 at the height of the rave scene. The song was written and produced by band member Floyd Dyce and the vocals were sung by Dorothy

neg: Built to Last (Maestro album) failure, he worked on a comeback album with local hip hop and R&B artists. The first single, "Stick to Your Vision", became Maestro's biggest hit since "Let Your Backbone Slide" was released nine years prior. It reached the top 20 on the Canadian Singles Chart. Singles Built to Last (Maestro album) Built to Last is the fifth studio album by Canadian rapper Maestro, released December 9, 1998 on Attic Records. It was his first album released exclusively in Canada. Before its release, he shortened his alias Maestro Fresh-Wes to simply "Maestro". Singles from the album include "Stick to Your Vision"

neg: Let Me Be Your Fantasy selling single of 1994 in the UK. The song was released for a third time in 2000 as a UK garage remix by Trick or Treat. This version, featuring MC Tails, peaked at No. 16. Let Me Be Your Fantasy "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" is a song by the British musical group Baby D. Originally released by Production House Records in 1992, it became a number-one UK single in November 1994 when re-released by London Records subsidiary Systematic. Sam Richards, writing in "The Guardian" in 2015, said "Let Me Be Your Fantasy was the biggest crossover hit of the

neg: Touch Me (I Want Your Body) course the chorus itself, "Touch me, touch me, I wanna feel your body, your heartbeat next to mine, touch me, touch me NOW!" In August 2004, a cover version was produced by Swedish music artist Günther with Samantha Fox performing new vocals for the song. The video also features Fox. Touch Me (I Want Your Body) "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" was the first hit for British singer Samantha Fox. It was released in 1986 from her first album "Touch Me". The single was a worldwide hit, peaking at number four in the United States (usually a tough market

neg: There's No Stopping Your Heart (song) Stopping Your Heart" was her first No. 1 hit since 1973, when she hit the top with a cover of Anita Bryant's "Paper Roses". Just prior to her solo comeback, Osmond had a No. 1 hit duet with Dan Seals, "Meet Me in Montana". There's No Stopping Your Heart (song) "There's No Stopping Your Heart" is a song written by Michael Bonagura and Craig Karp, and recorded by American country music artist Marie Osmond. It was released in September 1985 as the third single and title track from the album "There's No Stopping Your Heart". The song became Marie Osmond's

neg: Rick Astley discography intended for the North American market. It was another hit for Astley reaching Number 10 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and Number 1 in Canada. His second studio album, "Hold Me in Your Arms", was released in November 1988. It peaked at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart and number 19 on the US "Billboard" 200. The lead single, "She Wants to Dance With Me" was Astley's first single which he wrote himself and became a worldwide top 10 hit. In Europe, "Take Me to Your Heart" and "Hold Me in Your Arms" were released as the next

neg: History of science and technology in Japan 1972 using Ace Tone's Bentley Rhythm Ace. Timmy Thomas' 1972 R&B single "Why Can't We Live Together"/"Funky Me" featured a distinctive use of a Roland drum machine and keyboard arrangement on both tracks. George McCrae's 1974 disco hit "Rock Your Baby" used a drum machine, an early Roland rhythm machine. The Uni-Vibe, also known as Jax Vibra-Chorus, is a footpedal-operated phaser or phase shifter for creating chorus and vibrato simulations for electric organ or guitar. Designed by audio engineer Fumio Mieda, it was introduced in the 1960s by Japanese company Shin-ei, and then released in North America by Univox in

neg: Sam Taylor (blues musician) #1 Platinum hit "Get at Me Dog". Though the original B.T. Express song was never released as a single, it became the most sampled song in B.T. Express entire catalog showing just how much of an influence he was & how vital his guitar sound was to the band. His prominent vicious rhythm guitar licks from those B.T. Express songs can be heard sampled in SWV "Use Your Heart" and EPMD "So Wat Cha Sayin" Upon his son Bobby's death, Taylor returned to New York. He was a resident of Central Islip until his own demise. There Taylor released five

