Melissa Manchester – You Should Hear How She Talks About You (Australia 12″)
Posted by DjPaulT on December 27th, 2010
BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1982
“You Should Hear How She Talks About You” is a 1982 Top Ten single performed by Melissa Manchester from her album Hey Ricky.
First recorded by Charlie Dore for her 1981 Listen! album, “You Should Hear…” was written by Dean Pitchford and Tom Snow. Arif Mardin who produced Manchester’s recording described the track as “a real departure for Melissa because it has a new wave dance quality and she had been known for her ballads”, Manchester having reached the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 with the ballads “Midnight Blue” (#6) and “Don’t Cry Out Loud” (#10) and the previous Manchester/Mardin collaboration “Theme from Ice Castles” also being a ballad. Mardin continued: “But music is music. You can’t turn your back on new formats or styles.”
“You Should Hear…” reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1982 to become Manchester’s highest charting record. It would also prove to be Manchester’s last Top 40 hit (her 1983 single “Nice Girls” would peak at #42). The track would earn Manchester the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the year 1982, besting nominated performances by Laura Branigan, Juice Newton, Olivia Newton-John, and Linda Ronstadt; Manchester had previously been nominated in that category for the 1979 release “Don’t Cry Out Loud”.
A #10 A/C hit, “You Should Hear…” also gave Manchester a hit in Canada (#5), New Zealand (#20), and Australia (#4). In Australia, it ranked as the #25 single of 1982.
SIDE A:
You Should Hear How She Talks About You (Extended Version) 5:02
Written-By – Dean Pitchford , Tom Snow
SIDE B:
Long Goodbyes (Non-LP Track) 3:02
Written-By – Melissa Manchester
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | “You Should Hear How She Talks About You” | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 5 |
| 1982 | “You Should Hear How She Talks About You” | U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 10 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Arista
Catalog#: X-12011
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Limited Edition
Country: Australia
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Arif Mardin
NOTES:
Side A: Adapted from the Arista Album “Hey Ricky” L37759
Super Single 45 “Limited Edition”
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 20
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 16bit 44kHz using Adobe batch processing
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi PNG format, resized to JPEG format for posting.
PW: burningtheground
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December 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Very cool item – I have a 12″ of “You Should Hear” but it’s different than this one. The one I have isn’t really remixed, as much as it has been re-edited into a longer song (over seven minutes long). I didn’t know there was any sort of “official” remix issued.
Thanks for posting this!
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December 27th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Yessss! I was hoping you would post this sometime. Never heard the extended mix before, but have been wanting to. Can’t wait to hear the DJPT treatment!
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DjPaulT Reply:
December 27th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
hey woz glad you liked it and thank you for the Christmas present.
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December 27th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Thanks Paul … love this song!
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December 28th, 2010 at 4:06 am
Thank You SOOOOO Much for this PaulT! I used to own it (being an Aussie) but I have NO idea what happened to it!
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December 28th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
I love this song so much! Great track from Melissa Manchester!
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December 28th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
Paul, thanks for this rare extended version!
And Melissa’s version is way much better than Charlie’s original.
I remember the Grammys for that year…it was tough competition and anyone could’ve won, but I was really rooting for Livvy. She was snubbed three years in a row!
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December 29th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
thanks for posting this one, another one i’ve never run across! what a great song….
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September 26th, 2011 at 12:03 am
This song reminded me days I going to school 1982 . Thanks Paul.
Hope you can post “Thief of Heart ” too
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April 19th, 2012 at 2:42 pm
I like this song so much [Melissa Manchester – You Should Hear How She Talks About You (Australia 12″)].And I found it for a long time.
Thankyou for your post.But all the link cannot use.
Would you help me,please ?
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