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"Pretty in Pink" is a song by the English band the Psychedelic Furs, originally released in 1981 as a single from the band's second album, Talk Talk Talk. The 1986 film was named after the song and a re-recorded version of the song was included on its soundtrack .
The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in London in February 1977. [1] Led by lead vocalist Richard Butler and his brother Tim Butler on bass guitar, the Psychedelic Furs are one of the many acts spawned from the British post-punk scene. The band had several hits in their early career.
The Furs have triumphantly returned with their first album in 29 years, but frontman Butler admits that their cinematic success in the '80s was a "double-edged sword."
Pretty in Pink is a 1986 American teen romantic comedy-drama film about love and social cliques in American high schools in the 1980s. A cult classic , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] it is commonly identified as a " Brat Pack " film.
Lead vocalist Richard Butler opened the track by saying, "This is a Psychedelic Furs commercial. Buy Talk Talk Talk". [1] "Dumb Waiters" was the first Psychedelic Furs single to chart in the UK, peaking at No. 59. [2] It also reached No. 27 on the U.S. National Disco Action Top 80 chart. [3]
The Psychedelic Furs reformed in 2000 and have continued to tour and perform ever since. In 2001, they released Beautiful Chaos: Greatest Hits Live , which also featured one new studio recording, "Alive (For Once in My Lifetime)", as well as a DVD version of the performance, titled Live from the House of Blues .
The end of the film Pretty in Pink, set in a high school prom, was originally meant to feature the OMD song "Goddess of Love" (which the band released on The Pacific Age later in 1986.) [2] However, director John Hughes decided to change the ending to Pretty in Pink after poor test audience reactions, and felt that the new ending required a ...
Molly Ringwald says she wasn’t exactly tickled about wearing the iconic prom dress in "Pretty in Pink." The actor reviewed some of her famous looks throughout her career in an interview with ...