Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet is a popular British pop band most prominent during the 80s,… Read Full Bio ↴Spandau Ballet is a popular British pop band most prominent during the 80s, at the beginning of which they were forerunners of the British new romantic movement. Its members are singer-songwriter Tony Hadley on vocals, brothers Gary Kemp and Martin Kemp on guitar and bass respectively, with Gary also supplying background vocals, Steve Norman on saxophone, and John Keeble on the drums. Gary Kemp also wrote or co-wrote most of the group's music and lyrics.

Initially formed in 1976 in London, England, they didn't reach a stable line-up or decide on the Spandau name until 1978. Their odd title allegedly came from a piece of bathroom graffiti observed during the members early days. Inspired by a mixture of avant-garde synth pop and slick funk. as typified by their early track "Chant No 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)", also known by other titles such as "Chant # 1", the band commercially broke through with an artistic public image as remarked upon as their music. Said track reached the #2 spot in the U.K. and was notable for inclusion of the horn section from the group Beggar & Co, which proved a fruitful collaboration on record.

Spandau Ballet's first two albums, 1981's 'Journeys to Glory' and 1982's 'Diamond', found them also mining their art rock and glam rock roots as their fan-base expanded, the group looking to the works of David Bowie and Roxy Music for inspiration. Both albums charted in the U.K. top 20 and were later certified gold by the RIAA. Additional popular songs from the band in this era include "To Cut a Long Story Short" and "Freeze" (also known as "The Freeze". The group also notably picked up a semi-friendly rivalry with new wave contemporaries Duran Duran.

After four hits in the U.K. followed by a couple of less successful releases, however, Spandau Ballet's chart career appeared to be on the wane. Yet Instinction, re-ignited their fortunes and became the first of eleven consecutive singles to reach the Top 20

Immensely popular in the UK, the New Romantic group eventually mellowed into a mainstream pop act. As with Duran Duran they 'broke America', albeit briefly - the title track of their 3rd album True peaked in the Top 5 of the Singles charts. The song gained a new life in the 1990's and beyond by being sampled in the songs Set Adrift on Memory Bliss by PM Dawn and N Dey Say by Nelly.

After a split in 1990 and a court case almost ten years later involving Hadley, Keeble & Norman suing Gary Kemp over royalties, they announced in March 2009 a reformation.
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Spandau Ballet Lyrics


1 I checked the time, it was almost time A curious smell,…
A Handful Of Dust Your pressed your face against my heart I felt that you…
A Matter Of Time He lays alone cries on his own For horizons that he'll…
Always in the Back of My Mind Ooh, you're always in the back of my mind, ooh Nothing…
Barricades Mother doesn't know where love has gone She says it…
Be Free With Your Love Be free with your love Free with your love Be free with…
Big Feeling Big feeling Come next September I'll be out upon the road…
Chant #1 I checked the time, it was almost time A curious smell,…
Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This I checked the time, it was almost time A curious smell,…
Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) I checked the time, it was almost time a curious smell,an…
Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) [Remastered] I checked the time, it was almost time a curious smell,…
Code of Love He put so much into her life She took so much…
Coffee Club Matthew didn't stay home, he went abroad instead Journeys to…


Communication Communication always leaves me incomplete The grass is green…
Confused Ooh I don't get it, what the hell it is All…
Crashed Into Love We stand alone Warmed by the light that reflects in your…
Cross the Line We have no way to see eye to eye Through all…
Don't Need A Gun I checked the time, it was almost time A curious smell,…
Empty Spaces Once there were times, love when we could touch the…
Fight for Ourselves Everybody, we've got to fight for ourselves Everybody, we've…
Foundation Hello, this is me to you It's better now we're comin'…
Gently Been watching storms and mountains, no science for tomorrow …
Glow Glow, take out this foreign heart Wash off the sand that…
Gold Thank you for coming home I'm sorry that the chairs are…
Heaven Is a Secret She'll sing a West-Side song You could be the boy in…
Highly Re-strung This is the song of little Jo she's not the girl…
How Many Lies Once there were times, Once there were reasons filled with …
I'll Flight for You Passion take the wind And break me from this tie We're morta…
Innocence & Science Water from my mind Breaks the ropes and binds Water comes …
Instinction Cheap bed, in the red Sleep the words out of your…
Instinction (Edit) Cheap bed in the red, Sleep the words out of your…
Instinction - 2010 Remastered Version Cheap bed, in the red Sleep the words out of your…
Instinction/Chant No. 1 I checked the time, it was almost time A curious smell,…
Lifeline Changing her colours she's off to the shore She rides the…
Lifeline (12'' Version) Changing her colors she's off to the shore She rides the…
Love Is All You can't always be What you wanted to me And with every…
Man In Chains I've only myself to blame, Now that I'm tangled up in…
Mandolin Oh, mandolin, oh, mandolin Waiting in the dark All centuries…
Missionary The bells ring out above my room And announcement of our…
Motivator I can make you feel so good Hold me by the…
Muscle Bound We're building fires that will burn until morning The smell…
Musclebound We're building fires that will burn until morning The smell …
Nature of the Beast It is the key to all the doors It is the…
Once More I don't want to let you down I just…
Only When You Leave Layin' in the after glow I only wanna learn what…
Only When You Leave (12'' Version) Layin' in the after glow I only want to learn what…
Only You Layin' in the after glow I only wanna learn what…
Paint Me Down Paint me down Paint me down Paint me down Paint me down Pai…
Paint Me Down (Remastered) Paint me down Paint me down Paint me down I'm walking into …
Paint Me Down - 2010 Remastered Version Paint me down Paint me down I'm walking into studio Conside…
Pharaoh Going alone, going alone, going alone Take that pharaoh Goin…
Pleasure Pleasure's in my car Even in the bar as I'm searching In…
Raw I've been running round town for a new identiy I've been…
Räw I've been running 'round town for a new identity I've been…
Re-Paint Paint me down Paint me down Paint me down Paint me down Pai…
Reformation Bleak and tired western skies Silence crashing with quiet li…
Revenge for Love Don't I need a savior Just to bail me out I'll hold…
Round & Round I don't have to be so wise You're just my fantasy And…
Secret She'll sing a West-Side song You could be the boy in…
She Loved Like Diamond She ran the risk from unity Obsession dies alone with traged…
Snakes and Lovers I just don't understand it, Well there's something at our d…
Soul Boy You were my soul I was your boy And we would dance…
Steal Ah, ah Ah, ah I, I need something No, no don't rush it H…
Swept Be careful what you say, Loose talk could sink this ship W…
The Freeze Blue sing la lune sing lagoon Visions are making me stay The…
This Is The Love This is the love This is the love I was miles away Lost…
Through the Barricades Mother doesn't know where love has gone She says it…
To Cut a Long Story Short Soldier is turning See him through white light Running from…
To Cut a Long Story Short (12'' Version) Soldier is turning See him through white light Running from …
Toys We are the night We'll tempt you and turn you on Live…
True (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) (Ha-ha-ha, ha-ah-hi) So true Funny how…
Virgin I could tell you a fairytale, Hold your hand oh so…
Windy Town There's gotta be something more to this life we're given Got…
With The Pride Just leave me with the pride that I worked for Now…


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