Interesting to hear the two versions side by side!
For the record, the Soft Cell version was released in 1981. Four years later, and here's another song that was inescapable if you lived in the UK in 1985:-
And yes, this is also a cover version of a song, this time by Randy Crawford. Is that what the 80s were best at? Putting a modern gloss on older material?
__________________
"Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953
|