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"Broken Wings" is a 1985 song recorded by American pop rock band Mr. Mister. It was released in June 1985 as the lead single from their second album Welcome to the Real World . The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1985, where it remained for two weeks.
It ends with the previously unreleased song entitled "Waiting in My Dreams" (which was originally intended for Pull, an album that would go unreleased until 2010). All the tracks are single edits and are remastered from the original recordings.
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Welcome to the Real World is the second studio album by American pop rock band Mr. Mister, released on June 20, 1985, by RCA Records.Two singles from the album, "Broken Wings" and "Kyrie", topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, while "Is It Love" peaked at number eight.
Most contemporary hit songs came from America in the early 1950s; however, "Broken Wings" originated in the UK, having been first published by the John Fields Music Company in London on 26 February 1952. [3] As such, it was the first British song to be a UK number one hit. [1]
Long after their dissolution, the band was referred to in the song "Hey, Soul Sister" by Train, with the line "Ain't that Mr. Mister on the radio, stereo?" [citation needed] On May 16, 2023 (Richard Page's 70th birthday), all four members of Mr. Mister performed "Broken Wings" together, their first performance together in over 34 years. [8]
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The song was very successful and was a big contributor to the album going 4x Platinum. The song features R.L. Huggar from the R&B group Next. An alternate version features Mr. Mister's lead singer and bassist Richard Page on vocals and bass. The music video for the song contains a compilation of unreleased footage of Shakur.