BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986
R E Q U E S T
“Nothing In Common” is a Thompson Twins’ single from 1986 taken from the soundtrack to the movie Nothing In Common starring Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason. It was written by the duo, Alannah Currie and Tom Bailey. The single peaked at #54 in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
SIDE A:
Nothing In Common (7″ Single) 3:30
Revolution (Extended Remix) 6:27
Producer – Nile Rodgers
Written-By – John Lennon/Paul McCartney*
SIDE B:
Nothing In Common (7″ Remix) 4:06
Nothing In Common (Street Mix – Vocal & Instrumental) 6:23
Nothing In Common (Club Mix) 7:39
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Nothing In Common | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #54 |
| 1986 | Nothing In Common | U.S. Billboard Hot dance/Club Play | #38 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Arista – AD1-9519
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop
Credits: Engineer – Owen Davies (tracks: A1, B1 to B3)
Producer – Geoffrey Downes* (tracks: A1, B1 to B3), Tom Bailey
Producer [Additional] – John Morales & Sergio Munzibai (tracks: A1, B1 to B3)
Remix – John Morales & Sergio Munzibai
Technician [Co-ordinator] – Robin Goodfellow (tracks: A1, B1 to B3)
Written-By – Alannah Currie (tracks: A1, B1 to B3), Tom Bailey (tracks: A1, B1 to B3)
NOTES:
From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack “NOTHING IN COMMON”
Another M&M Production
Find The 12″ On DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
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 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
hi dear its possible for re upload? i miss this in flac thanks you advance for all.
Thompson Twins always sounds great…Thanks Paul
I can’t stop listening to this! I have never heard this TT song. It’s absolutely wonderful. Thank you for sharing!
I was the same – found on Youtube and was like – where has this been hiding! Again I was a massive fan back in the day but I guess it just slipped past us in the UK. Better late than never!
I’m in the UK and have had the 12″ for many years. It was / is a great song indeed!
Fantastic stuff, thanks so much. I was a DIEHARD T.Twins fan “back in the day”, and this brings back some bittersweet memories of buying every 12″-variations and promos I could get my hands on. Many many thanks!!
You’re welcome Grebo 🙂
thanks Paul
You’re welcome Omar 🙂
“I guess the single not being released in the UK has something to do with it. ”
I’ve never heard this song until now and I think it was deserving of a UK single release. The chorus is quite catchy. 🙂
As Ric said earlier they did have a really quick drop off in popularity in the UK after The Gap. Looking back whilst Future Days did have those two good singles IMO it was a bit too overproduced and the songs just weren’t up to previous standards. Shame as this track was much better.
Reading an interview from a few years back with Allanah looks like no change of a reunion – no interest at all! (see link below)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/apr/26/homes
Tom seems more mellow now, and not as set against it, despite nixing the idea when asked. Maybe that Jimmy Cauty is a bad influence on her? Ya know, what with burning £1m and all. 😉
If he won’t tour the songs I would at least enjoy him singing again. I’m not the biggest dub fan, but his International Observer discs are pretty good only… It’s dub. Nothing but say pled vocals from everyone BUT Tom.
“We’ve been offered loads of money to re-form, but I’d rather vomit on my boots.”
😀 😀
I went to her chair exhibition and found it both challenging and interesting. As much as I loved TT, I think I prefer her being a modern artist exploring and sharing new ideas.
I’ve always had the most respect for my favourite bands who’ve refused to reform, The Smiths, ABBA, The Housemartins… It just makes the music they made so much more special.
Hey Paul, I love your uploads. Incredible rarities in perfect quality! Thanks for all your hard work….I wonder if you have the 12″ of “Bombers In The Sky” by the TTs? I’ve searched for it for ages….
Thank you Skippystu! Bombers is one that I never bought but I will try to get hold of a copy 🙂
Paul, the Razormaid mix of Bombers In The Sky is great, but I don’t know if you can swing posting that. The US Promo 12″ also has some great mixes too. Just so you know, if you finish off the entire TT and HoJo catalogues here excepting all other requests, I wouldn’t be the only happy boy in town. 🙂 Everyone needs to hear the Mickey D mix of Doctor!, Doctor! from back in 2007. It’s so so good, it sounds like an official “’07” reissue. TT is also the one band I would kill to see back together, and… Read more »
Love Bombers… And This Girls on Fire from that penultimate album.
I checked out the Mickey D mix you mentioned – you’re right – really good! thanks for that
I love this 12” – thank you so much. I was- still am a huge TT fan and was only playing the 12” mixes from here’s to future days cd a couple of days ago. Great stuff!
You’re welcome Wolfie I love Thonpson Twins too. I will try to add more of them to the blog.
Thanks for the rare remixes, Paul.
TT have released a few remix compilations but these are always left out. I guess the single not being released in the UK has something to do with it. By 1986 their stars have already faded in the UK, but they still managed to two more top 40 hits in the US.
The soundtrack is not bad too, and I picked it up at a sale for a dollar back in the 90s.
You’re welcome Ric. I never picked up this soundtrack. I don’t think I ever saw the movie either. It must have been a film that didn’t make a big impact on the box office.
Thank you. I wish Tom Bailey would tour these songs.
You’re welcome Mike C. Yeah that would be great fun 🙂
Of course it finally happened in 2014. I was at the very first show. Atmosphere was electric
Hi – Many thanks for this. I requested a few weeks ago and didn’t expect so soon! Very nice surprise. Hope you like the mixes also!
Regards
You’re welcome Sheryl. Great mixes!
Do you have the UK 7″ version of Revolution by any chance Paul? I believe it has never been released on CD.
No Jermajesty sorry I don’t.
Thanks for the rip, DJPT! I’ll have to remind myself with a listen to this song. I don’t remember it off hand. Love the TT music. Nice to see the site is still going strong!
You’re welcome Woz! It’s been a while nice to see you 🙂
Another high quality rip, my friend! I will be more active again. 🙂