neg: Tell Me Why (1956 song) 1957, but it was not released at that time. It reached #33 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became a gold record. Tell Me Why (1956 song) "Tell Me Why" is a popular song, written by Titus Turner in 1956. It is a slow, strong rhythm and blues ballad, and has a melody reminiscent of "Just a Closer Walk With Thee". The first hit version was by Marie Knight, a black R&B singer, on the Mercury's subsidiary label, Wing. It was a local hit in the New Orleans and Texas. When it attracted attention, it went on to become a

neg: Love Is Strange this song in The Rowdy Girls episode of "Designing Women". The song "Trash" released by the "New York Dolls" in 1973 quotes the line "how do you call your lover boy?" The song appears in the TV show 'Please Like Me', where it is lip synced by two main characters, Arnold and Josh. Love Is Strange "Love Is Strange" is a crossover hit by American rhythm and blues duet Mickey & Sylvia, which was released in late November 1956 by the Groove record label. The song was based on a guitar riff by Jody Williams. The song was written by

neg: Take Me to Your Heart (Rick Astley song) Take Me to Your Heart (Rick Astley song) "Take Me To Your Heart" is a 1988 song recorded by Rick Astley. Written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, the song was released the same year as the second single from the album "Hold Me in Your Arms". It was a success on the UK Singles Chart where it peaked at number eight and charted for eleven weeks. It was also a top ten hit in Germany and Ireland. Unlike most of Astley's previous singles, it was never released in the U.S. A controversy raised around "Big Fun", the hit single

neg: Annette Snell Annetta, she recorded "Since There Is No More You" with Paul Kelly. Kelly then brought her to the attention of record producer and music publisher Buddy Killen. More singles came, all written by Kelly, and her greatest success was achieved with the No. 19 "Billboard" rhythm and blues hit "You Oughta' Be Here With Me" in 1973. She followed it up with two more R&B chart hits, also released on the Dial label, the following year, "Get Your Thing Together" (No. 44); and "Just as Hooked As I’ve Been" (No. 71). She then won a deal to record an album

neg: LoveGame LoveGame "LoveGame" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her debut studio album, "The Fame" (2008). Produced by RedOne, the track was released as the album's third single in North America and Europe and the fourth single in Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden after "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)". "LoveGame" was also released as the fourth single in the United Kingdom, after "Paparazzi". Critics appreciated the song's rhythm and the "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick" hook. Gaga had explained that the term "disco stick" is a euphemism for a penis and was

neg: I Want Your Sex I Want Your Sex "I Want Your Sex" is a song by the English singer-songwriter George Michael. Released as a single in June 1987, it was the third hit from the soundtrack to "Beverly Hills Cop II" and the first single from Michael's debut solo album "Faith". The song has three separate parts dubbed "Rhythms". The first one, titled "Rhythm One: Lust", is the version released as a single and banned by the BBC. It appears by itself on the "Beverly Hills Cop II" soundtrack, and mixed with the second version, titled "Rhythm Two: Brass in Love", on "Faith". The

neg: LoveGame a new disco stick in her hand. Credits adapted from "The Fame" album liner notes. LoveGame "LoveGame" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her debut studio album, "The Fame" (2008). Produced by RedOne, the track was released as the album's third single in North America and Europe and the fourth single in Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden after "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)". "LoveGame" was also released as the fourth single in the United Kingdom, after "Paparazzi". Critics appreciated the song's rhythm and the "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick" hook. Gaga

neg: Mark Kjeldsen Mark Kjeldsen Mark Kjeldsen (1953 in Kent, England – 1992) was a founder member of The Sinceros (1978–1981), who wrote most of the songs on their two albums, including their minor hit single "Take Me To Your Leader." He had been a member of the London R&B band, The Strutters. After the demise of The Sinceros, Kjeldsen (pronounced Kelsen) performed with the Danny Adler Band (ex-Roogalator), a live album featuring Kjeldsen on rhythm guitar was recorded at the Winterthur - Switzerland on 10 August 1982 and released in 1983. In the late 1980s, Kjeldsen gave up music to become a

