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List Of Songs Produced By Stock Aitken Waterman ...
This is a list of songs produced by English production trio Stock Aitken Waterman. 1984 1985 (*) denotes an entry on the US Dance Chart. 1986 (*) denotes an entry on the US dance chart. 1987 (*) denotes an entry on the US Dance Chart. 1988 (*) denotes an entry on the US Dance Chart. 1989 (*) denotes an entry on the US Dance Chart. 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 2007 2010 2015 Legacy releases 1995 1997 2003 2005 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2016 Notes : : : : : : : : : References {{Stock Aitken Waterman Stock Aitken Waterman Stock Aitken Waterman Stock Aitken Waterman (abbreviated as SAW) are an English songwriting and record production trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman. The trio had great success from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s. SAW is considere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman (abbreviated as SAW) are an English songwriting and record production trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman. The trio had great success from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s. SAW is considered one of the most successful songwriting and producing partnerships of all time, scoring more than 100 UK top 40 hits, selling 40 million records and earning an estimated £60 million (about $104 million). SAW started producing underground club hits, but earned worldwide success with a mix of hi-NRG-influenced sound, romantic Motown lyrics and Italo disco melodies. During 1984–1989, their musical style was labelled Eurobeat. They also put swing shuffle elements into their songs. History The team In January 1984, Mike Stock and Matt Aitken called Pete Waterman asking for a meeting. Mike and Matt turned up with a song they had written and produced called "The Upstroke", a hi-NRG female version of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love My Way (song)
"Love My Way" is a song by English band The Psychedelic Furs. It was released in July 1982 as the first single from their third studio album '' Forever Now''. Written by the four members of the group and produced by Todd Rundgren, who also played marimba on the song, the song reached the top 10 of the charts in New Zealand, top 30 in Australia and the top 50 in the United Kingdom and United States. Lyrics Front man of the group Richard Butler had a specific audience in mind when he penned the lyrics to this song. He explained this in an interview with ''Creem'' in 1983: "It's basically addressed to people who are fucked up about their sexuality, and says 'Don't worry about it.' It was originally written for gay people." Release and reception Released in 1982, "Love My Way" peaked at number nine in New Zealand, where it spent 21 weeks on the chart. The song peaked at number 42 in the UK and number 44 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It also reached number 30 on the U.S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Man's Man's Man's World
"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" is a song written by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16, 1966, in a New York City studio and released it as a single later that year. It reached No. 1 on the '' Billboard'' R&B chart and No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Its title is a word play on the 1963 comedy film ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World''. Song The song is written in the key of E-flat minor. The lyrics, which ''Rolling Stone'' characterized as "biblically chauvinistic", attribute all the works of modern civilization (the car, the train, the boat ("Like Noah made the ark"), and the electric light) to the efforts of men, but claim that it all would "mean nothing without a woman or a girl". The song also states that man made toys for the baby boys and girls, and comments about the fact that "Man makes money" to buy from other men. Before the song's fade, Brown states that man is lost in his bitterness and in the wilderness. Brown's co-writer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brilliant (band)
Brilliant were a British pop/rock group active in the 1980s. Although not commercially successful and mauled by the critics, they remain notable because of the personnel involved – Martin Glover a.k.a. Youth of Killing Joke and subsequently a top producer/remixer; Jimmy Cauty, later to find fame and fortune as one half of The KLF; and (prior to the band signing with WEA) Ben Watkins a.k.a. Juno Reactor. Equally notable was their management (David Balfe), their record company A&R manager (Bill Drummond, the other member of The KLF), and songwriting and production team ( Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman known as Stock Aitken Waterman). Career Brilliant started in 1982 as post-punk band Killing Joke was crumbling under internal conflicts. Unsatisfied with his bandmates' following of the occult lifestyle, Killing Joke's bass player Youth decided to call it quits and recorded an angry slandering song against his former bandmates. The song, "That's What Good Friends A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Always (Hazell Dean Album)
''Always'' is the third album by British singer Hazell Dean. Released in October 1988, it coincided with the singer's comeback and featured the hit singles "Who's Leaving Who" (UK #4), "Maybe (We Should Call it a Day)" (UK #15) and "Turn It into Love" (UK #21). Also included were remixes of earlier singles; "They Say It's Gonna Rain" (UK #58, 1985), "No Fool (For Love)" (UK #41, 1985; original version included on ''Heart First''), and "Always Doesn't Mean Forever" (UK #92). The album itself reached #38 - her highest placing in the album charts. The album was also released in the US in 1988 with an alternative cover. On 23 April 2012, a remastered deluxe double edition with bonus tracks, including previously released singles that had not been included on any album; "ESP (Extra Sensual Persuasion)" (UK #98, 1986) and "Stand Up" (UK #79, 1986) - and several remixes has been released on the Cherry Pop UK label. Track listing Side One # "They Say It's Gonna Rain" (The Zulu Mix) (7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Say It's Gonna Rain
