Song #410: "Brand New Lover"--Dead Or Alive (1986)

Just before we experienced the craziest baseball postseason in Major League history, and while I was producing lots of Boston Red Sox games on WUPE-FM in Pittsfield, out came a new album from Britain's Dead Or Alive, who achieved fame with "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" 18 months previously.

Dear Or Alive are one of many mid to late 80's groups that fit a certain mold, with the "electro" sound, 12 inch remixes galore and the like. Hearken back to Information Society, who had the very first song in our countdown, Baltimora, Level 42, just to name a few.

It's a shame, though, that the song is looking for cheap, non-committal "relationships". The grass isn't always greener on that other side. But it's a great jam, especially on the interstate highway.  :)