If you were around way back in 1983 then you know that Wang Chung's breakout hit Dance Hall Days was both a radio and a Mtv sensation. The instant popularity of the song caught both the record industry and music store owners completely by surprise.
When I went into a La Habra California record store to buy the album that featured it, Points on the Curve, the guy behind the counter was surprised at the demand for it and I actually got the last copy he had.
Dance Hall Days wasn't the only great song on Points on the Curve and I still consider it one of the best albums of the 80s. It's the kind of album that you plug your cassette into a Walkman, put those flimsy orange foam headphones on your melon, and rock out until the National Anthem in the morning,
"Dance Hall Days" is a song by English band Wang Chung. Originally released as a single in 1982 when the band was called Huang Chung, it was re-recorded and re-released in 1984 for the album Points on the Curve. It was the band's only single to make the top 40 charts in the UK, narrowly missing the top 20. In the US, it peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went to number one on the Dance Club Songs chart. - Wiki
Here is the follow up single from Points on the Curve entitled Don't Be My Enemy:
Wang Chung is an English new wave band, formed in London in 1980 by Nick Feldman, Jack Hues and Darren Costin. The name Wang Chung means "yellow bell" in Chinese (黃鐘, pinyin: huáng zhōng; Wade–Giles: huang chung), and is the first note in the Chinese classical music scale. The band found their greatest success in the US, with five Top 40 hits there, all charting between 1983 and 1987, including "Dance Hall Days" (No. 16 in 1984), "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" (No. 2 in 1986) and "Let's Go!" (No. 9 in 1987).
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I am such a HUGE fan of this album and group. One of the all time greats..!
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