"They Say It's Gonna Rain" is a song co-written (with George Sanders) and sung by British female artist Kerry Delius. She released the song as a single in 1984 and while it failed to chart, it became an underground club hit. The song achieved a bigger popularity when it was covered by Hazell Dean the following year. A Zulu chant is featured in the intro which is repeated throughout the song. Hazell Dean version British Hi-NRG singer Hazell Dean covered the song and released it as a single in September 1985. Having scored two top 10 singles in 1984 with an independent dance label, Dean was offered to sign major label EMI Records in 1985, and this single marked her first release with them. Dean's version was produced by Stock Aitken & Waterman, with whom Dean had recorded most of her debut album. She changed some parts of the lyrics, most notably, she substituted the line on the chorus ''though you can break my heart'' with ''they say it's gonna rain''; the title of the song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haywoode
Haywoode (Sidney Haywoode, London) is an English female singer. She is best known for the 1986 UK top 20 hit single, "Roses". She later also recorded under the name Sid Haywoode. Career Haywoode trained from an early age at London's Corona Stage Academy. Her career started with modelling, dancing and acting roles in British television shows like ''The Gentle Touch'' and was a regular as a Hill's Angel on ''The Benny Hill Show''. She featured in movies including ''Ragtime'' and ''Superman''. Among singing, dancing and modelling roles in the West End theatre (''Bubbling Brown Sugar''), she joined Flick Colby's Zoo, as a professional dancer performing weekly on BBC One's ''Top of the Pops''. She was approached a year later to record a demo by Sony CBS Records offering a deal. Her debut single, "A Time Like This", reached the Top 5 in the US Hot Dance Club Play Chart, and established her distinctive brand of soulful funk/pop. Via a succession of singles – including some track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor)
"My Heart Goes Bang" is a 1985 song by English pop band Dead or Alive. It was the fourth and final single from the band's second studio album '' Youthquake''. It peaked at No. 23 in the United Kingdom, No. 12 in Japan, and became a dance hit in the U.S. Remixes A 7" remix and two 12" extended remixes of the single were released. My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) (Extended Remix), and a unique version with uncredited additional guitar by Matt Aitken as My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor) (American 'WIPE-OUT' Mix). The song was then remixed a third time for Dead or Alive's compilation album, '' Rip It Up'', released in the fall of 1987. "My Heart Goes Bang" was again remixed and re-recorded for ''Fragile'' (2000) and ''Unbreakable Unbreakable may refer to: * '' Unbreakable: My Story, My Way'', a book written by Jenni Rivera * Unbreakable (horse) (1935–1962), a Thoroughbred racehorse and sire Film and television * ''Unbreakable'' (film series), a trilogy dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess (Princess Album)
''Princess'' is the debut studio album by the English pop singer Princess, released in 1986 by Supreme Records. It was produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, and it peaked at No. 15 on the UK Albums Chart The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts ... and at No. 81 in Australia. Track listing Original LP version Standard CD / cassette version Charts References External links * 1986 debut albums Princess (singer) albums Albums produced by Stock Aitken Waterman {{1980s-pop-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Say I'm Your Number One
"Say I'm Your Number One" (also formatted as "Say I'm Your No. 1") is a song by English singer Princess, released in 1985 as the lead single from her self-titled debut studio album (1986). Written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW), the song peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, it reached number 20 on '' Billboard'' Hot Black Singles chart. British magazine '' Classic Pop'' ranked the song number 8 in their list of "Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs" in 2021. Background Session singer Desiree Heslop – later to take the stage name Princess – was hired by SAW to workshop some "credible" soul-pop tracks, after distinguishing herself as a backing vocalist on the Brilliant album ''Kiss The Lips of Life''. “I was a singer who had come in to do a job, and had differentiated myself on a part that the other singer wasn’t getting," the vocalist remembered of winning over SAW. "So they sent the other lady home." Matt Aitken says the tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess (singer)
Desiree Heslop, best known as Princess, is a British singer who found chart success in the mid-1980s. In the early 1980s, she worked with the group Osibisa. She is best known for her hit single " Say I'm Your Number One" which made the UK Top Ten in 1985. Career Before going solo, she was a backing vocalist for the band Osibisa in the early 1980s. She recorded sessions on the Brilliant album ''Kiss The Lips of Life'', which brought her to the attention of producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman (SAW). Her debut solo album ''Princess'' (1986) was composed and produced by SAW which contained the hit single, " Say I'm Your Number One". Despite SAW's initial reservations about committing to a follow up to that hit, an album was produced that spawned five charting singles, and was certified silver in the UK. The relationship between the artist and her brother/manager Donovan (Don) Heslop, and SAW and their allied label Supreme Records, began to decline following the underperforma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Danse Society
The Danse Society are an English gothic rock band, formed in Barnsley in 1980. They were originally active until 1987, reforming in 2011. They achieved moderate success during their career. Their lineup included Steve Rawlings (vocals), Paul Nash (guitar), Lyndon Scarfe (keyboards), Tim Wright (bass guitar) and Paul Gilmartin (drums). Scarfe was replaced by David Whitaker (formerly of Music for Pleasure) after the ''Heaven Is Waiting'' album. Background First incarnation Originally called Y? and then Danse CrazyLarkin, Colin. (1992) ''The Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave Music''. Guinness Publishing Ltd. p84. (changed due to the emerging Two Tone scene), Danse Society recorded and released their first single, "Clock", on their own newly formed record label Society in 1980. They released their debut studio album, ''Seduction'', in 1982. It reached No. 3 in the UK Indie Chart. Their second studio album, '' Heaven Is Waiting'', was released in December 1983 on record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |