Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"Church of the Poison Mind" is a 1983 hit single by the British new wave band Culture Club. It was released as the lead single from their second, and most successful, album Colour by Numbers . The song reached #2 in the United Kingdom , being kept out of the top spot by David Bowie 's " Let's Dance ". [ 2 ]
Boy George drops the cryptic self-mythology long enough to deliver a tender, heartfelt lyric on lost love." [5] In 2022, Rolling Stone ranked it the 10th best song of 1982 on their list "100 Best Songs of 1982". [2]
The first single, "Church of the Poison Mind", featuring backing vocalist Helen Terry, reached the UK and US Top 10. The second single, " Karma Chameleon ", gave the band their biggest hit, hitting No. 1 in the UK (the band's second chart-topper there), where it became the best-selling single of 1983 and has sold 1.5 million copies there to ...
"Church of the Poison Mind" reached number two in the UK, and went top 10 in the US, Canada, Australia and many European countries. " Miss Me Blind " was released in North America, South America, Japan, and Australia to great success (top five in the US and Canada), " It's A Miracle " became a top 10 or top 20 hit in several markets.
Helen Terry (born 25 May 1956) [1] is a British singer and television producer, known for her backing vocal work with Culture Club.As a solo performer, she scored a Top 40 hit single in 1984 with "Love Lies Lost", [2] and released one album in 1986, Blue Notes.
47. "The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work.” – Vince Lombardi. 48. "Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of ...
"Karma Chameleon" is a song by English band Culture Club, featured on the group's 1983 album Colour by Numbers. The single was released in the United Kingdom in September 1983 [6] and became the second Culture Club single to reach the top of the UK singles chart, after "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me".
The B-side of the 7-inch single is a live rendition of "Love Twist", a song from the group's first album. It was recorded in December 1983. An additional live track, "Melting Pot" (a cover of the song by the group Blue Mink), from the same show was available on the 12-inch single.