Substitute was originally recorded by “The Righteous Brothers.” Released as a single in 1975, it went nowhere. The song was revived in 1977 by “Clout,” a 5-member, originally all-girl band from South Africa. Clout’s new arrangement of the song reached number 1 in South Africa, New Zealand, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Denmark and Belgium. It also made number 2 in the UK behind You’re The One That I Want by “John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Later in their career, the group included some male musicians who had played as session musicians on Substitute.” In Europe Clout scored more Top 10 singles including Save Me, You’ve Got All of Me and Under Fire. They split up in 1981, shortly after the release of their last major single, a re-arrangement of the Hall & Oates song Portable Radio.