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"Wishful Thinking" is a song by the English new wave band China Crisis, released as the third single from their second studio album Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two (1983). It reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart in early 1984, becoming their only top 10 hit single in their homeland.
Initially a politically charged post-punk band influenced by Brian Eno's ambient soundscapes, China Crisis soon crossed over to a more commercial sound and had success in the United Kingdom in the 1980s with ten top-50 singles, including the top-10 hit "Wishful Thinking", and three albums charting in or just outside the top 20, including ...
Wishful Thinking" was released in December and became the bands first and only Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at No. 9 in January 1984. [9] The fourth and final single " Hanna Hanna " was released in March 1984 with a live version of " African and White " as the B-side, reaching No. 44.
Wishful Thinking: Released: May 1997; Label: Recall 2cd; Formats: 2xCD; Repackaging of Acoustically Yours and Warped by Success — — The Best of China Crisis: Released: September 1998; Label: Purple Pyramid; Formats: CD; US-only release — — The Best Songs of China Crisis: Released: 1999; Label: Eagle; Formats: CD; Australasia and Brazil ...
"Working with Fire and Steel" is a song by the English new wave band China Crisis, released as the second single from their second studio album Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two (1983). It peaked at No. 48 on the UK Singles Chart [2] and at No. 47 in Australia. [3]
Go West, young man. Surely, you’ve heard the phrase before. It’s been in American existence since the mid-1800s, credited to author and newspaper editor Horace Greeley, who, in an 1865 edition ...
"Christian" is a song by English new wave band China Crisis. It was released as a single from their debut studio album Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain (1982) and was the band's first major success on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 12 in February 1983.
"King of Wishful Thinking" (titled "The King of Wishful Thinking" on Chrysalis releases [2]) is a song by British pop duo Go West, written by Peter Cox, Richard Drummie and Martin Page. It was featured in the film Pretty Woman and appeared on its soundtrack. [3] It was later featured on Go West's third studio album, Indian Summer, in 1992.