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Chains Of Love by Erasure

Artist Biography For Erasure

Erasure Is A Synthpop Duo From The United Kingdom Consisting Of Keyboardist Vince Clarke And Singer Andy Bell Both Of Them Songwriters. After Founding Depeche Mode Yazoo And The Assembly Clarke Formed Erasure With Bell When He Found The Singer After Placing An Ad In 'Melody Maker'. Erasure Entered The Music Scene In 1985 With Their Debut Single "Who Needs Love Like That ". Beginning In Late 1986 With The Release Of Their Single Sometimes Erasure Established Themselves On The British Charts Albums Such As The Circus Wild! Chorus I Say I Say I Say Loveboat And Nightbird Demonstrated A Further Diversity Of Sound. The Album That Boosted Their Career Tremendously Was The Innocents Which Was Released In 1988. A Little Respect And Chains Of Love Both Hit The Billboard Top 100. Most People Will Probably Remember Erasure For A Little Respect Which Became One Of Their Signature Songs. Clarke Formerly Was A Member Of Depeche Mode And Later Had A Successful Career With The Duo Yazoo Known As Yaz In The US . Later He Split With Yazoo Partner Alison Moyet And Briefly Formed The Assembly With Producer Eric Radcliffe. After A Successful Assembly Single "Never Never" Clarke Released An Unsuccessful One-Off Single With Vocalist Paul Quinn "One Day" . He Then Placed A Blind Advertisement In Melody Maker Looking For A Vocalist For A New Musical Project. He Selected Andy Bell Who Was The Forty-First To Audition And Whose Voice Would Often Be Compared To Moyet's . From The Start Their Success Was Founded Upon Their Songwriting Skills. Clarke's Talent For Writing Melodic Catchy Pop Songs Was Evident From His Years With Depeche Mode And Yazoo. Bell's Gifts As A Lyricist And Melodist Added Depth And Character To Clarke's Style Additionally Bell Was Openly Gay From The Beginning And He Reflected This In His Lyrics At A Time When Society As A Whole Was More Ignorant Around Queer Issues Than It Is Today - Making Erasure's Success All The More Phenomenal . As Pop Craftsmen The Pair's Work Bears Comparison With That Of Depeche Mode Pet Shop Boys Eurythmics OMD Alphaville A-Ha Roxette And Other Pop Songwriters. Though Their Productivity And Record Sales Declined Beginning In The Second Half Of The 1990s Erasure Scored At Least One Top 30 Hit With The Release Of Every New Album. Few Electronic Bands Have Demonstrated The Durability Of Erasure. In 2005 Erasure Made A Comeback With Their Number One Position On The US Dance Chart Eighteen Years After Their First Chart-Topper. This Success Was Mirrored In The UK With The Debut Single From Nightbird "Breathe" Reaching Number Four In The Charts. Erasure Also Enabled Fans To Configure And Buy Their Own Remixes Of The Single 'Don't Say You Love Me' Through The Band Website. Each Variant Of The Song Was Limited To A Single Download. 2006 Saw The Release Of The Album Union Street Which Features A Collection Of Previously Released Erasure Songs That The Band Have Reinterpreted With An Acoustic / Country & Western Style. The Album Is Named After The Recording Studio In Brooklyn Where It Was Recorded. A New Album Light At The End Of The World Was Released In 2007.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Chains of Love

"Chains Of Love" Is A Song By British Synthpop Duo Erasure Released In May 1988 As Their Ninth Single Overall. It Was Written By Vince Clarke And Andy Bell And Released By Mute Records As The Second Single From Erasure's Third Studio Album The Innocents 1988 . In The United States Sire Records Released It As The First Single. The Chorus Is Memorable For Bell's Use Of Falsetto. The Album Version Was Produced By Stephen Hague And Was Slightly Remixed For Its Single Release Most Notably The Album Version Starts Cold While The Radio Version Contains A Short Synthesizer Pattern As An Intro . The Accompanying Music Video Featured Clarke And Bell Performing The Song While Being Hoisted Through The Air By Thick Metal Chains. "Chains Of Love" Is An Uptempo Dance-Oriented Synthpop Track With Clarke's Signature Analogue Sound And Bell's Lyrics About Breaking Through Any Restrictions Or Stereotypes Of What Love Should Be. The Lyrics Allude Subtly To Bell's Desire For Wider Acceptance Of Gay Couples His Pain Evident From The Opening Lines "How Can I Explain When There Are Few Words I Can Choose/How Can I Explain When Words Get Broken". "Chains Of Love" Became Erasure's Sixth Consecutive Top 20 Hit On The UK Singles Chart Just Missing The Top 10 By Peaking At Number 11. In The United States It Became Erasure's Mainstream Breakthrough By Climbing To Number 12 On The Billboard Hot 100 And Becoming The Group's First Entry On The Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Chart. It Also Hit Number Four On The Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart. "Chains Of Love" Remains Erasure's Highest-Charting Single In The United States.

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