"Obsession" is a 1983 song by #HollyKnight and #MichaelDesBarres, covered in 1984 by American ##synthpop band #Animotion. The song hit number six in the United States, and number five in the United Kingdom in June 1985, helped by a distinctive video that #MTV played frequently. "Obsession" also hit the top 40 on the US dance chart, twice: once in 1984 (the single reached No. 35 the week ending November 24); then in 1986, as a double-sided hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM5dA9lhO-s
#HollyKnight
Ted Tocks Covers
Better Be Good to Me
Originally posted on May 24, 2024
Remembering Tina Turner!!
“A prisoner of your love
Entangled in your web
Hot whispers in the night
I'm captured by your spell (captured)
Oh, yes, I'm touched by this show of emotion
Should I be fractured by your lack of devotion?
Should I?”
#spider #tinaturner #hollyknight #If #JoanneKelly #melissaetheridge #mikechapman #NickyChinn
"Never" is a song by American rock band #Heart, released on August 29, 1985, as the second single from the band's eponymous eighth studio album (1985). It was written by #HollyKnight, Gene Bloch (from the band #Device) and "Connie" (a pseudonym for #AnnWilson, #NancyWilson, and #SueEnnis). "Never" is a #rockSong with an uplifting lyric to a person who has been discouraged by love. Like the preceding "#WhatAboutLove".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boq0LA2lGSQ
"It’s one of those weirdly chronically listenable things that just works, even though it’s both very much of it’s time and in many ways (for folks that aren’t #80s tune-nerds), somewhat non-descript. It could fit between #HollyKnight and #MissingPersons and The Motels and #MrMister and…"
https://zeruch.wordpress.com/2025/02/19/sounds-that-have-been-made-ep-138-blue-yonder-indigo/
Tina Turner // #TinaTurner //
Better Be Good to Me
[album Private Dancer, 1984]
//via // #CapitolRecords #EMIRecords #ParlophoneRecords //
#brandunbrand #youtube #music #TinaTurner #PrivateDancer #BetterBeGoodToMe #RupertHine #JamieWestOram #TrevorMorais #CyCurnin #MikeChapman
#HollyKnight
link youtube: https://youtu.be/qyU7BbQSm98
"The Best" is a song by #Welsh singer #BonnieTyler from her seventh studio album, #HideYourHeart (1988). It was written by #MikeChapman and #HollyKnight. Produced by #DesmondChild, Tyler's version became a top-10 hit in Norway but was a minor hit elsewhere. In 1989, American singer #TinaTurner released a cover version of "The Best" for her seventh studio album, #ForeignAffair. It became a worldwide hit, receiving a double platinum certification in the UK. In 1992.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTBFy4rc6Lw
"Love Is a Battlefield" is a song by American singer #PatBenatar, released on September 12, 1983, as a single from Benatar's live album #LiveFromEarth (1983), though the song itself was a studio recording. It was written by #HollyKnight and #MikeChapman. The song was ranked at number 30 in #VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980s. #LoveIsABattlefield went on to sell over a million records.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGVZOLV9SPo
"Love Touch" is a song performed by #RodStewart and written by #HollyKnight, Mike Chapman and Gene Black. It was released as a single in 1986 and peaked at #6 on the #Billboard Hot 100. The song is played over the end credits of the #RobertRedford-#DebraWinger romantic comedy #LegalEagles and is often listed with the subtitle "Theme from Legal Eagles" even though it doesn't appear on the film's soundtrack album, distributed by #MCARecords.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0m5JoZCkzc
"Love Touch" is a song performed by #RodStewart and written by #HollyKnight, Mike Chapman and Gene Black. It was released as a single in 1986 and peaked at #6 on the #Billboard Hot 100. The song is played over the end credits of the #RobertRedford-#DebraWinger romantic comedy #LegalEagles and is often listed with the subtitle "Theme from Legal Eagles" even though it doesn't appear on the film's soundtrack album, distributed by #MCARecords.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFVgPWXeMaQ
"Better Be Good to Me" is a song written by #MikeChapman, #HollyKnight, and #NickyChinn, recorded by #TinaTurner for her solo studio album #PrivateDancer (1984) and released as a single in early September 1984. The song was originally recorded and released in 1981 by #Spider, a band from #NewYorkCity that featured co-writer Knight as a member. Turner's version was successful in the #UnitedStates and peaked at No. 5 on the #Billboard Hot 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDrVyauFyCo
"Love Is a Battlefield" is a song by American singer #PatBenatar, recorded and released on September 12, 1983, as a single from Benatar's live album #LiveFromEarth (1983), though the song itself was a studio recording. It was written by #HollyKnight and #MikeChapman. The song was ranked at number 30 in #VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980s. #LoveIsABattlefield went on to sell over a million records.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGVZOLV9SPo
"The Best" is a song by #Welsh singer #BonnieTyler from her seventh studio album, #HideYourHeart (1988). It was written by #MikeChapman and #HollyKnight. Produced by #DesmondChild, Tyler's version became a top-10 hit in Norway but was a minor hit elsewhere. In 1989, American singer #TinaTurner released a cover version of "The Best" for her seventh studio album, #ForeignAffair. It became a worldwide hit, receiving a double platinum certification in the UK. In 1992.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Afffdv5Tfg
"The Warrior" is a song by American rock band #Scandal featuring #PattySmyth, from their debut and sole studio album, #Warrior, written by #HollyKnight and #NickGilder. The song went to number seven in the United States and number one in Canada, as well as number one on the US #RockTopTracks chart, and won a #BMI Airplay Award in 1984. It was also a hit in Australia, where it peaked at number six, and in New Zealand and South Africa.
https://youtu.be/yMHtDFDJCqY
"Obsession" is a 1983 song by #HollyKnight and #MichaelDesBarres, covered in 1984 by American #synthpop band #Animotion. The song hit number six in the United States, and number five in the United Kingdom in June 1985, helped by a distinctive video that #MTV played frequently. "Obsession" also hit the top 40 on the US dance chart, twice: once in 1984 (the single reached No. 35 the week ending November 24); then in 1986, as a double-sided hit.
https://youtu.be/hIs5StN8J-0
"Love Is a Battlefield" is a song by American singer #PatBenatar, recorded and released on September 12, 1983, as a single from Benatar's live album #LiveFromEarth (1983), though the song itself was a studio recording. It was written by #HollyKnight and #MikeChapman. The song was ranked at number 30 in #VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980s. "Love Is a Battlefield" went on to sell over a million records.
https://youtu.be/vo6PgC0cP4c
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 7 - Day 45
Better Be Good to Me
Forty years ago today, Tina Turner released her acclaimed comeback album, ‘Private Dancer’. The album featured seven associated singles including the powerful statement ‘Better Be Good to Me’.
“A prisoner of your love
Entangled in your web
Hot whispers in the night
I'm captured by your spell”
#Spider #TinaTurner #HollyKnight #MikeChapman #NickyChinn #JoanneKelly #MelissaEtheridge #IF
In checking out the soundtrack for Vision Quest, the name #HollyKnight jumped out at me as familiar.
I knew her from her band Device, but I hadn't realized that she had written and co-written so many of my favorite tunes from the 1980s:
From her Wikipedia page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Knight :
Holly Knight is an American songwriter, musician, and singer. She was a member of the 1980s pop rock groups Spider and Device, and wrote or co-wrote several hit singles for other artists, such as "Rag Doll", "Obsession", "Love Is a Battlefield", "The Best", "Invincible", "Better Be Good to Me", "The Warrior", and "Change".
In honor of all those seeking change in this new year, here is Spider's recording of "Change."
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