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"The Sound of the Crowd" is a song by the British synth-pop group The Human League. It became the band's commercial breakthrough, reaching #12 on the UK singles chart in May 1981. [ 5 ]
Originally titled "Cum On Hear the Noize", Holder changed the title after recalling one of the band's 1972 UK concerts, where he "felt the sound of the crowd pounding in [his] chest". [15] [16] [17] The song's introduction of Holder shouting "Baby, baby, baby" had just been a microphone test and was not intended for the finished recording. [10]
Each song took a week, with the final drum parts recorded last to tape with all the drum fills in place. [14] The first result of their recording sessions was released in April 1981 entitled "The Sound of the Crowd". The final addition to the band would be Jo Callis, the former guitarist and songwriter of the punk rock band the Rezillos.
The song includes a portion that features the sound of bell ringing for a boxing match, followed by the sound of a restless crowd with someone yelling "throw the bum out!" This was rumored to be taken from an actual concert in 1981 when Prince opened for the Rolling Stones in Los Angeles. Relatively unknown at the time, the crowd booed him off ...
The song was Conley's sixth No. 1 country single, having reached the top spot for one week and spending a total of thirteen weeks on the chart. [1] The song was written by Conley and Randy Scruggs As the fourth single to reach No. 1 from Conley's album Don't Make It Easy for Me , "Angel in Disguise" made Conley the first artist in any genre to ...
It spent 12 weeks in the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, which was well-deserved, because it was (and is) the song for getting a crowd going. Sony Music Entertainment / Via youtube.com
During a sit-down with Diane Sawyer in honor of "The Sound of Music's" 50th anniversary earlier this year, star Julie Andrews revealed she has many fond memories of making the classic film.
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