neg: Let Me Be Your Fantasy "Let Me Be Your Fantasy was the biggest crossover hit of the rave era". And in 2018, "Mixmag" listed "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" as one of The 30 best vocal house anthems ever. "Let Me Be Your Fantasy" only reached No. 76 when first released in 1992 by Production House Records. It remained popular however, and the single was reissued in the UK on 7 November 1994 by London Records subsidiary Systematic Records. It entered the chart at No. 3 before climbing to number 1 the following week, where it remained for two weeks. It was the 18th best

neg: Hold Me in Your Arms (album) Wants to Dance with Me", was Astley's first single which he wrote himself, and became a worldwide top 10 hit. In Europe, "Take Me to Your Heart" and "Hold Me in Your Arms" were released as the next singles. "Giving Up on Love" was released as the second single from the album in the US and Canada, and was later released in some countries of continental Europe as the fourth and last single from the album, and a cover of The Temptations' "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" was released as the third and last single in the US and Japan.

neg: Annie Had a Baby single. So the song was composed, recorded and released to fill the orders. Annie Had a Baby "Annie Had a Baby" is a 1954 rhythm and blues song written by Henry Glover (co-credited to Lois Mann) and recorded by The Midnighters. The single was one of many answer songs to "Work With Me, Annie", a previous hit for The Midnighters. "Annie Had a Baby" was also a number one hit on the R&B chart. A credible inspiration for this song was when a Los Angeles DJ played "Work With Me, Annie" then joked about a follow-up record titled "Annie Had

neg: Greensleeves Rhythm Album 35: Clappas by the same name. Greensleeves Rhythm Album 35: Clappas Greensleeves Rhythm Album #35: Clappas is an album in Greensleeves Records' "rhythm album" series. It was released in February 2003 on CD and LP. The album features various artists recorded over the "Clappas" riddim. The riddim was produced by the South Rakkas Crew production team. The rhythm is inspired by Norman Greenbaum's hit pop song "Spirit in the Sky" and contains elements of Wayne Smith's hit Under Me Sleng Teng. The album includes the hit song "Under Mi Sensi" by Mr. Vegas, Alozade & Hollow Point, which is a take on

neg: Greensleeves Rhythm Album 35: Clappas Greensleeves Rhythm Album 35: Clappas Greensleeves Rhythm Album #35: Clappas is an album in Greensleeves Records' "rhythm album" series. It was released in February 2003 on CD and LP. The album features various artists recorded over the "Clappas" riddim. The riddim was produced by the South Rakkas Crew production team. The rhythm is inspired by Norman Greenbaum's hit pop song "Spirit in the Sky" and contains elements of Wayne Smith's hit Under Me Sleng Teng. The album includes the hit song "Under Mi Sensi" by Mr. Vegas, Alozade & Hollow Point, which is a take on the Barrington Levy classic

neg: Lesley Stahl their world, watching them tumble and wrestle, nurse their babies, swing in the trees, forage for food—vines, leaves, berries— ... so close that a female reached out to touch me. When I went to reciprocate, the guide hit my arm with a stick. ""Non, madame. C'est inderdit."" ... What I decided that day with the gorillas in Rwanda was that the best day of your life may not have happened yet. No matter what you think. Her second book, "Becoming Grandma: The Joys and Science of the New Grandparenting", which chronicles her own experiences with her grandchildren, was published in

neg: I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down their 1977 album "Stick To Me". A cover version by Paul Young reached no.9 on the UK singles chart in 1984, and no.13 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 when re-released the following year. It was included on Young's album "The Secret of Association". Ann Peebles' version of "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" was sampled in the track "The Plan" by Wu-Tang Clan affiliated group Sunz of Man. I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" is a song written by Memphis-based songwriter Earl Randle, and first recorded in 1972 by soul singer Ann Peebles. The

neg: Don't Say You Love Me (Erasure song) UK Singles Chart, peaking at number fifteen. In Germany, the single hit number sixty-nine. Don't Say You Love Me (Erasure song) "Don't Say You Love Me" is a song written, produced and performed by Erasure (Vince Clarke and Andy Bell). The track was released by Mute Records as the second single from the duo's eleventh studio album "Nightbird". Although essentially a synthpop song, "Don't Say You Love Me" had elements of doo-wop and girl group influences in its rhythm and lyrical structure. The song was remixed twice by Jeremy Wheatley when released as a single, one which gave the song

