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"Wishful Thinking" is a song by the English new wave band China Crisis, released as the third single from their second studio album Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two (1983). It reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart in early 1984, becoming their only top 10 hit single in their homeland.
Initially a politically charged post-punk band influenced by Brian Eno's ambient soundscapes, China Crisis soon crossed over to a more commercial sound and had success in the United Kingdom in the 1980s with ten top-50 singles, including the top-10 hit "Wishful Thinking", and three albums charting in or just outside the top 20, including ...
Wishful Thinking" was released in December and became the bands first and only Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at No. 9 in January 1984. [9] The fourth and final single " Hanna Hanna " was released in March 1984 with a live version of " African and White " as the B-side, reaching No. 44.
"No More Blue Horizons (Fool, Fool, Fool)" is a song by English new wave band China Crisis, released as their third single in 1982. It is included on the band's debut studio album Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain (1982) and on the compilation album Collection: The Very Best of China Crisis (1990).
"Working with Fire and Steel" is a song by the English new wave band China Crisis, released as the second single from their second studio album Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two (1983). It peaked at No. 48 on the UK Singles Chart [2] and at No. 47 in Australia. [3]
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Wishful Thinking: Released: May 1997; Label: Recall 2cd; Formats: 2xCD; Repackaging of Acoustically Yours and Warped by Success — — The Best of China Crisis: Released: September 1998; Label: Purple Pyramid; Formats: CD; US-only release — — The Best Songs of China Crisis: Released: 1999; Label: Eagle; Formats: CD; Australasia and Brazil ...
Vocalist and keyboardist Gary Daly wrote "Black Man Ray" at his mother's house following a 1983 tour with Simple Minds.Daly set up a Roland Jupiter-8, a Roland Chorus Echo, a Yamaha Digital Delay pedal, an 808 drum machine, and a TASCAM Portastudio at his mother's house and developed the song independently from Eddie Lundon, who mutually agreed to write songs separately during this period of ...