BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1985
“King For A Day” is a 1985 song by the British band the Thompson Twins. It was released as the third single from the band’s fifth album Here’s To Future Days.
It was written by Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie, and Joe Leeway. The single peaked at #22 in the UK, spending six weeks on the chart and would be the band’s final UK Top 40 hit. The single fared better in America where it peaked at #8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and also peaked at #13 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
The B-side, “Rollunder”, was exclusive to this single with two versions; a shorter 7″ version and an extended version. It is a variation of the band’s song “Roll Over”, which was planned for release as a single earlier in 1985 but withdrawn from sale at the last moment.
SIDE A:
King For A Day (Extended Mix) 8:02
Edited By [Re-Edit] – Tom Bailey
SIDE B:
Rollunder (Extended Version) 6:44
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | King For A Day | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #8 |
| 1985 | King For A Day | U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary | #13 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Arista – TWINS 127
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: Oct 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Art Direction – Alannah*
Artwork, Design – Andie Airfix, Satori (14)
Photography By – Rebecca Blake (2)
Producer – Nile Rodgers, Tom Bailey
Written-By – Alannah Currie, Joe Leeway, Tom Bailey
NOTES:
Taken from the album/cassette: “HERE’S TO FUTURE DAYS”
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
I just wanted to say thank you for all the amazing music that you unselfishly share. I don’t usually comment but I had to express my gratitude to you especially after you have been dealing with some serious issues and a few days later you are back with more great music. Thank you again, and most importantly, it’s great to know that you are in good health, and I’m sure that everyone here feels the same way.
Thank you Dan I appreciate the love so very much. The only way to get through difficult times is to bounce back stronger than before 🙂
Thank you. Here’s to future posts!
Thompson Twins are awesome and King For A Day is pure class!
This is one of my favourite TT tracks. I remember this campaign being awesome – it even had three different music videos.
A rip of the 2x12inch USA Promo for Come Inside would be amazing – all the mixes are great and some are exclusive to this format only.
As someone else has already said, Sugar Daddy would be great…
In fact ANY TT would be great!
Thanks loads!
🙂
You’re welcome AnthonyC I will see what I can do for future posts 🙂
wow thanks you so much great gift before my birthays
You’re welcome janick happy birthday 🙂
Oh joy! Never too much Thompson Twins. Many thanks, Paul.
You’re welcome Neil 🙂
Thank you Paul. I have the Edsel 2cd Here’s To Future Days which has all the remixes. But once again your vinyl mixes are the best!
Yeah I thought that the CD versions sounded a bit flat hopefully with the vinyl you can hear all of the music as it was intended especially in 24bit 🙂
Thanks Paul,
for another great choice!
Any chance to have “Sugar Daddy” (US release)
in your audio-quality?
All the best.😊
Yes I do have it BE.D12” hopefully I will get to it soon 🙂
Thanks for this excellent TT post!
And Paul, have you heard about the upcoming Edsel release? It’s a massive box set of DOA. You’d certainly be thrilled….
Yes I ordered it last night very exciting let’s hope that they do a good job on the mastering. They have not mentioned wether they used original master tapes.
Edsel did a perfect job on their previous reissues (no brickwall mastering), and they always use the first generation master tapes. No need to worry, I think.
I hope the DVD’s are region free that would be nice I know they are on the Banannarama re-issues.
Excellent to have this Paul, especially for its B-side. Thank you for always surprising and delighting us all with only the best!! Awesome!!
Jeff
Thank you Jeff 🙂