I hope you enjoyed the block of Pseudo Echo singles over the past couple of weeks. It was fun for me to work on these records, some of which I had not listened to in quite a while. Pseudo Echo deserves more attention, for sure. I will be doing more artist spotlights now and then in the future. If that is something you guys like, let me know in the comments.
I have had a few things going on this week, including appointments and some work going on at my house, so today I will not be posting. I will be back next week as usual with a whole new week of posts. In the meantime, I hope you all have a fantastic weekend.
“Don’t Go” is a song by Australian pop group Pseudo Echo. The song was released in October 1985 as the lead single from their second studio album, Love An Adventure (1985). The song became the band’s second top-five single, reaching number 4 on the Australian Kent Music Report.
In the United States, the song was not released as a single early pressings of the U.S. edition of the RCA LP “Love An Adventure” contained “Don’t Go” instead of “Funkytown” (a.k.a. “Funky Town”). The record company soon regretted this decision and allowed people who bought this version to exchange it for a reissue with “Funkytown” on it.
this is the only Australia 12″ single I have not yet posted.
NEW 2024 Transfer NEW Meticulous Audio Restoration
Originally posted May 10, 2011
Artist spotlight PSEUDO ECHO!
“Funkytown” is a song originally recorded by American disco-funk group Lipps Inc., released in 1980.
In 1986, “Funkytown” was covered by Australian new wave band Pseudo Echo in rock form, including a guitar solo in the middle. It reached number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 and spent seven weeks at number one in Australia. Like Lipps Inc., it is Pseudo Echo’s only US Top 40 hit single.
For the U.S. market, four exclusive promo-only remixes were commissioned by RCA Records and mixed by Chicago DJ/Producer Steve “Silk” Hurley, and New York City DJ/Producer Freddy Bastone, helping to push the single to #4 on the Billboard Dance Chart.
“Listening” is the debut single from Australian pop group Pseudo Echo. The song was originally released in November 1983 as the lead single from their debut album Autumnal Park (1984). The song peaked at number 4 on the Australian Kent Music Report.
Following the international success of “Funky Town”, a remixed version of “Listening” was released in 1987 for the movie “North Shore” starring Nia Peeples.
Additionally, the remixed 1987 version was not included on the Australian release of the album Love An Adventure but on the U.S. release.
++The remixes here are exclusive to the United States, and the “Dancing Berry Mix” is exclusive to this promo. I have posted the U.S. 12″ of “Listening” in the past (2017) which included all of the mixes here except the “Dancing Berry Mix” These are all 2024 new transfers.
The labels incorrectly say Side A and C.
SIDE A: Listening (Dancing Koala Bear Mix) 4:21
Mixed By – Pseudo Echo
