I hope that you are all doing great! I wanted to take a moment to say how Thankful I am for all of you who visit and who support Burning The Ground. Many of you have followed the site from its infancy way back in 2009/10. We have become quite a community. Thank you. I know it seems sometimes that the world is going crazy and that there is not much to be Thankful for. I assure you there is. You just have to look for it sometimes. It may be the tiniest of things.
I will be taking a bit of a break to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with my family and should return with new posts on Tuesday, November 28.
Bop ‘Til You Drop” is the third single taken from “Hard To Hold,” the eighth studio album by Australian-American musician and actor Rick Springfield, released on July 23, 1984, by RCA Records as the soundtrack to the film of the same name.
On October 20, 1984, “Bop ‘Til You Drop” peaked at #20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 after spending fifteen weeks on the survey. In Canada, the single reached #70.
Cash Box called “Bob ‘Til You Drop” “an urban mover for the ’80s.”
The music video was directed by Academy Award-nominated director David Fincher.
“Holy War” is a 1987 single by American rock, and blues songwriter, guitarist, and freelance multimedia producer Jon Butcher. “Holy War’ was the second single taken from Butcher’s most successful LP “Wishes”, the single reached #25 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart in May 1987. The music video for “Holy War” was in heavy rotation on MTV.
SIDE A: Holy War (PTL Club Mix) 6:33 Holy War (Evangelical Dub) 5:03
SIDE B: Holy War (Missile Mix) 4:08
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
Year
Single
Chart
Position
1987
Holy war
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks
#25
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label:Capitol Records – V 15302
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock
“Purple Medley” was a stand-alone single, released in March 1995 to coincide with Prince’s European ‘Ultimate Live Experience’ tour. It was simultaneously released with The Sacrifice Of Victor and The Undertaker home videos.
The track is a mix of many hits and well-known songs from Prince’s career. Some of the pieces of music are samples, while others are re-recorded for the mix. Some of the additional instrumentation is credited to The New Power Generation. The “Purple Medley” consists of snippets from the songs: “Batdance”, “When Doves Cry”, “Kiss”, “Erotic City”, “Darling Nikki”, “1999”, “Baby I’m a Star”, “Diamonds and Pearls”, “Purple Rain” and “Let’s Go Crazy” and fades for the edit. The full version continues with “Sexy Dancer”, “Let’s Work”, “Irresistible Bitch” (with the music of “Sexy MF”), “I Wanna Be Your Lover”, “Alphabet St.”, “Thieves in the Temple”, the bassline to The Time’s “777-9311”, Sheila E.’s “A Love Bizarre”, “If I Was Your Girlfriend”, “Raspberry Beret”, “Little Red Corvette”, “Cream” and “Peach”.
The song performed rather poorly in the charts worldwide and received very little night airplay in the US on radio station mixshows. It peaked at number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 74 on the R&B chart. In the UK, the medley reached number 33.
SIDE A: Purple Medley (Edit) 3:11
SIDE B: Purple Medley 11:00
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
Year
Single
Chart
Position
1995
Purple Medley
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
#84
1995
Purple Medley
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
#74
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Warner Bros. Records – PRO-A-7481
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1995
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: House, Soul, Funk, Synth-pop