neg: Steve Thompson (songwriter) well as co-writing all the songs. Co-writing and production continued with John Verity with recordings appearing on a range of releases including "Rock Solid" and "Hold Your Head Up" and "Routes" Thompson had also been working with a young singer Peter Adshead who went on to success under the name of Baby Ford. Several tracks co-written with Thompson were released on the Rhythm King label and they scored a hit with Chiki Chiki Ah Ah. This song earned a BBC airplay ban due to the lyric "Disco Me To Ecstasy" (The song's original title) The partnership with Brian Johnson ended

neg: Keith Kelly (singer) Beautiful" b/w "When You First Fall in Love". On 23 April 1962, Kelly performed at the California Ballroom, Dunstable. He momentarily re-appeared in July 1965, with the single, "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)" b/w "Save Your Love For Me" on CBS. Kelly later joined the Hull based band, the Keith Herd Rhythm Group. The 2011 compilation album, "1960 British Hit Parade, Vol. 1: January To June", had two Kelly songs, including "Tease Me (Must You Always)". Source: Keith Kelly (singer) Michael Pailthorpe (born 1935), better known as Keith Kelly, is an English pop singer, guitarist and songwriter. An original member of

neg: Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces Hot 100 chart, and #7 on the R&B chart, in 1966, and sold more than one million copies. A second single, "Try My Love Again", just barely cracked the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #97, and a third, "Chained to Your Heart", released as a solo single by Bob Moore, also hit the R&B chart. In 1969, Checker released their last single, "Your Love and My Love Together", and then released the group. The Rhythm Aces continued to perform as a group in Alabama with a constantly shifting lineup into the 2000s. Bobby Moore died of kidney failure in Montgomery,

neg: Confide in Me labels and reemerged with a haunting Brothers In Rhythm-produced indie-pop anthem that still seethes and seduces 20 years later." However, a negative review from "Hot Press" editor Craig Fitzsimons; he criticised the "boring" production, saying "'Confide In Me' is exactly what you would expect; a boring, nothingy post-Stock Aiken Waterman piece of dance fluff enlivened only by Kylie's breathy exhortations to "Stick or twist/The choice is yours/Hit or miss/What's mine is yours." Commercially, the track experienced success in regions like Australia, United Kingdom, Scotland, Ireland, France, Finland, and New Zealand. It debuted at number 31 on the Australian Singles Chart,

neg: BWO (band) pre-release single "Save My Pride", was released in May 2007, becoming BWO's fourth Top 20 single in Sweden. It also went Number 1 on major Turkish radio station Radio Mydonese's Top 40 Countdown in July 2007. The singles "Let it Rain" and "Rhythm Drives Me Crazy" were released simultaneously in August 2007. "Rhythm Drives Me Crazy" was chosen as the theme for the Swedish team in the Women's Football World Cup in China in September 2007, and was a fourth Top 20 hit for BWO in Finland. A fourth single "The Destiny Of Love" was released in October 2007. A

neg: Hit Me with Your Best Shot In early 2011, however, the song was leaked on the Internet. Other artists who have performed the song live include singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson, whose version of "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" received praise by "Time". Fictional music group Alvin and the Chipmunks recorded a male rendition for their 1982 album "Chipmunk Rock". Aberdonian Singing Sensation Karen Sinclair performed a cover of "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" to qualify for the Globe Inn 2015 'Can You Front a Rock Band' competition, with local rock band FUBAR. Hit Me with Your Best Shot "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" is

neg: Life Begins at Forty (song) Findlater and Bernie Reber. Dave and the Dynamos released two further singles, "Can't Spell Rhythm" and "Don't Make Me the Last Thing on your Mind", neither of which charted. The group were unable to maintain the popularity of their earlier single and were absorbed back into Hogsnort Rupert. The song featured an elaborate music video, filmed at Avalon Studios, with multiple sets and a large cast. Life Begins at Forty (song) "Life Begins at Forty" is a 1983 one-hit wonder novelty pop song from New Zealand band Dave and the Dynamos. The single peaked at number one in the New

