70's, 80's 'Feel Good' Music

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"The One You Love" is a song by American musician and singer-songwriter Glenn Frey, most famous as singer and guitarist for the Eagles. It was released as the lead single from his debut solo album No Fun Aloud, in 1982. Ernie Watts and Jim Horn are featured on the tenor saxophone. Watts plays the repeating theme, while Horn plays the closing solo. The single features the track, "All Those Lies", as the B-side, which is also included in the album.
The song was also one of three of Frey's solo hits performed during the Eagles' 1994–1996 Hell Freezes Over tour, the others being "You Belong to the City" and "The Heat is On", wherein bassist Timothy B. Schmit sings along with Frey. During performances of "The One You Love" on the said tour, Al Garth played the saxophone parts while Don Henley did the drumming.

The One You Love - Glenn Frey​

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Darts - It's Raining​

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"Dreadlock Holiday" is a reggae song by 10cc. Written by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman, it was the lead single from the band's 1978 album, Bloody Tourists. It was a number one hit in several countries.
The song was based on real events Eric Stewart and Moody Blues vocalist Justin Hayward experienced in Barbados, and Graham Gouldman experienced in Jamaica. Graham Gouldman commented: "Some of the experiences that are mentioned are true, and some of them are ... fairly true! Stewart recalled seeing a White man "trying to be cool and he looked so naff" walking into a group of Afro-Caribbeans and being reprimanded, which became the lyric "Don't you walk through my words, you got to show some respect". Another lyric came from a conversation Gouldman had with a Jamaican, who when asked if he liked cricket replied, "No, I love it!".
The music video for the song was directed by Storm Thorgerson. The beach scene in the official video was filmed on the Dorset coast near Charmouth.
"Dreadlock Holiday" became the group's international number 1 hit topping the charts in the UK, Belgium, New Zealand and The Netherlands. The single also reached number 2 in Ireland and Australia, became a top 10 hit in Norway and Switzerland and top 20 in Germany and Sweden. In Austria the song was 10cc's sole entry in the charts, peaking at number 18.
In North America, "Dreadlock Holiday" became a minor hit, peaking at number 45 in Canada's RPM charts and number 44 on the US Billboard Hot 100. When asked why he thought the song didn't do better in the US, Gouldman said that reportedly some radio stations would not play reggae of any kind.
In the UK, the song was the band's third number 1 and at the same time final top 10 hit.
In a 2025 interview, Gouldman responded to claims that the song's lyrics perpetuated stereotypes about the Caribbean by stating that while people from the region he had encountered had expressed uniformly positive opinions, he would not have written some of the lines in the present day.

10CC – Dreadlock Holiday​

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Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter and musician renowned for her extensive contributions to popular music. She wrote or co-wrote 118 songs that charted on the Billboard Hot 100 during the latter half of the 20th century and 61 songs that reached the UK charts, establishing her as the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts from 1962 to 2005.
In the 1960s, King and her first husband, Gerry Goffin, composed over two dozen hit songs for various artists, many of which remain standards. She transitioned to a solo performing career in the 1970s, following her debut album Writer (1970) with the critically acclaimed Tapestry (1971), which topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks and stayed on the charts for over six years.
King has released 25 solo albums, with Tapestry being her most successful, and has sold over 75 million records worldwide. Her honors include four Grammy Awards, inductions into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a performer and songwriter), the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (as its first female recipient), and the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors.

Carole King - Will You Love Me Tomorrow?​

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"Will You Love Me Tomorrow", sometimes known as "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow", is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was first recorded in 1960 by the Shirelles for their album Tonight's the Night; released as a single that November, it became the first song by a girl group to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It has since been recorded by many other artists, including King on her 1971 album Tapestry.

The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow (1960)​

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Silent Circle is a German Eurodisco band formed in West Germany in 1985. The band consists of vocalist Martin Tychsen (Jo Jo Tyson), keyboardist & composer Axel Breitung, and drummer Jürgen Behrens (CC Behrens).
Silent Circle first performed in 1979 but soon parted ways. In the early '80s, the trio reformed and decided to form a more solid group. Hence, that marked the beginning of Silent Circle. Their first single, "Hide Away - Man is Comin'!", gained considerable limelight followed by a number of other successful singles like "Touch in the Night", "Stop the Rain", "Love is Just a Word" and "Time for Love". In 1986, they released their first album No. 1, consisting of 11 songs. The album was launched under the Blow-Up label of Intercord Company. Meanwhile, Harald Shaefer replaced Axel Breitung for public performances, and the band's founder and leader then devoted himself totally to writing and producing new songs.
In 1987, 2 singles were released on Teldec, "Danger Danger" and "Oh, Don't Lose Your Heart Tonight". In 1990, another album was released by Silent Circle, containing 10 songs, two being from 1987 and two being remixes. In 1993, a compilation entitled Best Of Silent Circle was released and contained only remixed and other versions of their old songs. In 1994, a new album was released entitled Back, containing 12 new songs. In 1998, they released another album entitled Stories 'bout Love containing 12 new songs.

