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"It's Going to Happen!" was performed on Top of the Pops on 7 May 1981, shortly after one of the hunger strikers, Bobby Sands, died. [5] To mark his death, Damian O'Neill performed the song on Top of the Pops wearing a black armband. [6] [7] [8] The Undertones also performed the song on the 21 May 1981 edition of Top of the Pops. [9]
The Undertones "Here Comes the Summer" 34 — — "You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It!)" 32 25 — Non-album single "My Perfect Cousin" 1980 9 9 — Hypnotised "Wednesday Week" 11 — — "It's Going to Happen!" 1981 18 10 49 Positive Touch "Julie Ocean" 41 30 — "When Saturday Comes" [B] — — — "Beautiful Friend" 1982 ...
"Wednesday Week" is the seventh single released by the Undertones. [2] The song was written in December 1979 by the band's rhythm guitarist and principal songwriter, John O' Neill, [3] during a Christmas break the band had taken while recording their second album, Hypnotised.
Although the majority of the songs on Positive Touch were inspired by the same subjects as the songs released upon their two previous albums (generally teenage angst), Positive Touch was the first and only album released by the Undertones to contain songs which drew lyrical inspiration from the Troubles relating to the political and social ...
The Undertones formed in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1974. [12] The band members were five friends from Creggan and the Bogside, who originally drew inspiration from such artists as the Beatles, Small Faces and Lindisfarne [13] and who decided in part to form their own band due to both their common interest in music and the fact that—because of the Troubles—many entertainment venues in the ...
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Zayna Elkarra, a 16-year-old Palestinian American student in San Francisco, visited family in Gaza for the first time in summer 2023. She has since lost more than 100 relatives in the Israeli ...
Seán Feargal Sharkey OBE (born 13 August 1958) is a singer from Northern Ireland.He was the lead vocalist of punk band The Undertones in the 1970s and 1980s and a solo artist in the 1980s and 1990s.