neg: Try Me Out Euro-NRG invasion of the pop mainstream unleashes another sparkler from the album "Rhythm Of The Night." Corona is as giddy as an ingenue can be, and she is surrounded by a storm of syncopated beats and rollicking piano lines." Try Me Out "Try Me Out" is a song by the Italian band Corona. It was released in July 1995 as the third single from their 1995 debut album, "The Rhythm of the Night". It was a nightclub hit in many European countries, and although it did not equal the success of "The Rhythm of the Night", the group's first single,

neg: Keep Your Eye on Me featuring uptempo songs, while Side 2 (Tracks 6-10) featured down tempo songs and ballads. All trumpet solos were played by Herb Alpert. The album was released on CD by A&M Records in 1987, along with extended CD singles of the title track and "Diamonds". It was re-released on September 12, 2013 in a download-only version available exclusively through Alpert's official website, HerbAlpertPresents.com. Keep Your Eye on Me Keep Your Eye on Me is a pop/R&B/dance album by Herb Alpert, released in 1987. It contains two hit singles, "Diamonds" and "Making Love in the Rain" (both featuring lead and background vocals

neg: Just Your Fool harmonica by Charlie Musselwhite. The song was released as a single and became a record chart hit. She performed it live with Musselwhite on the third-season finale of the "Celebrity Apprentice" reality game show. The Rolling Stones covered the song in 2016 for their album "Blue & Lonesome", for which it was released as the lead single on October 6, 2016. Just Your Fool "Just Your Fool" (or "I'm Just Your Fool" as it was first titled) is a rhythm and blues-style song written and recorded by American jazz and jump blues bandleader/pianist Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra in 1953.

neg: Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby "Rhythm and Blue Jean Baby" is a song that was written and produced by Lynsey de Paul, and released in July 1975 as her third single on the newly designed yellow Jet Record label in the UK, as a follow up to the hit single "My Man and Me". It was released on Polydor in Belgium, France and Germany (with different picture sleeves in each country); backed with another de Paul composition "Into My Music". It received favourable reviews, including from DJ James Hamilton who, in his first column for "Record Mirror", wrote "With a

neg: Touch Me (I Want Your Body) Touch Me (I Want Your Body) "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" was the first hit for British singer Samantha Fox. It was released in 1986 from her first album "Touch Me". The single was a worldwide hit, peaking at number four in the United States (usually a tough market for international acts), number three in her native UK, and topping the Australian and Canadian charts. In Canada, the single stayed for seven weeks at number one. The single stayed at the top of Sweden's music chart for eight weeks, succeeded by Fox's second single "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna

neg: For the Fallen Dreams Word Alive, I See Stars, A Skylit Drive, Winds of Plague, Stick to Your Guns, Attila, Stray from the Path, Make Me Famous, Betraying the Martyrs, Obey the Brave, Ice Nine Kills, and Dance Gavin Dance plus Unearth on select dates. Line-up In 2012 Kalan Blehm departed For the Fallen Dreams and joined Attila as their new bassist and backing vocalist. Blehm was the last full-time rhythm guitarist on the band's roster. Dylan Shippey joined FTFD as the new percussionist, filling the spot that Arvan Sarathy vacated in late 2011. In 2013, Richter decided to part ways with For the

neg: Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind "Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind" is a song by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, released first by the singing duo Dick and Dee Dee (early 1965), who were a support act for the Stones when they first toured the U.S. in 1964, and then by Vashti Bunyan in May 1965. Jimmy Page played guitar on this song, during his session work of the sixties. A version of the song by The Rolling Stones was recorded on 13 February 1964, but released only on their 1975 album "Metamorphosis". Its most recent (2007)

neg: Your Man Your Man Your Man is the second studio album by country music artist Josh Turner. It released on January 24, 2006 and debuted at No. 2 on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 chart, and debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums "Your Man" was the first single released followed by "Would You Go with Me" and "Me and God." Also included is a cover of Don Williams' 1991 hit single "Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy". Turner received two 2007 Grammy nominations for his work on "Your Man." He received a Best Male Country Vocal Performance nomination for