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Go West is the debut studio album by the English pop duo Go West, released in April 1985 by Chrysalis Records. The album brought the band into the limelight, scoring them a string of top 40 hits in the UK and New Zealand. "We Close Our Eyes" was the most successful single, reaching No. 4 in New Zealand and No. 5 in the UK. The album itself ...
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[4] [5] The name "Go West" was chosen due to how, at the time, the duo felt that the British public were more attracted to music that came from America rather than their own country (in a similar vein to The British Invasion). [6] Go West had a publishing deal and possessed a portastudio, but lacked a band or recording company. Cox and Drummie ...
"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.
On 7" vinyl, the album version of the song appeared, along with the B-side "Man in My Mirror", which later appeared on the remix album Bangs & Crashes (1986). The 12" vinyl included the extended mix (labelled "The Indiscriminate Mix") along with either the album version of "Call Me" and "Man in My Mirror" on the second side in Europe, or "We Close Our Eyes (Complete Underhang Mix)" in North ...
"True Colours" is a song by British band Go West, released in 1986 as the lead single from their second studio album Dancing on the Couch. It was written by Peter Cox and Richard Drummie, and produced by Gary Stevenson. [2] [3] "True Colours" reached No. 48 in the UK and No. 22 in Ireland. [4] [5]
"Don't Look Down" is a song by the English pop duo Go West, released as a single in 1985. It reached No. 13 in the UK, [2] No. 10 in Ireland, and No. 15 in New Zealand. [3] The song was remixed later that year and released as a new single, under the title "Don't Look Down – The Sequel". [4]
As of 9 September 2014, "Happy" by Pharrell Williams is the most downloaded song in UK music download history. [17] In 2006, McFly became the first band to have two number one singles with "Star Girl" on both the UK Downloads Chart and the UK Singles Chart at the same time. In 2024 Coldplay became the 500th song to top the chart with "We Pray" [18]