Eddy Grant

Eddy Grant (2009)

Eddy Grant (* 5. March 1948 as Edmond Montague Grant in Plaisance, Guyana ) is a British pop musician , singer, composer and guitarist . He became known with the band The Equals , especially through their 1966 super hit Baby Come Back .

biography

Grant's family moved from Guyana to London in 1960 . He co-founded the group The Equals, which had a number of hits between 1967 and 1971. At the age of 23, Grant suffered a heart attack that forced him to step down. He switched to producing and founded his own studio , Coach House, and his own record label , Ice Records.

In mid-1979 Grant had his first single hit with Living on the Frontline . He set up the Blue Wave studio in Barbados in order to live again with his family, who had previously moved to the Caribbean . In Barbados, Grant produced Mick Jagger , Sting and Elvis Costello, among others .

The final breakthrough came in late 1980 with Do You Feel My Love . This hit was part of the album Can't Get Enough , which also included the hit singles Can't Get Enough of You and I Love You Yes, I Love You . With the album Killer on the Rampage , released in autumn 1982, Eddy Grant remained on the road to success. The couplings I Don't Wanna Dance , Electric Avenue and War Party reached high positions in various hit parades.

The album Going for Broke was released in mid-1984 . The two singles from it, Till I Can't Take Love No More and Romancing the Stone , were the next chart successes. In early 1985, Grant re- recorded Baby Come Back . As the guitarist of his former band, The Equals, he had a worldwide hit with this song in 1967/1968. This time it was enough for placements in Germany and Switzerland.

Gimme Hope Jo'anna was the only hit from the album File Under Rock (1988), but was in the top 10 of many European singles charts. Walking on Sunshine just reached a middle position in the UK charts. It wasn't until 2001 that another chart success was achieved with a remix of the song Electric Avenue . Grant last got into conversation when he accused the British band Gorillaz of plagiarism: Their 2010 single Stylo was identical to his 1982 number Time Warp .

engagement

Grant is politically active. His hit Gimme Hope Jo'anna called for the end of apartheid in South Africa - the name 'Jo'anna' in the song title does not refer to a woman, but to the South African metropolis of Johannesburg .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1981	Can't get enough	DE41 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK39 (6 weeks) UK	-
1982	Killer on the Rampage	DE11 (23 weeks) DE	AT16 (2 weeks) AT	-	UK7th silver (23 weeks)UK	US10 gold (30 weeks)US
1984	Going for Broke	DE48 (7 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US64 (17 weeks) US
1988	File under rock	DE48 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-
1992	Paintings of the Soul	-	-	CH33 (1 week) CH	-	-

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

1975: Eddy Grant 1977: Message Man 1979: Walking on Sunshine 1980: My Turn to Love You 1980: Love in Exile 1981: Live at Notting Hill 1985: Born Tuff 1990: Barefoot Soldier

1993: Soca Baptism 1997: I Don't Wanna Dance 2000: Hearts and Diamonds 2001: The Best of Eddy Grant 2001: Hearts & Diamonds 2006: reparation 2008: Lost & Found 2017: Plaisance

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1984	All the Hits - The Killer at His Best	-	-	-	UK23 gold (10 weeks)UK	-
1989	Walking on Sunshine - The Very Best of Eddy Grant	DE22 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK20th silver (8 weeks)UK	-
2001	The Greatest Hits	DE78 (2 weeks) DE	AT19 (11 weeks) AT	CH69 (2 weeks) CH	UK3 platinum (16 weeks)UK	-
2001	Greatest Hits Collection	-	-	-	UK94 (1 week) UK	-
2008	The Very Best Of - Road to Reparation	-	-	-	UK14th silver (7 weeks)UK	-

More compilations

1981: Eddy Grant (2 LPs) 1993: Essential - The Very Best of ... 1995: The Best of Eddy Grant 1996: Greatest Hits 1997: The Best Of

1998: The Complete Collection 1999: Greatest Hits Collection 1999: Grant's Greatest 1999: Hits from the Frontline 2004: Baby Come Back: The Best of Eddy Grant

