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Yazoo enjoyed worldwide success, but were particularly popular in their home country, where three of their four singles reached the top three of the UK Singles Chart and both their albums made the top two of the UK Albums Chart. [10] In North America, they are known for the song " Situation", which, though originally only a B-side in the United Kingdom, was a club and airplay success in the United States and Canada before being released as the band's debut single in North America.

Find sources: "Alison Moyet"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( January 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Hot Dance/Disco - 12 Inch Singles Sales". Billboard. Vol.97, no.35. Billboard Publications, Inc. 31 August 1985. p.72. ISSN 0006-2510.Upstairs at Eric's was released in the UK in August 1982, peaking at number two on the UK Albums Chart [10] and going on to sell more than 300,000 copies and achieving platinum status. [25] In the US, initial success was more modest and the album peaked at number 92 on the Billboard 200 album chart, [26] but by 1989, seven years after its release, word of mouth had helped to push the album to platinum status for sales of over one million copies. [27] The duo played 24 dates in support of the album across Europe and North America. Two Elvis Costello reboots stand out – the Chet Baker tribute Almost Blue and God Give Me Strength, a top-drawer collaboration between Costello and Burt Bacharach. Moyet rolls her r’s wonderfully on Je Crois Entendre Encore but the archaic folk of The Wraggle- Taggle Gypsies-O! and Dido’s Lament: When I Am Laid In Earth, while both authentic enough, seem a bit of a stretch. Record company travails continued for Moyet into the mid-90s – while the label execs wanted to pitch her as a middle-of-the-road balladeer, the singer had other ideas entirely.

Don't Go" was released in July 1982 as the second single in the UK and also reached the top three of the UK charts. [10] In North America, "Situation" had been a hit in the clubs in a version remixed by New York City-based DJ François Kevorkian, and against the band's wishes, it was released as Yazoo's debut single in the US and Canada, where it reached number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Only You" was released as Yazoo's second single in North America and reached number 67. [24] In July 2013, Moyet said that she has begun writing new material for the follow-up to The Minutes. [23] The Insects’ arrangements provide the perfect cradle for Moyet’s talents, from the heartstring tugging model of restraint that is Should I Feel That It’s Over to the sly groove of chilled electronicatinged More. Blah Blah Blah. Record sold loads. Record company wanted another single. I didn’t want to sell my supporters more of the same and so suggested recording That Ole Devil song that I did live and was loved by the punters. This was at a time when these old songs were not everywhere. It was not supposed to be a safe move. As it transpired, it sold massively all over … all the old records were re-released, many more re-recorded and there was I, in the middle of the road. To boot I was heavily pregnant and the video of me lounging in velvet, diamante and bouffant sealed the deal. Bugger. Even here I am attributing that to Alf… it all became one time. Creative, Sugar Rush (6 October 2017). "MTV Unplugged - Summer Solstice (2017)". a-ha . Retrieved 8 August 2023.New Zealand album certifications – Alison Moyet – Alf". Recorded Music NZ. 27 January 1985 . Retrieved 6 September 2021. Recorded, engineered and mixed by Richard Lengyel (at Odyssey Studios, London, England; assisted by Roger Dobson) The lead single " Love Resurrection" preceded the album. It was released in June 1984 and had reached No. 10 in the UK, also becoming successful across Europe and beyond. The second single " All Cried Out" was met with similar success when released in September 1984. It reached No. 8 in the UK. " Invisible", the third single, was released in November 1984 and reached No. 21 in the UK. In the US, it became Moyet's highest-charting single, reaching No. 31. In October 1985, " For You Only" was released as the fourth and final single from the album. [9] When CBS first suggested releasing a fourth single, Moyet spoke against the idea and suggested she record a cover of " That Ole Devil Called Love" to give fans something new. Her version of the song was then recorded and released in March 1985, becoming a big hit, including in the UK where it reached No. 2. Despite this, CBS later decided to release "For You Only" as a single but in Europe and the US only. For its release as a single, "For You Only" was remixed and partially re-recorded to create a new version. [10] [11] The song was a success in Germany, peaking at No. 7 in late 1985. [12] Reconnected EP, Yazooinfo.com, 26 May 2008, archived from the original on 14 July 2013 , retrieved 4 November 2013

It is often received that yelling equals angst. The singing experience then becomes one of physical exertion alone. That passion gets read into is a mirage. My vocal on All Cried Out is one of the better ones on Alf but I lost my enjoyment of it through years of performing it. The vocal in his recording has an honesty. It reminds me what I liked about the song. It was a time of relative freedom. It does not deserve the approbation I heaped upon it…and it supported me in leaner years. Gregory, Andy (2002), International who's who in popular music, Routledge, p.97, ISBN 1-85743-161-8 Live for Burberry - EP by Alison Moyet on iTunes". Web.archive.ocm. 22 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015 . Retrieved 7 July 2018. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet [3] was born in Billericay, Essex, to a French father and English mother. [4] She grew up in the nearby town of Basildon, where she attended Janet Duke Junior School and then Nicholas Comprehensive at secondary level. [5] [6]