William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: Ride the Wave ; Year: 1983; Genre: Rock Was searching for more music from Balance and came upon this rather obscure song and thought I'd add it to my list today. It's got a very "80s" sound to it, which is, of course, the decade the song hails from. Hear Ride the Wave on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Black Hearted Woman My song pick 2 years ago today: Joe Jackson - Breaking Us In Two My song pick 3 years ago today: Johann Sebastian Bach - BWV 375 - Chorale Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich My song pick 4 years ago today: Earth, Wind & Fire - You Are a Winner My song pick 5 years ago today: David Bowie - Golden Years My song pick 6 years ago today: Pat Benatar - Fire and Ice My song pick 7 years ago today: The Buoys - Castle My song pick 8 years ago today: Asia - After the War My song pick 9 years ago today: Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes My song pick 10 years ago today: The Steve Miller B...

I had not heard this song in over 15-20 years and it popped into my mind today; I figured that I would choose it. The group Balance was a one-hit band; this was their hit. I remember first hearing this song on an 8-Track tape that my Dad recorded off of the radio; I had only heard it a couple of times on the radio since. This very danceable song has the sound of the late 70's to early 80's pop/rock but is only little bit dated in its sound. Here is the studio version on YouTube. +