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Favorite Pop Songs: 80's: Vol. 2
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Favorite New Wave/Electronic Songs: Vol. 4
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Top Favourite 500 Songs: 272 - 339
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Song by English girl group Bananarama. It was written by Bananarama and Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, and produced by Jolley and Swain. Released in 1983, it was initially a stand-alone single but was subsequently included on their self-titled second album a year later. The song reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart in 1983, and after its inclusion in the 1984 film The Karate Kid, it reached number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Bananarama singer Sara Dallin said the song "played on the darker side (of summer songs): it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by.
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Manufacturer: London Records
Release date: 27 June 1983
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boogiepop1989 rated this 4/10 1 year, 8 months ago
Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 2 years, 7 months ago
Top Favourite 500 Songs: 272 - 339 (100 music items)"Written by: Steven Nicholas Jolley, Tony Swain, Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, and Keren Woodward"
Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 3 years, 2 months ago
Favorite New Wave/Electronic Songs: Vol. 4 (93 music items)"Written by: Steven Nicholas Jolley, Tony Swain, Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, and Keren Woodward"
Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 6 years, 5 months ago
Favorite Pop Songs: 80's: Vol. 2 (92 music items)"Written by: Steven Nicholas Jolley, Tony Swain, Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, and Keren Woodward"
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