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Agnetha Fältskog – Can’t Shake Loose (Special AOR Remix) (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

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“Can’t Shake Loose” is a 1983 song from former ABBA star Agnetha Fältskog’s solo album, Wrap Your Arms Around Me. It was the third single release in Europe and the first to be issued in the United States.

The song was written by Russ Ballard, who also wrote the successful “I Know There’s Something Going On” for Agnetha’s former ABBA colleague Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida).

“Can’t Shake Loose” proved rather successful on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where an Edited Remix of the song broke into the Top 30 peaking at #29 in November 1983. As usual, Fältskog made only limited promotion, but she did travel across the Atlantic from Sweden in August 1983 to appear on American television. “Can’t Shake Loose” also performed well in Canada, where it reached #26. In the UK and Australia, however, the track proved less successful, reaching #63 and #76, respectively.

In North America a remix was used as the single version while in Europe the album version was used.

SIDE A:
Can’t Shake Loose (Special AOR Remix) 3:15

SIDE B:
Can’t Shake Loose (Special AOR Remix) 3:15

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1983 Can’t Shake Loose U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #29

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Polydor ‎– PRO 216-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Pop, Rock
Style: Soft Rock
Credits: Producer – Mike Chapman
Remix – Rob Freeman
Written-By – Russ Ballard

NOTES:
From the Polydor LP:
“WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND ME”

Promotional Copy Not For Sale
Plays same track both sides.

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Device – Hanging On A Heart Attack (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

Device was a short-lived L.A. basedpop-rock trio formed by keyboardist, bassist and vocalist Holly Knight, vocalist Paul Engemann and guitarist Gene Black.

Device’s only album, 22B3, was released in the spring of 1986. It produced a Top 40 single in the U.S. with “Hanging on a Heart Attack,” which entered the Billboard Top 40 on August 2, 1986. The single spent 4 weeks on the chart peaking at #35.

SIDE A:
Hanging On A Heart Attack (Dance Mix) 7:28

SIDE B:
Hanging On A Heart Attack (Dub Version) 6:35
Hanging On A Heart Attack (Short Version) 4:26

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

CHARTS:

Year Single Chart Position
1986 Hanging On A Heart Attack U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #35

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis – 4V9 43007
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave
Credits: Engineer [Assistant] – Tony Masciarotte
Engineer [Mix] – Michael Hutchinson
Producer – Mike Chapman
Remix – John “Jellybean” Benitez
Written-By – H. Knight*, M. Chapman*

NOTES:
From the Chrysalis album “22B3”

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Bow Wow Wow – Love, Peace And Harmony (US 12″ Promo)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1983

I Want Candy, and to a lesser extent Go Wild in the Country!, and Do You Wanna Hold Me? may be well known singles among new wave fans, but Bow Wow Wow’s 1983 single “Love, Peace and Harmony” is a bit more obscure. In fact, I the single only made it to the promo satge and did not have any chart impact.

“Love, Peace And Harmony” was taken from the bands third and final album “When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going”.

SIDE A:
Love, Peace And Harmony  4:21

SIDE B:
Love, Peace And Harmony 2:51

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: RCA – JD-13595
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1983
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Wave
Credits: Remix – Ivan Ivan, Kurt Munkacsi
Producer – Mike Chapman

NOTES:
From the “When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going” album.

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Device – Who Says (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986

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“Who Says” was the second single lifted from the album22B3  a classic AOR (Adult Oriented Rock) track produced by Mike Chapman. The single peaked at #79 on the hot 100.

After Device disbanded, Holly Knight released a 1988 self-titled solo album featuring the single “Heart Don’t Fail Me Now” and her own version of “Love Is a Battlefield,” which she had written for Benatar, and continued writing songs for other performers.

Paul Engemann, who previously sang on soundtrack cuts produced by Giorgio Moroder, joined Animotion. He took over for the original lead singer, Bill Wadhams, and sang opposite Cynthia Rhodes on Animotion’s 1989 Top Ten hit “Room to Move.” Coincidentally, Knight had recorded the original version of Animotion’s biggest hit, “Obsession,” as a duet with Michael Des Barres; the two co-wrote the song, which appeared on the soundtrack to the 1983 film A Night in Heaven.

SIDE A:
Who Says (Dance Mix) 6:38

SIDE B:
Who Says (Dub Version) 7:15

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

CHARTS:

Year Single Chart Position
1986 Who Says U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #79

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis – 4V9 43067
Format: Vinyl, 12″
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Producer – Mike Chapman
Remix – Michael H. Brauer
Written-By – H. Knight*, Mike Chapman (tracks: M. Chapman)

NOTES:
Remixed for MHB Productions.
Original version on the “22B3” LP #BFV 41526

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