Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Run The World (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

“Everybody Wants to Run the World” is a re-recording of the song “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, originally written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley and Chris Hughes of the British band Tears for Fears and featured on the band’s 1985 second LP Songs from the Big Chair.

The re-jigged single was released in 1986 to promote the Sport Aid campaign, a charitable event held to raise money for famine relief in Africa. It was a success in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band’s sixth top 5 hit, peaking at #5 in June 1986. The song also reached #4 in Ireland.

“…to get Bob Geldof off our backs! He gave us so much gip for not turning up at Live Aid. All those millions of people dying, it was our fault. I felt terrible. I tell you, I know how Hitler must have felt.”
—Roland Orzabal, on why the song was re-recorded

The new song was meant to be included on the 2006 remaster of Songs from the Big Chair, but was mistakenly replaced by a repetition of the album version (incorrectly labeled as the ‘7″ version’ (such a version does not exist)); the album’s liner notes confirm this.

SIDE A:
Everybody Wants To Run The World 4:32

SIDE AA:
Everybody Wants To Run The World (Running Version) 4:32

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Mercury – RACE 112
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 31 May 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Mastered By – ARUN*
Producer [Original Versions] – Chris Hughes
Written-By – Hughes*, Stanley*, Orzabal*

NOTES:
Re-recorded versions of ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World’ released in association with the ‘Band Aid Trust’ to raise money towards the ‘Sport Aid’ appeal in 1985.

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March 20, 2012

Cher – I Found Someone (UK 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

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“I Found Someone” is the name of a chart single originally written and composed for Laura Branigan by Michael Bolton and Touch keyboardist Mark Mangold. The song was a bigger hit for Cher in 1987, reaching the Top 10.

The most successful version was released by American singer/actress Cher as the first U.S. and European single from her nineteenth album, “Cher” and was released on November 19, 1987 by Geffen.

The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart in November 1987 at number 91 and peaked at number five in January 1988 and spent thirteen weeks in the chart.

Part of a much-heralded musical comeback at the height of her movie career, a big-budget music video featured the singer-actress with her then-boyfriend Rob Camilletti. The couple were a big story in the tabloids at the time, as he was seventeen years her junior, and the video was the aspiring actor’s debut. The video was in heavy rotation on MTV and Cher’s version went to #10 in the U.S. and to #5 in the UK. An alternative concert video features Cher in a dress that was also used in The Black Rose Show in 1980.

“I Found Someone” began a three-album association with Bolton and Cher’s other contributors, including Branigan alumnus Diane Warren as well as Jon Bon Jovi and future boyfriend Richie Sambora, and their song-writing partner Desmond Child.

SIDE A:
I Found Someone (Ext. Version) 4:03
Engineer – Michael Christopher (2)
Mixed By – David Thoener
Producer – Michael Bolton
Written-By – Mark Mangold, Michael Bolton

SIDE B:
Dangerous Times 3:00
Producer – Peter Asher
Written-By – Ellen Schwartz, Roger Bruno, Susan Pomerantz

I Found Someone 3:41
Engineer – Michael Christopher (2)
Mixed By – David Thoener
Producer – Michael Bolton
Written-By – Mark Mangold, Michael Bolton

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	I Found Someone	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#10
1987	I Found Someone	U.S. Billboard US Hot Adult Contemporary Chart	#33

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Geffen Records – GEF 31T
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1987
Genre: Rock
Style: Soft Rock, Pop Rock
Credits: Art Direction, Design – Gabrielle Raumberger
Photography By – Matthew Rolston

NOTES:
Both tracks from the album “CHER”

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March 19, 2012

Paul McCartney – Ou Est Le Soleil? (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989

“Ou est le Soleil?” which means “Where Is The Sun?” is less a 12” single, and more a 12”, double sided B-side. “Ou est le Soleil” is also the B-side on the late-80’s McCartney single “Figure of Eight”. This 12″ features remixes by the legendary Shep Pettibone with production by Stephen Lipson and Trevor Horn. The original version of “Ou est le Soleil?” can be found on the LP “Flowers In The Dirt”.

“Ou est le Soleil?” peaked at #10 on the US Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart on December 21, 1989.

You may not be familiar with this track but give it a few listens I am sure you will grow to really enjoy it. This is one of those occasions that really makes me proud of “Burning The Ground” because I love giving new life to tracks that many people are not aware of. Enjoy!

SIDE A:
Ou Est Le Soleil? (Shep Pettibone Remix) 7:02

SIDE B:
Ou Est Le Soleil? (Tub Dub Mix) 4:27
Ou Est Le Soleil? (Instrumental Mix) 4:25

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	Ou Est Le Soleil?	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play	#10

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Capitol Records – V-15499
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: House
Credits: Producer – Paul McCartney, Stephen Lipson, Trevor Horn
Remix, Producer [Additional Production] – Shep Pettibone

NOTES:
Original version on the LP “Flowers In The Dirt”

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March 14, 2012

Julian Lennon – Too Late For Goodbyes (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984

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“Too Late for Goodbyes” is the first single (second in the US) from Julian Lennon’s 1984 album Valotte. It was produced by Phil Ramone and featured the harmonica of Jean “Toots” Thielemans, and it was a top-ten hit in the UK and the US, reaching number six in the UK Singles Chart in November 1984, and number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in late March 1985.

“Too Late for Goodbyes” peaked at number one on the US Adult Contemporary chart in 1985, spending two weeks at the top of this chart. The music video for the song was directed by Sam Peckinpah.

SIDE A:
Too Late For Goodbyes (Vocal/Extended Special Mix) 5:55
Engineer [Original] – Bradshaw Leigh
Remix – Steve Thompson
Remix, Engineer – Michael Barbiero

SIDE B:
Too Late For Goodbyes (Vocal/Short Version)) 3:31
Let Me Be (Vocal/LP Version) 2:05

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint (company)

CHARTS:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1985	Too Late For Goodbyes	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#5
1985	Too Late For Goodbyes	U.S. Billboard US Hot Adult Contemporary Chart	#1
1984	Too Late For Goodbyes	U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	#11
1985	Too Late For Goodbyes	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play	#14

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Atlantic – 0-86899
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Pop, Rock
Style: Soft Rock, Pop Rock
Credits: Producer – Phil Ramone
Written-By – Julian Lennon

NOTES:
Versions of Atlantic LP 80184 “Valotte”

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