Silent Circle │ Touch In The Night​

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"My Love" is a song by the Irish boy band Westlife. It was released on 30 October 2000 as the second single from their second studio album, Coast to Coast (2000). The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, giving the band their seventh UK number one. The song was the 35th best-selling single of 2000 in the UK. It also won The Record of the Year in 2000. It has sold 400,000 copies in the UK.
In South Korea, the single stayed in the top 75 of the Official International Karaoke Charts since the inception of the charts in December 2010 up to its recent chart released. On 12 May 2018, the song was performed on South Korean music programme 'Immortal Songs 2' by Eric Nam. Band member Shane Filan was the featured 'Legend' and judged the participants.
The song was written by Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, and Pelle Nylén and it was produced by Magnusson and Kreuger. The song, "My Love" is written in the key of C major, and their vocals span from E4 to A5. The song is said to be inspired by the hit single "Mull of Kintyre" by Wings.
It is the band's eleventh best-selling single of all time in both paid-for and combined sales categories in the UK as of January 2019. It's also their fifth most-streamed single with 1.17 million across video and audio in the United Kingdom as of January 2019. While it is their seventh most streamed song of all time from their home country, the Republic of Ireland, as of 2 April 2019. As of January 2021, this is the most successful and popular single of the band on YouTube.
The music video was directed by Robert Brinkmann. The opening scene features the band members waiting at Shannon Airport, where Nicky Byrne informs them that the last flight out has just been canceled. The band members become upset by the news, then Brian McFadden says that it would be "quicker walking" and that he's going. The others follow him and the song begins.
The first stanza takes place inside the airport and during the chorus, the scene shifts to Catherine Place in Limerick city. Harstonge House (or Oznam House as it is also known) on Harstonge Street can be seen in the video as the band members walk down the street. After the end of the first chorus, the scene shifts to Colbert train station in Limerick. Then again during the second chorus, the scene changes to Lahinch Beach in County Clare. During the final chorus, the band members sing atop the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare.
In April 2017, the video exceeded 100 million views on YouTube, becoming Westlife's first official video ever to get Vevo certified. It is the most-watched video on Westlife's YouTube channel

Westlife - My Love​

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"(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again" is a hit song written by Len Ron Hanks and Zane Grey for R&B/funk band L.T.D. Released from their Something To Love album, it spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in the fall of 1977. It became a gold record. Jeffrey Osborne is the lead singer.
"Back in Love Again" was their biggest pop hit, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The single also reached number 19 on the disco charts. The song was also a major hit on the Canadian pop charts, where it spent two weeks at number two.

L.T.D. - Back In Love Again​

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"We Don't Talk Anymore" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard, written by Alan Tarney and produced by the Shadows' rhythm guitarist, Bruce Welch. It was released in 1979 as a single and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1979, remaining there for four weeks, Richard's tenth UK number one and his first since "Congratulations" in 1968.
Tarney wrote the song in 1979, planning to use it on an album with the Tarney/Spencer Band. However, Tarney played a demo of the song to Welch during a break in recording sessions for Where to Now by Charlie Dore (which the two were producing). Welch instantly knew it was going to be a hit and phoned up Richard's manager Peter Gormley, as he believed "there was only one person who could record it — Cliff Richard". It was then quickly recorded in May 1979 at RG Jones Recording Studios in Wimbledon.
It was released as a stop-gap single between the albums Green Light and Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile. However, it wasn't meant to be included on Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile, as Richard didn't think it was appropriate for "an energy packed album of progressive rock 'n' roll". However, record label EMI were insistent on including it after it became a massive hit and Richard reluctantly conceded. Due to the single's success, Tarney was brought in to produce Richard's next two albums I'm No Hero and Wired for Sound and has said that "'We Don't Talk Anymore' should really have been on I'm No Hero".
The single release featured the B-side "Count Me Out", which was written by Terry Britten and Welch and was taken from Green Light. In several European countries a 12-inch single was released, featuring an extended slightly remixed version of the song that runs to seven minutes long. This version has never been released on CD. The US release of the single features an edited version of "We Don't Talk Anymore", which fades over half a minute early.
In December 1990, a remixed version of "We Don't Talk Anymore" was released as a single in continental Europe and in Australasia in November 1991. Taken from the live album From a Distance: The Event, it was remixed by Ian Curnow and Phil Harding at the PWL Studios The single failed to chart.
One of the record-breaking statistics often cited about Richard is his achievement of number one hit singles in five consecutive decades. This single is significant in being his only number one hit of the 1970s.
The single sold over 4 million copies worldwide, topping the charts in the UK, Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Finland, West Germany, Ireland, Norway and Switzerland. The song spent 4 weeks atop the Irish Singles Chart in September 1979. The song was certified Gold in both the UK and West Germany.
During the single's run at the Number 1 position on the UK Singles Chart, Norrie Paramor, Richard's original producer who guided his early career in the late 1950s and 1960s, died on 9 September 1979.
The song was the sixth video aired on MTV on its launch on 1 August 1981.

Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore​

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"Jeopardy" is a song released by the Greg Kihn Band, from their 1983 album Kihnspiracy. It was the band's only Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, reaching number 2 in May 1983 (behind Michael Jackson's "Beat It").
It hit #1 on the Billboard Hot Club Dance Play chart in April 1983 and crossed over to the Top 50 of Billboard's Soul chart. The song also reached number 63 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's only charting song in the UK.

Greg Kihn Band - Jeopardy​

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"Need You Tonight" is a song by the Australian rock band INXS, released as the first single from their 1987 album, Kick, as well as the fourth song on the album. It is the only INXS single to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also achieved their highest charting position in the United Kingdom, where the song reached number two on the UK Singles Chart; however, this peak was only reached after a re-release of the single in November 1988. On its first run on the UK charts in October 1987, it stalled at No. 58. It was one of the last songs recorded for the album, yet it would arguably become the band's signature song.

INXS - Need You Tonight​

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"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, A Night at the Opera (1975). Written by Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury, the song is a six-minute suite, notable for its lack of a refraining chorus and consisting of several sections: an intro, a ballad segment, an operatic passage, a hard rock part and a reflective coda It is one of the only progressive rock songs of the 1970s to have proved accessible to a mainstream audience.

Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Video Has One Billion YouTube Views​

Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody​

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"You Can Do Magic" is a song by singer-songwriter Russ Ballard that was recorded as a 1982 single by folk rock duo America from their album View from the Ground.
While the two band members Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell only participated on the vocal track in the studio, Ballard played all the instruments, except for the drums recorded by longtime America touring drummer Willie Leacox.
The song was one of two Ballard compositions on View from the Ground, the other being "Jody". Ballard wrote both songs specifically for America at the behest of Rupert Perry, A&R vice president for Capitol Records. Ballard also produced the tracks marking a return to record production after a four-year hiatus; although Ballard had had earlier hits as a songwriter, "You Can Do Magic" was his first major hit credit as a producer.
"You Can Do Magic" proved a solid comeback vehicle for America whose last Top 40 hit—"Today's the Day"—had occurred in 1976; the second of two subsequent appearances on the Hot 100 was in 1979. "You Can Do Magic" returned America to the Top 40 in August 1982 with the track reaching No. 8 that October, and holding that position for five weeks. The popularity of "You Can Do Magic" was paralleled by the success of the parent View From the Ground album which rose to No. 41 on Billboard's listing of the top 200 albums, the first time an album by America as a duo (rather than the original trio) had appeared in that chart's upper half.
The success of "You Can Do Magic" led to America recording their 1983 album Your Move with Russ Ballard as producer. A re-recording of the song later appeared on the band's 1994 album, Hourglass.
In popular culture, it was used as an opening theme song to regionally-televised Baltimore Orioles games in 1982, a year before their World Series championship.

America - You Can Do Magic​

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"The Long and Winding Road" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1970 album Let It Be. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. When issued as a single in May 1970, a month after the Beatles' break-up, it became the group's 20th and final number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.
Paul McCartney said he came up with the title "The Long and Winding Road" during one of his first visits to his property High Park Farm, near Campbeltown in Scotland, which he purchased in June 1966. The phrase was inspired by the sight of a road "stretching up into the hills" in the remote Highlands surroundings of lochs and distant mountains. He wrote the song at his farm in 1968, inspired by the growing tension among the Beatles. Based on other comments McCartney has made, author Howard Sounes writes, the lyrics can be seen as McCartney expressing his anguish at the direction of his personal life, as well as a nostalgic look back at the Beatles' history. McCartney recalled: "I just sat down at my piano in Scotland, started playing and came up with that song, imagining it was going to be done by someone like Ray Charles. I have always found inspiration in the calm beauty of Scotland and again it proved the place where I found inspiration."
Once back in London, McCartney recorded a demo version of "The Long and Winding Road" during one of the recording sessions for The Beatles. Later, he offered the song to Tom Jones on the condition that the singer release it as his next single. In Jones' recollection, he was forced to turn it down since his record company were about to issue "Without Love" as a single.

