The Hit Parade are an indie pop group based in London, UK. Named after the … Read Full Bio ↴The Hit Parade are an indie pop group based in London, UK. Named after the NBC US TV show Your Hit Parade which was broadcast across America in the 1950s as a showcase of the best of chart music, The Hit Parade were formed in 1984 by three British schoolfriends Raymond Watts, Matthew Moffatt and Julian Henry. The group have released five CDs and nine singles to date.

Originally hailing from Little Chalfont and Gerrards Cross in the London suburbs, the band recorded their first three singles using a primitive recording studio located in the garage of Watts' family house. Their early records "My Favourite Girl" and "The Sun Shines In Gerrards Cross" became Singles Of The Week in Melody Maker, Record Mirror and other 1980s music publications, and were played on Radio1 by DJs including John Peel, David 'Kid' Jenson, Janice Long and others.

The Hit Parade have never been commercially successful but they have earned the respect of post punk critics, fans and label owners for their determined pursuit of pop purity, and have proved to be more durable than many of their peers. The group have refused to deviate from the format of the three minute pop single and proclaimed the latin motto "Semper Eadem" (always the same) on their early records. Critics have compared them to a wide range of British pop acts including The Jam, Postcard Records, a-Ha, Wham, Everything But The Girl, Pulp and Aztec Camera.

Sue
The Hit Parade Lyrics

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Қ-сы:
Билегенде ламбада (ооо)
Басталады Hit parade (еее)
Кара көйлек
киіп барад(ы)
киіп барад(ы)
киіп барад(ы)
ең әдемі болып (2х)

Оның көздерінде бар галактика
Сені түсіне алмайды логика
Билегенде белдерімен майысып
Менің көздерім сенімен занята.

Менде жоқ геленваген,
Қарапайым мотоцикл
Үйіңе жетіп алам(ын)
Болсадағы километр
Менікі ауылда
Ал сенікі мега центр
Асығып келемін
Мен өзіңе уақыт кетіріп

Dakeen;
Она такая милая,
Шашы оның длинная
Өзге ге қарамайтын,
Ты моя любимая

Сен менің Madmuazelim,
Жүрісің как модель
Екеуміз біргеміз,
Әлемде паралель

Қ-сы:
Билегенде ламбада (ооо)
Басталады Hit parade (еее)
Кара көйлек
киіп барад(ы)
киіп барад(ы)
киіп барад(ы)
ең әдемі болып (2х)

Dakeen;
Сен баян сұлу болсан қозың мен
Домалаған мөлдір сенің көзіңнен
Бүкіл әлемді жаулаған қазақ қыз
Басқа қыздардың қасында ғажапсыз

Оның көздерінде бар галактика
Сені түсіне алмайды логика
Билегенде белдерімен майысып
Ұзын кірпіктерің антарктика (қыстың күні)

Антарктика, Антарктика,
Антарктика,
Антарктика

Қ-сы:
Билегенде ламбада (ооо)
Басталады Hit parade (еее)
Кара көйлек
киіп барад(ы)
киіп барад(ы)

киіп барад(ы)
ең әдемі болып (2х)

Overall Meaning

The Hit Parade's song "Sue" is a love song that compares the singer's love for their partner to the vastness of the galaxy. The opening lines of the song suggest that the lambada dance style has started a Hit Parade that takes them to a dark mountain pass. The singer then goes on to describe the galaxy they see in their lover's eyes, claiming that logic cannot explain the love that they feel. The chorus repeats the line "bilgende lambada" which translates to "lambada in the village" in Kazakh, possibly referencing the international popularity of the Brazilian dance style in the late 1980s.

The second verse of the song further emphasizes the vastness of the singer's love by describing how they would travel huge distances to be with their loved one, even if it means going from a remote village to a bustling city center. The bridge of the song features a spoken-word section by a male voice, presumably the second vocalist credited as Dakeen. He describes how he sees his partner as a beautiful woman with long hair and declares his love for her. The song then ends with a repeat of the chorus.

Overall, "Sue" is a charming love song that uses the metaphor of the galaxy to express the expansiveness of the emotions that the characters feel for each other. The lines in Kazakh and the reference to lambada dance add to the exoticism of the song, which was reflective of the multiculturalism that emerged in British pop in the late 1980s.

Line by Line Meaning

Билегенде ламбада (ооо)
There's a spotlight shining brightly in my world

Басталады Hit parade (еее)
The Hit Parade has begun

Кара көйлек
Black cars

киіп барад(ы)
They're driving slowly

ең әдемі болып (2х)
It's the most mundane thing

Оның көздерінде бар галактика
In her eyes there's a whole universe

Сені түсіне алмайды логика
Logic can't understand your beauty

Билегенде белдерімен майысып
I'm hypnotized by her eyelashes

Менің көздерім сенімен занята.
My eyes are only interested in you

Менде жоқ геленваген,
I don't have a Volkswagen

Қарапайым мотоцикл
A black motorcycle