Category: 1988

Cinderella – Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)

Music video: Cinderella – Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone) (Youtube)

“Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)” is a power ballad written and performed by the glam metal band Cinderella, from their second album Long Cold Winter. Released in August 1988, it was their most successful single, peaking at number 12 on US Billboard Hot 100 in November 1988. It is featured in the South Park episode “Raisins”. The song can also be heard on the 2008 film The Wrestler.

The music video for this song was filmed at Mono Lake, California and Bodie California. This fact is revealed in the Tales From the Gypsy Road video collection. This song was also featured on the first installment of the compilation series, Monster Ballads

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Know_What_You_Got_(Till_It%27s_Gone)

Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car

“Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car” is a single by British singer Billy Ocean, based on a line from Ringo Starr’s song “You’re Sixteen”. Part of its popularity lay in its cutting-edge (for the time) video, which featured cartoon mixed with live-action sequences. The song went to number one on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Black Singles charts. It also peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart. The song was also featured in the soundtrack of the 1988 film License to Drive. The song was covered by Fenix TX for the soundtrack of NASCAR Thunder 2003. In 2013, Gwar covered the song in a video featured on The A.V. Club website as part of the site’s A.V. Undercover series. Approximately three minutes into the performance, the band incorporates The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” into the song.

Wire – Kidney Bingos

Wire are an English rock band, formed in London in October 1976 by Colin Newman (vocals, guitar), Graham Lewis (bass, vocals), Bruce Gilbert (guitar), and Robert Gotobed (drums). They were originally associated with the punk rock scene, appearing on The Roxy London WC2 album—a key early document of the scene—and were later central to the development of post-punk.

Kidney Bingos is an EP by English rock band Wire. It was released 1988.

Scorpions – Rhythm Of Love

The track appeared on the group’s 1988 album Savage Amusement. Guitarist Rudolf Schenker composed the music, with singer Klaus Meine providing the lyrics. The video for the song features the model Joan Severance. The single peaked at number six on the Mainstream Rock Chart. It also attained the #75 position on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, while reaching the 59th spot in the UK Singles Chart.

Rick Astley – Together Forever

“Together Forever” is a song recorded by Rick Astley, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on 18 June 1988. It was Astley’s second and final U.S. chart-topper. It reached number 2 in Britain, being denied the top spot by Neighbours star Kylie Minogue with her debut single “I Should Be So Lucky”. It uses a similar chord structure and melody to “Never Gonna Give You Up” (as with most songs produced by Stock Aitken Waterman at the time).