Turn the Beat Around

16 Jun 2018

Playlist, Friday 15 June 2018

Music

9PM

IN MY HOUSE Mary Jane Girls 1985
EVERYBODY Madonna 1982
ROCK ME AMADEUS (Salieri Mix) Falco 1985
SWEPT AWAY (12″ Mix) Diana Ross 1984
HEAD TO TOE Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam 1987
ONLY IN MY DREAMS (Remix) Debbie Gibson 1986
LOUISE (WE GET IT RIGHT) Jona Lewie 1981
HARMONY Suzy Q 1985
NEED YOU TONIGHT (Ben Liebrand Remix) INXS 1988

10PM

RAPTURE Blondie 1980
WOT! Captain Sensible 1982
TRY MY LOVE ON FOR SIZE Sharon Redd 1980
RUMORS (Shep Pettibone Remix) Timex Social Club 1986
DARE ME (Extended Version) Pointer Sisters 1985
NO FRILLS LOVE Jennifer Holliday 1985
TOGETHER FOREVER (House Of Love Mix) Rick Astley 1988
HOLY WORD (12″ Mix) I’m Talking 1986
SO SMOOTH (Kon Hit N Run Mix) Krystal Davis 1985/2018

A disregarded song when it comes to Diana Ross’s back catalogue, but Swept Away is a gem and was lifted from the LP with the same name in 1984. The track was written by Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oats) with a banging 12″ Remix being provided by Arthur Baker.

Austrian Superstar Falco became a global sensation in the early 80s with his track Der Komissar and cemented that status again in 85 with the funk driven, rap song Rock Me Amadeus. Having sold in excess of 20 million albums, Falco reigns as Austria’s best selling act of all time. He died in 1998 as a result of a car accident.