Another song of the same name, from 1996. While not released in Oz, this was a moderate hit in the States.
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An Australian artist, Zoe Badwi, also released a song with the same title earlier in 2009.
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I remember when that song came out it got a lot of regular airplay on Snow FM. I work part-time in the mountains in winter and did a season full-time in 2009, so itās one of the songs that brings back memories. I listen regularly to the Munich radio station Antenne Bayern to improve my German proficiency and it has been playing āRelease Meā occasionally in the past few months. Another ālost to radioā song that has been on the ABY playlist in the past few months is Tasmin Archerās āSleeping Satelliteā and Iāve enjoyed hearing it again.
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From what I could gather, it received plenty of airplay on the three major pop stations in Sydney (2Day, Nova and Mix 106.5) in the final quarter of 2009 and intermittently into the first half of 2010.
For me it reminds me of the time when I was about to embark on my Higher School Certificate!
I remember hearing this song on 97.3 FM back then
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Alex Party - Donāt Give Me Your Life (1995)
Despite charting at #13 on the ARIA charts, it seems to be greatly overshadowed by āWrap Me Upā. The local release of the CD single excluded the original radio edit (which, ironically, was used in the music video), something that mightāve affected radio airplay.
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From a UK-based radio station titled āAbsolute Radio 00sā:
The band recently reunited and will be doing a tour of the UK towards the end of this year.
Thatās a band i havenāt heard of for a while. They were basically Split Enz without the Finn Brothers
Heard Tin Tin Out with Emma Buntonās 1999 cover of Edie Brickell and the New Bohemiansā āWhat I Amā at my local shopping centre today which charted at #65 on the Aria charts in 1999-2000. A seldom heard upbeat cover and a fresh take on the 1988 hit at the time.
Just saw the log for Nova 96.9/Nova 100 for Friday October 4 and I noticed they played āBefore the Worstā by The Script just after 6:30am.
While itās not one of their well-known songs, it did peak at #10 on the ARIA Singles Chart in 2009, its commercial performance helped by the band performing the song at that yearās NRL Grand Final (in which a Melbourne Storm side nobody knew was illegally assembled at the time defeated the Parramatta Eels by 23-16).
While shopping in Woolworths Eastwood this morning (itās best known for still having the very old logo at its shopfront), I heard āRelease Meā by Agnes.
As Iāve touched on before, it received plenty of radio airplay in Australia in the final quarter of 2009, and peaked at #26 on the ARIA Singles Chart.
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Hopefully this is the right thread. I couldnāt find a thread to post this in, but a few minutes ago I heard Guy Sebastianās cover of Viva La Vida on KIIS 1065, and itās nowhere to be found. Itās not even in the copyright system, I tried Shazamming it, and it said no result found. Possibly a new song. If you Google āGuy Sebastian Viva La Vidaā in search, youāre greeted with results for the Coldplay track, or results for different Guy tracks.
I have a little snippet of it if anyone is interested in hearing Sebastianās cover. If KIIS plays it again, Iāll record the entire track. Until he releases it, or until radio stations play it again, itāll remain a piece of obscurity.
Maybe itās a one off recording not intended for release, similar to the āLike A Versuonā on Triple J?
UPDATE: Found it. Guy Sebastian uploaded it to his YouTube today, and it just happened to be that he performed it on The Kyle and Jackie O Show.
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One song lost to radioā¦ but would sound so good on SMOOTH RELAXā¦
Catfish - In the early hours.
The year was 1988 and I should be so lucky, FM104 were quite happy playing tracks like this Don Walker numberā¦ may not have really charted, but all the betterā¦
Youād hear it during the dayā¦ (only once due to the no repeat workday)ā¦ but always at night as wellā¦ oh and of course in the early AMā¦ Karl Van Est with his deep voiceā¦ spacing out the F-M- one-oh-fourā¦ with big gaps between the digitsā¦ then straight intoā¦
Robert Cray Band - Donāt be afraid of the dark
F M 1 0 4 Rock in Stereo, thenā¦
Marcia Davis - Donāt tell me the time.
And if you were at Le Scoops in Given Tce at the time (one of only five coffee shops in Brisbane)ā¦ you would have heard all three back to backā¦ for everywhere you went, FM104 was in the air.
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Yeah that song was in the freezer for decades, but someone at SCA must like it cos it gets a fair rotate on Oldskool 80s these days.
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Gee I miss those days! I canāt hear Donāt Be Afraid Of The Dark or Donāt Tell Me The Time without thinking of FM104
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I think her name is Martha Davis ,this was her solo hit from 1988,sheās also lead singer for the early 80s band The Motels.
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Remember the Interactive cover of āForever Youngā? That was a dance banger back in '95 and yet itās no longer played anymore.
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