We Don't Talk Anymore
| We Don't Talk Anymore | |
|---|---|
| Cliff Richard | |
| publication | July 6, 1979 |
| length | 4:11 |
| Genre (s) | Pop rock |
| Author (s) | Alan Tarney |
| Producer (s) | Bruce Welch |
| Label | EMI |
| album | Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile |
| Cover version | |
| 1979 | Mary Roos ( I'll go tonight ) |
We Don't Talk Anymore is a song by Cliff Richard that was released from the album Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile in July 1979 . Produced by The Shadows ' rhythm guitarist Bruce Welch and written by Alan Tarney , it was Richard's tenth number one hit in the UK and his first since Congratulations in 1968.
reception
The single reached the top of the British singles chart in August 1979 and stayed there for four weeks. Shortly before his 39th birthday and shortly after it became known that he would receive the Order of the British Empire for his services to music, the success of the single solidified his comeback, which lasted well into the 1980s and 1990s. We Don't Talk Anymore became a worldwide success and was number one in Germany for five weeks . It is his only English-language success at the top of the German charts , although he had two German-language number one hits there in the 1960s. In the United States, the single reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 . Because the chart success went beyond the end of 1979, Richard was the first artist in the top 40 of the Hot 100 in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
The single sold over four million copies worldwide and also topped the charts in Austria , Belgium ( Flanders ), Finland , Hong Kong , Ireland , Malta , Norway and Switzerland . It has been awarded gold in both Germany and Great Britain .
A 12 ″ version was released in Germany, France and the Netherlands in 1979 . This version is 6:54 minutes long and has not been released on CD.
The music video was the sixth video that aired on MTV when it first aired on August 1, 1981 .
Cover versions
Mary Roos
The cover version of Mary Roos , I will go tonight , reached number 25 in the German charts and was placed for twelve weeks. Roos performed it on November 12, 1979 for the first time in the ZDF hit parade , the title was listed at number 17. In the following show he reached number seven on December 10, 1979. After a system change in the charts, Roos performed it again on January 14, 1980, but could not place itself for the following edition.
More cover versions
Other versions are from Karel Gott ( To jsou fámy ), Annelie & Orry , Willy Sommers ( Minder woorden ), Markku Aro ( Sua en saa puhumaan ), The Shadows , Peter Jöback , TBCV , Brotherhood of Man and the Disco Light Orchestra .
Individual evidence
- ^ David Roberts: British Hit Singles & Albums , 19th. Edition, Guinness World Records Limited, London 2006, ISBN 1-904994-10-5 , pp. 371-2.
- ↑ Casey Kasem: American Top 40 , April 12, 1980
- ↑ a b c Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore , hitparade.ch
- ^ UK certification database . BPI . Retrieved January 3, 2010.
- ^ Gold-platinum database , musikindustrie.de