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Erasure (/ᵻˈreɪʒər/) are an English synthpop duo, consisting of singer and songwriter Andy Bell and songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke. They formed in London, and entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That". Following the release of their fourth single "Sometimes", the duo established itself on the UK Singles Chart and became one of the most successful artists of the late 1980s to mid-1990s.
From 1986 to 2007, Erasure achieved 24 consecutive Top 40 hits in the UK, while having three Top 20 hits in the US (on the Billboard Hot 100): "A Little Respect", "Chains of Love", and "Always". By 2009, 34 of their 45 singles and EPs (of which 8 out of the 45 were not chart eligible in the UK) had made the UK Top 40, with 17 climbing into the Top 10. At the 1989 Brit Awards, Erasure won the Brit Award for Best British Group.
The duo are most popular in their native UK and mainland Europe (especially Germany, Denmark and Sweden) and also in South America (especially Argentina, Chile and Peru). To date, they have sold over 25 million albums worldwide. The band is also popular within the LGBT community, for whom openly gay Bell has become a gay icon.
Freedom will come
To real love
Heaven will come
For real love
Do-wah, do-wah, do-wah
Run away when it hurts from the things that we do
Do-wah, do-wah, do-wah
Don't know why we cry, run away from the truth
Children of new men
Colors of human kind in shadow
Good is your loving
Growing and sharing storms
Believe
You've got to believe
Calling the day freedom will come
And we will arise to real love
Day by day, heaven will come
And we'll survive for real love
Cherish the union
The light in a stranger's eyes
Your guardian angel will make
All the wrong things right
Believe
You've got to believe
Do-wah, do-wah, do-wah
Do-wah, do-wah, do-wah
Do-wah, do-wah, do-wah
Do-wah, do-wah, do-wah
Calling the day freedom will come
And we will arise to real love
Day by day, heaven will come
And we'll survive for real love
Calling the day freedom will come
And touch the sky in heaven above
Day by day, heaven will come
And we'll survive for real love
Calling the day freedom will come
And touch the sky in heaven above
Day by day, heaven will come
And we'll survive for real love
Calling the day freedom will come
And touch the sky in heaven above
Day by day, heaven will come