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Nukleopatra
''Nukleopatra'' is the sixth studio album from British synth-pop band Dead or Alive, first released in Japan in 1995 by Epic Records. ''Nukleopatra'' was subsequently issued by several different labels in different territories, with varying track listings, timings and artwork. Production In the early-1990s, Burns and Coy signed with Pete Waterman's PWL Records and work was started on new tracks co-written and produced by Mike Stock. The sessions were aborted when Stock abruptly quit over his dissatisfaction with his share of publishing royalties on the new material. Work on new material recommenced at PWL with Barry Stone taking over co-production duties and the project now funded by Sony Japan. The first release was a cover version of David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel", released as a single under the name ''International Chrysis'' – named after the late transsexual nightclub performer. An initial version of the track, featuring new lyrics written by Burns, was blocked by Bowie – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Burns
Peter Jozzeppi Burns (5 August 1959 – 23 October 2016) was an English singer, songwriter and television personality who formed the band Dead or Alive (band), Dead or Alive in 1980 during the New wave music, new wave era and was the band's lead vocalist. Dead or Alive sold over 17 million albums and 36 million singles worldwide, and their 1985 hit "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" was produced by the trio Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) and became their first UK No. 1 Hit song, hit single. Dead or Alive's first three albums all reached the UK Top 30, with ''Youthquake (album), Youthquake'' reaching the Top 10. Additionally, the band had seven UK Top 40 singles, two US Top 20 singles and another two singles which went to No. 1 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. In 2016, ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine ranked Dead or Alive as one of the most successful dance artists of all time. Dead or Alive's debut album, ''Sophisticated Boom Boom'', was released in 1984 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex Drive (Dead Or Alive Song)
"Sex Drive" is a song by British band Dead or Alive from their 1995 album ''Nukleopatra''. The single was a minor hit in Australia, where it peaked at No. 52 in March 1997. The song was originally released by Glam in 1994, with Burns as a guest vocalist, but it was re-recorded and remixed for the album. Track listing CD single Japan 1995 # "Sex Drive" - 6:39 # "Rebel Rebel" - 4:18 Australia 1997 # "Sex Drive" (Radio Edit) – 4:22 # "Sex Drive" (Sugar Pumpers Radio Extended Mix) – 5:55 # "Sex Drive" (Album Version) – 5:13 # "What I Want" – 5:25 CD maxi Australia # "Sex Drive" (Peewee's Radio Mix) – 4:09 # "Sex Drive" (Peewee's Extended Remix) – 9:35 # "Sex Drive" (Sugar Pumpers Radio Extended Mix) – 5:54 # "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" is a song by the English pop band Dead or Alive, featured on their second studio album, '' Youthquake'' (1985). Released as a single in November 1984 by Epic Records, it reached No. 1 on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fan The Flame (Part 1)
''Fan the Flame (Part 1)'' is the fifth studio album from English band Dead or Alive, released in 1990. Epic Records released ''Fan the Flame (Part 1)'' in Japan only, after its international release was cancelled for an unknown reason. The album remained an exclusive release in Japan until 2016. The album marked a change in the band's musical style with more melancholic lyrics and a different vocal style from Burns. The background vocals on "Total Stranger" were performed by British pop group Londonbeat and the London Community Gospel Choir provided backing vocals for "Unhappy Birthday". A follow-up album, '' Fan the Flame (Part 2)'', also began recording in 1990 but, following the cancelled worldwide release of ''Part 1'', was abandoned until posthumous completion in 2021. Several of the songs from both ''Part 1'' and ''Part 2'' were re-recorded and remixed for the band's following album ''Nukleopatra''. The track "My Love's on the Line" was also recorded for the album and per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Or Alive (band)
Dead or Alive were an English Pop music, pop band who released seven studio albums from 1984 to 2000. The band formed in 1979 in Liverpool and found success in the mid-1980s, releasing seven singles that made the UK Top 40 and three albums in the UK Top 30. At the peak of their success, the line-up consisted of Pete Burns (vocals), Steve Coy (drums), Mike Percy (bass), and Tim Lever (keyboards), with the core pair of Burns and Coy writing and producing for the remainder of the band's career due to Percy and Lever exiting the group in 1989. Following Burns' death on October 23, 2016, the remaining members chose to disband Dead or Alive. Two of the band's singles reached the US Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100: "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (No. 11 in August 1985), and "Brand New Lover" (No. 15 in March 1987). "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" peaked at No. 1 for two weeks in 1985 in the UK, then charted again in 2006 following Burns's app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fragile (Dead Or Alive Album)
''Fragile'' is an album released by British band Dead or Alive (band), Dead or Alive in 2000. The album was originally only released in Japan by independent record company Avex Trax. The album remained an exclusive release in this territory until 2016. With thirteen tracks, the album contains some new material as well as re-recordings of previous songs. Also included is a cover of U2's song "Even Better Than the Real Thing", which had previously appeared on a U2 tribute album. In 2001, Dead or Alive released the remix album ''Unbreakable (Dead or Alive album), Unbreakable'', containing further remixes of songs from ''Fragile''. Track listing #"Hit and Run Lover" – 4:42 #"Turn Around & Count 2 Ten" – 5:17 * #"Something in My House" – 4:01 * #"Even Better Than the Real Thing 2000" – 3:07 #"I Paralyze" – 5:55 #"Isn't It a Pity?" – 4:45 #"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" – 6:05 * #"Just What I Always Wanted" – 5:16 #"My Heart Goes Bang" – 5:05 * #"Lover Come Back t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" is a song by the English pop band Dead or Alive, featured on their second studio album, '' Youthquake'' (1985). Released as a single in November 1984 by Epic Records, it reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in March 1985, taking 17 weeks to get there. It was the first UK No. 1 hit by the Stock Aitken Waterman production trio. On the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, it peaked at No. 11 on 17 August of that year, becoming their highest-charting single there. The song also reached No. 1 in Ireland and in Canada, while in Australia it peaked at No. 3 and it charted highly in numerous European countries. Its music video was directed by Vaughan Arnell and Anthea Benton. In 2003, '' Q'' ranked the song at number 981 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever", in 2005 ''Blender'' listed it at number 289 on its ranking of "Greatest Songs Since You Were Born", and in 2015 it was voted by the British public as the nation's 17th-favourite 1980s number one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Coy