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1979	Living on the Front Line Walking on Sunshine	-	-	-	UK11 (15 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 1979
1980	Do You Feel My Love Can't Get Enough	DE12 (28 weeks) DE	-	CH3 (8 weeks) CH	UK8th silver (11 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 1980
1981	Can't Get Enough of You Can't Get Enough	DE22 (17 weeks) DE	-	CH12 (4 weeks) CH	UK13 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1981
	I Love You, Yes, I Love You Can't Get Enough	DE58 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK37 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 1981
1982	I Don't Wanna Dance Killer on the Rampage	DE7 (25 weeks) DE	AT2 (16 weeks) AT	CH1 (9 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (16 weeks)UK	US53 (7 weeks) US	First published: September 1982
1983	Electric Avenue Killer on the Rampage	DE9 (18 weeks) DE	AT6 (10 weeks) AT	CH6 (6 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (9 weeks)UK	US2 platinum (22 weeks)US	First published: January 1983
	Was Party Killer on the Rampage	DE47 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH11 (3 weeks) CH	UK42 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 1983
	Till I Can't Take Love No More Going for Broke	DE26 (10 weeks) DE	-	CH14 (8 weeks) CH	UK42 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 1983
1984	Romancing the Stone Going for Broke	DE42 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK52 (5 weeks) UK	US26 (17 weeks) US	First published: May 1984
	Boys in the Street Going for Broke	-	-	-	UK78 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 1984
1985	Baby Come Back Born Tuff	DE58 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH26 (2 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: February 1985
1988	Gimme Hope Jo'anna File Under Rock	DE4 (23 weeks) DE	AT2 (18 weeks) AT	CH2 (18 weeks) CH	UK7 (12 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 1988
	Harmless Piece of Fun File Under Rock	-	-	-	UK90 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 1988
	Put a Hold on It File Under Rock	-	-	-	UK79 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 1988
1989	Walking on Sunshine Walking on Sunshine - The Very Best of Eddy Grant	-	-	-	UK57 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 1989
2001	Electric Avenue (Ringbang Remix) The Greatest Hits	DE68 (3 weeks) DE	AT56 (4 weeks) AT	CH100 (1 week) CH	UK5 (12 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 2001

More singles

1970: Baby Don't Let Me Down 1974: My Queen Tonight 1975: Hello Africa 1975: Nobody's Got Time 1977: Say I Love You 1978: Child 1978: Walking on Sunshine 1978: Love 1980: My Turn to Love You 1980: Preachin 'Genocide

1981: Hello Africa 1981: Time to Let Go 1982: Niño Jamaicano 1984: Dance Party 1988: Grant mix 1990: Restless World 1992: Paco & Ramone 1992: Welcome to La Tigre 1993: Ra-Ti-Ray 2002: Queen of My Heart & Soul

Awards for music sales

Silver record  France 1988: for the single Gimme Hope Jo'anna Golden record  Spain 1988: for the album File Under Rock

Platinum record  Canada 1983: for the single Electric Avenue 1983: for the album Killer on the Rampage

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
France (SNEP)	silver1	-	-	250,000	infodisc.fr
Canada (MC)	-	-	2 × platinum2	200,000	musiccanada.com
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	-	50,000	Sólo éxitos: año año, 1959-2002
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	platinum1	1,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × silver5	2 × gold2	platinum1	1,580,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	6 × silver6th	4 × gold4th	4 × platinum4th

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Singles / Albums / Billboard 200
2. ↑ US albums: Joel Whitburn : Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006 . Billboard Books, New York 2006, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 .

Web links

Commons : Eddy Grant  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• eddygrant.com
• Eddy Grant's sound carrier in the catalog of the German National Library
• Eddy Grant at Allmusic (English)
• Eddy Grant at Discogs (English)
• Eddy Grant at laut.de
• icerecords.com
• vh1.com (English)
• Eddy Grant at 45cat.com (English)