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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 single was released on 5 July 1980 and peaked at #11 on the UK Singles Chart three weeks later, making the song the band's second highest charting single. [ 4 ] Wednesday Week was the Undertones' final single to be released on the Sire label before the band left the label in December 1980.
Positive Touch is a 1981 album by the Undertones.The album, the third to be released by the band and the last to be produced by Roger Bechirian, was recorded between January and February 1981 at Wisseloord studios in The Netherlands. [7]
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 ...
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 ...
The song was the fifth single released by the Undertones. According to bassist Michael Bradley, when John O'Neill first demonstrated this song to his bandmates, "our jaws dropped to the ground. It was brilliant". [7] The band first played the song live at Oscar's Disco in Derry in the late summer of 1979, prior to its release as a single. [8]
The Undertones is the 1979 debut album by the Undertones. The album was recorded at Eden Studios in Acton, West London in January 1979 and was released in May that year. [ 5 ] The original release included just one single release: " Jimmy Jimmy " and an album version of " Here Comes the Summer ", which was never released as a single.
The song was the sixth single released by the Undertones, and the first single to be written by Damian O'Neill and Michael Bradley. [7] The music video to the song was largely filmed at the home of the O'Neill brothers, and was directed by Julien Temple. [8] The song was performed on Top of the Pops on two occasions: 10 April and 24 April 1980 ...