Dead or Alive were an English pop band who released seven studio albums from 1984 to 2000. The band formed in 1979 in Liverpool and found success in the mid-1980s, releasing seven singles that made the UK Top 40 and three albums in the UK Top 30. At the peak of their success, the line-up consisted of Pete Burns (vocals), Steve Coy (drums), Mike Percy (bass), and Tim Lever (keyboards), with the core pair of Burns and Coy writing and producing for the remainder of the band's career due to Percy and Lever exiting the group in 1989. Following Burns' death on October 23, 2016, the remaining members chose to disband Dead or Alive. Two of the band's singles reached the US Top 20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100: "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (No. 11 in August 1985), and " Brand New Lover" (No. 15 in March 1987). "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" peaked at No. 1 for two weeks in 1985 in the UK, then charted again in 2006 following Burns's appearance on the television r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurodance
Eurodance (sometimes referred to as Euro-NRG) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s in Europe. It combines many elements of Hip-hop, rap, techno and Eurodisco. This genre of music is heavily influenced by the use of rich vocals, sometimes with Rapping, rapped verses. This, combined with cutting-edge synthesizers, strong Bass (sound), bass rhythm and melodic Hook (music), hooks, establishes the core foundation of Eurodance music. History Background Eurodance music originated in the late 1980s in central Europe, especially in Germany, where rave parties were becoming popular. By 1987, a German party scene was started, based on the well established Chicago house sound and Belgian new beat. The following year saw acid house making a significant impact on popular consciousness in Germany and central Europe as it had in England. In 1989, German DJs Westbam and Dr. Motte established the Ufo (Club, Berlin), Ufo Club, an illegal party venue, and co-founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Albums
1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government no longer providing public funding, marking the beginning of the Information Age. America Online and Prodigy (online service), Prodigy offered access to the World Wide Web system for the first time this year, releasing browsers that made it easily accessible to the general public. Events January * January 1 ** The World Trade Organization (WTO) is established to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). ** Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union. * January 9 – Valeri Polyakov completes 366 days in space while aboard then ''Mir'' space station, breaking a duration record. * January 10–January 15, 15 – The World Youth Day 1995 festival is held in Manila, Manila, Philippines, culminating in 5 million people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahasz
Hungarian Recording Industry Association (Hungarian: ''Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége'', more commonly abbreviated to MAHASZ or Mahasz) is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. MAHASZ issues the Hungarian Music Awards, awards music recording certification and maintains the music charts for Hungary. Charts Mahasz runs the following weekly charts: * Album Top 40 * Radio Top 40 * Editor's Choice Top 40 * Hungarian Radio Top 40 * Dance Top 40 * Single Top 40 * Stream Top 40 Certification levels Since 1 January 2018, MAHASZ combined all music recording certification into one combined "album" certifications, which includes albums and singles of all genres and origins. For Gold status an album needs to sell 2,000 units and for Platinum 4,000 units, where ten singles are counted as one album. The certification also includes streaming at a rate of 1,000 paid streams or 5,000 free streams per album. Certification levels history Certifications have existed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Destri
Jimmy Destri (born James Mollica, April 13, 1954) is an American musician, and the original and longest-serving keyboardist for the band Blondie. Background Destri is of Italian descent. His father was a novelist who also wrote screenplays and eventually advertising copy to support his family while his mother was a housewife. He has a sister, Donna Destri, who is also a singer and did backing vocals for Blondie and Jimmy's own solo record. Destri grew up in Borough Park, Brooklyn, and was raised in his grandmother's house. His uncle played drums for Joey Dee and the Starlighters. He attended Catholic schools and went to Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School, but dropped out to form his first band. He played keyboards in the rock band Blondie, and was one of the principal songwriters for the band along with Chris Stein and Debbie Harry. He rejoined Blondie in 1997. Destri ceased touring with the band in 2004, but remained an official member for several more years. After he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Stein
Christopher Stein (born January 5, 1950) is an American musician and songwriter known as the co-founder and guitarist of the new wave band Blondie. He is also a producer and performer for the classic soundtrack of the hip hop film '' Wild Style'', and writer of the soundtrack for the film '' Union City'', as well as an accomplished photographer. Music upStein performing with Blondie in 2011 In 1973, Stein became the guitarist of the Stillettoes and began a romantic relationship with Debbie Harry, one of the singers. In the summer of 1974, Stein, Harry, and the band's rhythm section left to start their own group which they eventually called Blondie. They soon became fixtures in the punk and new wave scene centered around CBGB and Max's Kansas City, and by the end of the decade achieved international stardom. Blondie broke up in 1982, but reformed in 1997 and has been active off and on ever since. In addition to being the sole writer of the Blondie song " Sunday Girl", S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