The Long And Winding Road - The Beatles​

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"After the Love Has Gone" is a song by Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1979 as the second single from their ninth studio album I Am on ARC/Columbia Records. The song reached No. 2 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 (behind the Knack's "My Sharona") and the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, No. 3 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, "After the Love Has Gone" was certified gold in the US by the RIAA and silver in the UK by the BPI.
"After the Love Has Gone" was produced by Maurice White and written by David Foster, Jay Graydon, and Bill Champlin. The single's B-side is "Rock That". Both songs appear on Earth, Wind & Fire's 1979 album I Am.
According to former manager turned Sony Music Entertainment CEO Tommy Mottola, Foster previously offered the song to Hall and Oates, but they rejected it as they were interested in performing only their own material.
Earth, Wind & Fire bassist Verdine White called "After the Love Has Gone" one of the group's most difficult songs to record:

"The track was based on a vibe. We cut it about six, seven times, and Maurice just said, 'No, it's not right yet. We'll come back and get it tomorrow. It's not right yet.'" And then one day we nailed it, and it was right. The way it felt. It sounded like Earth, Wind & Fire".

"After the Love Has Gone" was nominated for the Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, and won Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for the band and Best R&B Song for Champlin, Foster, and Graydon.

Earth Wind & Fire - After The Love Has Gone​

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British boy band Damage covered the song for their 2001 album Since You've Been Gone which reached No. 42 in the UK. In 2002.

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The song Knife was written by Mitchell Bottler, Rockwell and Norma Helms and was first released by Monalisa Young in 1983.
Rockwell 's version in January 1984.
Jeff Chang 's version in October 1994.

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Knife - Rockwell​

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"All at Once" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston from her self-titled debut album. The song was written by Michael Masser and Jeffrey Osborne and produced by Masser.
It is a ballad about a love who leaves without warning and the heartbreak that is felt afterwards.
"All at Once" was released in March 1985 by Arista Records as a single in several European countries, as well as in Japan in 1985–1986.
In North America it was not released as a single but did receive steady radio airplay on pop and R&B stations there throughout 1986.
The song became Houston's first significant hit in several European countries, including Belgium and the Netherlands, and also became her debuting hit in South Africa.
Following her 1987 performance of the song at the Sanremo Music Festival in Italy, Houston made history there as the first artist to give an encore performance of the same song at the festival.
The performance resulted in Houston having a top five hit of the ballad in Italy. It also became one of Houston's biggest hits in Japan, where it went gold.
Following the recording of "Hold Me", Masser sent Houston three solo songs, including "All at Once", to record in 1984.
"All at Once" initially was set to be recorded by fellow singer Jeffrey Osborne, who co-wrote the song with Masser for his next album, Emotional, but Osborne felt the album had too many ballads and decided not to put it on the album.
Later on, Masser called Osborne and told him he was sending the ballad to the then-relatively unknown Houston for her album and asked if he could send it to her, to which Osborne agreed.
Houston recorded the ballad in Los Angeles. Though Clive Davis felt there were too many ballads recorded for the album, he allowed the song to be on the final track listing of Houston's debut. Of the ten songs on the album, six of them, including "All at Once", were ballads.

All At Once - Whitney Houston​

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"I'll Be Over You" is a hit single by the American rock band Toto. Released as the lead single from their 1986 album, Fahrenheit, the song reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1986. Lead vocals were sung by guitarist Steve Lukather, who co-wrote the song with hit songwriter Randy Goodrum (one of several collaborations between the two). Guest musician Michael McDonald provided the vocal counterpoint on the recording.
Lukather explained the song's lyrics: "What the song is basically saying is, the guy has broken up with a girl, and realized that he should never have broken up with this girl, and he's still really deeply in love with her. Sort of like a warning to people, like, you never know how good you got it until you don't have it anymore.

Toto - I'll Be Over You​

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"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", also written "Da' Ya' Think I'm Sexy", is a song by British singer Rod Stewart from his ninth studio album, Blondes Have More Fun (1978). It was written by Stewart, Carmine Appice, and Duane Hitchings, though it incorporates the melody from the song "Taj Mahal" by Jorge Ben Jor and the string arrangement from the song "(If You Want My Love) Put Something Down On It" by Bobby Womack.
The song was released as the first single from Blondes Have More Fun in November 1978. It spent one week atop the UK Singles Chart in December 1978 and four weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100 in February 1979. Billboard ranked it number four on its Top Singles of 1979 year-end chart. It also topped the charts in Canada for four weeks and in Australia for two weeks.
Royalties from the song were donated to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Stewart performed the song at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly in January 1979.

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Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?​

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"Dancing in the Moonlight" is a song written by Sherman Kelly, originally recorded in 1970 by Kelly's band Boffalongo, and then a hit single by King Harvest in 1972, reaching no. 5 in Canada and no. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2000, a cover by English band Toploader became a worldwide hit and achieved multi-platinum status in the United Kingdom. Another cover by Swedish EDM duo Jubël, released in 2018, was also a hit in some European countries.

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Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest​

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Toploader - Dancing in the Moonlight​

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