Nitrate Has All The Right Moves

New Music

British melodic rockers “Nitrate” recently released their fourth studio album, “Feel The Heat.” A melodic rock band formed in 2015 in Nottingham, England, Nitrate is overtly inspired by the ‘80’s rock scene and influenced by the likes of Def Leppard, Europe, Journey, and Bon Jovi. Nitrate exudes the eighties in everything. The band profiles itself with excellent melodic hard rock that sounds timeless, and their new album is a nostalgic ride for rockers who consciously experienced the 1980’s. This is melodic hard rock that sounds the way it should.

Nitrate’s new single, “All The Right Moves,” is new this week on RadiJohan.

RadiJohan Top 10 on 28 October 2023

Top 10
TWLWArtistTitle
10NewEclipseAnthem
9NewGhost Hounds Make It Shake
88The Coral Wild Bird
77RacoonNickel For Goodbye
66Steven WilsonWhat Life Brings
54Brothers OsborneNobody’s Nobody
45Robert Jon & The Wreck Into The Light
33Rick Springfield She Walks With The Angels
22Anastacia & Peter Maffay Just You
11Extreme Other Side of The Rainbow

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RadiJohan Top 10 on 21 October 2023

Top 10
TWLWArtistTitle
107Soen ft. Elisa Hollowed
96Streetlight Words For Mending Hearts
810The Coral Wild Bird
7NewRacoonNickel For Goodbye
69Steven WilsonWhat Life Brings
55Robert Jon & The Wreck Into The Light
44Brothers OsborneNobody’s Nobody
32Rick Springfield She Walks With The Angels
23Anastacia & Peter Maffay Just You
11Extreme Other Side of The Rainbow

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A Norwegian First

Flashback

This week in 1985 “a-ha” went to number 1 on the USA singles chart with “Take On Me,” making them the first Norwegian band to top the chart in the USA. The song reached number 1 in 27 countries and remained on top of the Eurochart Hot 100 for nine weeks.

The video for “Take On Me” featured the band in a pencil-sketch animation method called “Rotoscoping” combined with live action and won six awards at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards.

“Are We There Yet?” is Here

New Music

Rick Astley’s ninth studio album, “Are We There Yet,” has just been released.  It was preceded by its lead single “Dippin My Feet”. The album, inspired by the soul music of Marvin Gaye, Al Green and Bill Withers, was recorded at Astley’s home studio in London.

The follow up single to “Dippin My Feet” is called “Never Gonna Stop” and is new this week on RadiJohan. About the new single, Rick said:

“I am so excited about the release of Never Gonna Stop, the second single from my forthcoming album Are We There Yet? I love the vibe of it and I hope you love it too.”

Toto Defies The Critics

Flashback

This week in 1978 “Toto” released their hugely successful self-titled debut album. Both band and album were initially not well received by critics, with an article in “Rolling Stone” magazine calling Toto “the kind of dull debut you’d expect from a bunch of career session players” and lacking “at least two elements crucial to good rock: a singer and a writer.” The article went on to say that three Toto members sang “passably” while calling a fourth, the lead vocalist, “terrible.” In spite of critical opinions like this, Toto quickly gained a following, with the album reaching the top 10 in the USA, Australia, Sweden, Canada and West-Germany. The album also delivered three chart singles – “Hold the Line,” “I’ll Supply the Love” and “Georgy Porgy.” “Hold The Line,” Toto’s debut single, reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is today considered a rock classic by many.

It’s My Party

Flashback

A song by American singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, “It’s My Party,” from her 1963 debut studio album “I’ll Cry If I Want To,” went to number 1 in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. Gore was 16 when she recorded this song, which led the media to call her “The Teen Queen.” Gore was driving when she heard the song on the radio for the first time. She had never heard her voice through a car radio before, and initially didn’t recognize it as herself, thinking somebody else had recorded her song,”

“It’s My Party” is about the discomfort a teenage girl feels at her birthday party when her boyfriend Johnny disappears, only to return later in the company of Judy, who is “wearing his ring”, indicating Judy has replaced the birthday girl as Johnny’s love interest.

This week in 1981 a cover version by Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin topped the singles chart in the UK.

RadiJohan Top 10 on 14 October 2023

Top 10
TWLWArtistTitle
10NewThe CoralWild Bird
9NewSteven Wilson What Life Brings
85Michael Thompson Band Just What It Takes
74Soen ft. Elisa Hollowed
62Streetlight Words For Mending Hearts
58Robert Jon & The Wreck Into The Light
47Brothers OsborneNobody’s Nobody
36Anastacia & Peter MaffayJust You
21Rick Springfield She Walks With The Angels
13Extreme Other Side of The Rainbow

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Two Grammy winners Team Up

New Music

American singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat’s has teamed up with fellow American musician, Sheryl Crow for her latest single. The duet, “I’ll Be Here” is an uplifting song written about 13 years ago and intended for anyone to sing to whoever they love, including themselves. Caillat’s latest album, “Along The Way,” was released earlier this week.

“I’ll Be Here” by Colbie Caillat & Sheryl Crow is new this week on RadiJohan.

A “Nickel For Goodbye”

New Music

Dutch quartet “Racoon” scored one of the biggest hits in Dutch chart history with their 2005 ballad “Love You More.” The band started life in 1997 as an acoustic duo consisting of singer Bart van der Weide and guitarist Dennis Huige. The following year they were joined by Paul Bukkens on drums and Stefan De Kroon on bass making “Racoon” complete. Their self-released debut single, “It’s An Ice Cream Day” got them noticed in the industry and, after performing at the Noorderslag Festival, they received an offer of a recording contract from Sony.

Racoon have scored a number of hit albums and singles in their native “Netherlands” over the last 25 years and a brand new album is now on the horizon. Their new single, “Nickel For Goodbye,” which serves as an appetizer, is new this week on RadiJohan.