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English acts weren't hitting #1 in America by '85
uh what? that's not true (on the singles chart, '83 had The Police, Dexys, David Bowie, The Police, Eurythmics, Macca; '84 had Yes, Culture Club, Phil Collins, Duran Duran, John Waite, Wham!; '85 had Wham!, Phil Collins, Simple Minds, Tears for Fears, Duran Duran, Paul Young, John Parr)
― OH NOES, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
I should have qualified it: Paul Young and Wham! excepted, English acts hit #1 in '85 by sounding like American arena rock, not by flaunting New Pop characteristics.
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
English acts weren't hitting #1 in America by '85, so I have to imagine their arena-ready transformation helped. The summer of '85 was about Bruce's stadium tour, No Jacket Required, Reckless and Dire Straits.
2 of those were English?
― Fake Eyeball, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
Suffer the Children and Change got robbed, should have received at least one vote each
― Bee, Saturday, 24 December 2011 04:34 (twelve years ago) link