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The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way [7" Single Edit]
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1986's T. Houston's remake for smash-hit "Don't Leave Me This Way" By The Communards. Better than the original?...you're choose!
Review.- Communards were a British pop duo formed in 1985 after singer Jimmy Somerville left his earlier band Bronski Beat to team up with classically-trained musician Richard Coles. Though mainly a pianist, Coles played a number of instruments and had been seen previously performing the clarinet solos on the Bronski Beat hit "It Ain't Necessarily So." Also with Dave Renwick, bass player, who also played with Bronski Beat. Jimmy was well-known for his falsetto singing style, and the fact that he was openly gay.
The band had their first UK Top 30 hit in 1985 with the piano-based single "You Are My World." The following year they had their biggest hit with an energetic cover version of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes' soul classic "Don't Leave Me This Way" (in a version inspired by Thelma Houston's cover) which spent four weeks at number one and became the UK's biggest selling single of 1986 and also, that one song was a really success on Club/Dance charts around the world (reached number one on US Dance charts and number fourty at Hot 100 singles on early 1987). It featured Sarah Jane Morris as a co-vocalist.
Later that year The Communards had another UK Top 10 hit with the single "So Cold the Night." In 1987 they released an album called Red, which featured a cover version of the Jackson 5's hit "Never Can Say Goodbye" (in a version inspired by Gloria Gaynor's cover), which the Communards took to Number 4.
They split in 1988 and Somerville began a solo career. Coles followed his christian leanings and, after spells as a journalist for the Times Literary Supplement and Catholic Herald, is now the vicar at St Botolph's (The Stump) in Boston, Lincolnshire.
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| Simply dance music ... ( 3 weeks ago by tessawessawoo) |
| Simply dance music at its best...... love it! |
| The lead singer ... ( 3 weeks ago by H1REN) |
| The lead singer looks like the now dead Max Branning from Eastenders LOL |
| LOVE IT! ( 3 weeks ago by littlemorella) |
| LOVE IT! |
| This truely is ONE ... ( 3 weeks ago by RogerSales) |
| This truely is ONE OF THE BEST! Vocals, beat, keyboard, tempo! One of my TOP songs and always great to hear! |
| Thanks for posting ... ( 3 weeks ago by I7emon) |
| Thanks for posting this |
| bring back the 80's ... ( 2 weeks ago by fenixmaker) |
| bring back the 80's YEAH!! |
| this is one of the ... ( 2 weeks ago by winespiller) |
| this is one of the videos Ive been looking a long time 4 from early days MTV this one caught my eye ,along with souxie & the banshees..{kiss them 4 me} & live life {the kinks} |
| ok....just to clear ... ( 2 weeks ago by Smunki666) |
| ok....just to clear this up....is the woman hes singing with a man or a woman? because at the side it says "Richard Coles" im so confused lmao |
| The intro of this ... ( 1 week ago by omabuub) |
| The intro of this song is so damn superduper awesome !!! xD like it big time. Just had to share mine opinion on this point with you guys :p |
| Great voice. ( 1 week ago by witchy2k1) |
| Great voice. |
| qualilty song ( 1 week ago by SUMMERBREEZE123) |
| qualilty song |
| lol ( 1 week ago by swiple) |
| lol |
| fantastic song ( 1 week ago by trideltaflystar) |
| fantastic song |
| is that alison ... ( 1 week ago by ilvadel) |
| is that alison moyet? |
| Ilvadel:please read ... ( 1 week ago by mapetite46) |
| Ilvadel:please read the note on the right - the second singer is Sarah Jane Morris! |
| I have finally ... ( 1 week ago by johnvannewhouse) |
| I have finally figured it out: the bad guy in the video looks like the monopoly guy if he was an agent of the gestapo - sans top hat! |
| je to chalan alebo ... ( 1 week ago by Hossa29) |
| je to chalan alebo baba ale inak velmi dobré |
| When I was little, ... ( 1 week ago by jadrola) |
| When I was little, i've been thinkink that song was apsolutely fantastic. Today my opinion is the same. |
| great song, i sure ... ( 1 week ago by novagasser) |
| great song, i sure miss the 80s, ahhh to be young again. gay or not gay jimmy can sing his ass off, and anybody that doesnt think sarah jane is a fox just doesnt get the 80s, and the drummer holy crap IS SHE HOT. but can anybody pleeeeze explain to me the point of the video. who are the badguys? what are they trying to accomplish with the blond guy walkie talkieing them!!!!!!!!! |
| Oh my - what a fab ... ( 1 week ago by Pollyefw01) |
| Oh my - what a fab vid from the past, the 80s were just SO good this song was the best ever to really dance fast to clubbing... |
| holy freakin f!!!!! ... ( 1 week ago by Sweetpea1517) |
| holy freakin f!!!!! i remember dancing my ass off to this kick ass song. the horn section, arrangement and vocal is mutha freakin awesome!!! the 80's rocked! |
| Don't leave me this ... ( 1 week ago by Jazzlith) |
| Don't leave me this way, I can't survive, I can't stay alive! *singing* |
| would there be any ... ( 6 days ago by gooberspace) |
| would there be any point to rickrolling this clip? |
| 80's music is so ... ( 1 day ago by yukimushu) |
| 80's music is so fucking cool!!!!!!!! |
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