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I See Red (Jim Rafferty Song)
"I See Red" is a song written by Gerry Rafferty's brother, Jim Rafferty. "I See Red" was first recorded by Anni-Frid Lyngstad of ABBA, under the name "Frida" for her first English-language studio album, ''Something's Going On''. Lyngstad's version wasn't released as a single aside from South Africa where it didn't chart, although subsequent cover versions by other artists such as the Irish folk group, Clannad, included in their album, '' Magical Ring'', resulted in a moderate success. Clannad's version was the follow-up single to their breakthrough hit "Theme from Harry's Game". Gerry Rafferty himself also recorded a version on his 1992 album, ''On a Wing and a Prayer''. Anni-Frid Lyngstad's version This song was released as a single in South Africa in December 1982, where 4 months earlier, Frida's hit single "I Know There's Something Going On" was released in the same territory. The single was coupled with "I Got Something", written by Tomas Ledin. In the sales-based charts, Lyng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I See Red (Split Enz Song)
"I See Red" is a 1978 song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz. It was released in December 1978 as the lead single from their studio album '' Frenzy''. "I See Red" was the second Split Enz song to achieve a top 20 chart position, peaking at #15 in Australia and #43 in the band's native New Zealand. Recording Tim Finn said, "That's a one-off thing we did at Startling Studios which is Ringo Starr's studio - it used to be John Lennon's place. The engineer out there got to know us and liked us and gave us some free time when the studio wasn't being used." Elsewhere, he said, "We were on the bones of our arse. Somebody suggested this young guy (David Tickle) that they thought would be worth trying. It was an experiment. We ended up at Startling Studios, which was John Lennon's house when he and Yoko were doing '' Imagine'' and all that. So, it had acres of legendary pathos and meaning for us to be there." Music video The music video for "I See Red" begins with Tim Finn angril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |