*First Time Hearing* Swing Out Sister- Breakout|REACTION!!!

[@Spiderific]

One of my favorite 80s songs 🥰

[@sulatlalaki]

One of the catchiest singers ever!

[@dbrownthegreat]

I loved this song since it was released and still listen to it regularly. They really jammed on this one.

[@genx7006]

Same here. A major classic.

[@sunilayya8948]

Their mesmerising track Twilight world is one hidden gem.

[@martyemmons1859]

Swing Out Sister is just one of my favorite bands from the UK. There are very few Pop, Jazz, R&B, fusion bands here in the U.S. The lead singer of Swing Out Sister is Corinne Drewery. She recorded "Waters of March" with Akiko Yano. That song is a favorite of mine, Sheray.

[@ukiahsguitarsolos3436]

The whole album is fire.

[@redbuick]

They are ftom england. Elaine drewery is hee name im 99% sure she was a model nefore she waa a singer .One of rhe guys left the group after their first album. The remaining two still perform and she still has that signature haircut. Great songs look them up. Twolighr world os another good one for the future by them.

[@adammckee3496]

*Corinne Drewery

[@rdyplyr2141]

I still have the 45 in my garage! I also regularly listen to this, her voice was smooth!!

[@IceManLikeGervin]

A super fashionable reaction🦸‍♀! Breakout was released as the second single from Swing Out Sister's 1987 album: It's Better To Travel. It was written by Swing Out Sister. It was produced by Paul Staveley O'Duffy. The song reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, #5 on the Cash Box 100 #6 on the Hot 100 and #12 on the Dance Club chart. It also reached #4 on the UK Singles chart. The music video was directed by Nick Willing. The music video was inspired by Corinne Drewery's previous career as a model/fashion designer. It features her as a fashion designer, designing and making her own dress, then modeling it on the runway. It was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards in 1988. Corinne Drewery wrote the song while recovering from a fractured skull from an equestrian accident. Swing Out Sister had signed a two-song deal with Phonogram Records, and their first song: "Blue Mood", failed to impact the music charts. Phonogram Records said the band had to have the second demo tape song in by the next Monday morning or risk being dropped, causing the band to compose the song: "Breakout", under much stress. This influenced the lyrics, as well as Corrine Drewery's desire to quit her day job as a fashion designer and be a singer. There was some controversy around the song's bass line claiming the band had taken it from an unpublished Elezze song and the band saying it was inspired by the 1986 FIFA World Cup TV theme in Britain. Corrine Drewery describes on Remember The '80s the pressure she was under to write the lyrics for the second one: "The second single had to be a hit or we were going to get dropped and there was a lot of pressure on us to get it right. Andy was off on tour with A Certain Ratio, Martin was up in Manchester and I was in London and they kept phoning and asking if I'd finished the lyrics to this song and I got really worried because I wanted it to be perfect, I wanted it to be just right, and the day before the deadline our A&R man phoned up and asked if I'd finished and when I said no he said: 'Oh come on it's only writing a bloody nursery rhyme', but at that stage I didn't have any ideas and I'd just confused myself and I couldn't discuss it with Andy and Martin because they were off doing their respective things. So I was just sitting in this squat that I was living in, with a microphone plugged into the back of a stereo trying things out but I ended up with like half an hour and the bike was due to pick up the tapes! But maybe that lack of time just forced the best thing out, I just had to record something there and then, I think if anyone had seen how it all came about they would never have taken it seriously! I can remember having the idea the night before but I couldn't record it then because it would make too much noise, but the thing that made me remember it was thinking of a chicken clucking combined with Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'". Critical Reception 🗣: Jerry Smith of the Music Week magazine praised "Breakout", describing it a "bubbling, dynamic number with irresistible rhythm and powerful, melodic vocals, backed by rousing horns and sweeping strings", and deemed it a potential hit. Similarly, Stuart Bailie of Record Mirror stated the song "is breezy, buoyant and it's tasteful" and "a good record". Lyrics 🗒: And breakout When explanations make no sense When every answer's wrong You're fighting with lost confidence All expectations gone The time has come to make or break Move on, don't hesitate Breakout Don't stop to ask And now you've found a break to make at last You've got to find a way Say what you want to say Breakout When situations never change Tomorrow looks unsure Don't leave your destiny to chance What are you waiting for The time has come to make your break Breakout Don't stop to ask And now you've found a break to make at last You've got to find a way Say what you want to say Breakout Don't stop to ask Now you've found a break to make at last You've got to find a way Say what you want to say Breakout Some people stop at nothing If you're searching for something Lay down the law Shout out for more Breakout and shout Day in day out And breakout Breakout Don't stop to ask And now you've found a break to make at last You've got to find a way Say what you want to say And breakout Don't stop to ask And now you've found a break to make at last You've got to find a way Say what you want to say And breakout... (Don't) Lay down the law (stop) Shout out for more (to ask) Breakout and shout day in day out Ooh, breakout Breakout Lay down the law Shout out for more Breakout and shout day in day out Swing Out Sister Info 📰: Swing Out Sister first came together in Manchester, England in 1985. The group was formed by Andy Connell (keyboards) and Martin Jackson (drums); they were later joined by Corinne Drewery (vocals). The group has released ten studio albums. In addition, they have put out various other live, compilation and remix albums, some of which are only available in certain regions of the world. According to the group's website: "They christened themselves after an obscure Billie Burke "B"-musical from the '40s- a 1945 movie starring Arthur Treacher, called: Swing Out Sister, because it was the only name they could agree upon... they all agreed they hated it". Both Andy Connell (A Certain Ratio, Kalima, The Immediates, UK Electro) and Martin Jackson (The Bee Knees, The Freshies, Magazine, Two-Tone Pinks, UK Electro, The Chameleons) had been playing in other local bands prior to forming Swing Out Sister, while Corrine Drewery was a fashion designer and model before she became the band's lead vocalist. Diane Charlemagne from the British Jazz-Funk group: 52 Street, was very influential during the period just prior to the band signing to Phonogram Records. Andy Connell and Martin Jackson, outside of their usual roles as Manchester musicians in the bands: A Certain Ratio and Magazine, were producing Electro tracks for Morgan Khan's Streetwise Records record label with a degree of underground success. This activity triggered interest from a few major record labels including Phonogram Records a holding company for Mercury Records. Vocalized songs were asked for, so Andy Connell, who knew Diane Charlemagne through Factory Records, approached her to sing on the Phonogram Records demo tape songs. Those demo tape songs helped secure Andy Connell and Martin Jackson's major label contract with Phonogram Records. This was the period in which 52nd Street moved from Factory Records to Virgin Records and as a result, Diane Charlemagne's Swing Out Sister involvement ended. In 1985, Corrine Drewery met Andy Connell by chance at the Hacienda Club just after the band had completed their demo tape songs and signed with Phonogram Records. They discovered a shared love for vintage Blue Note and Riverside Jazz. After a brief audition by Corrine Drewery, Andy Connell and Martin Jackson invited her to be a full fledged group member, just in time to release their official first single: "Blue Mood". The single failed to chart, but the group's follow-up single: "Breakout" (1986), was a Top Ten hit in the UK and Japan. The trio belatedly completed their debut album: It's Better To Travel, in 1987. The album's US release scored a pair of chart hits with the singles: "Breakout" (#1 Adult Contemporary, #6 Hot 100, #12 Dance Club) and "Twilight World" (#7 Adult Contemporary, #9 Dance Club, #31 Hot 100) as well as a pair of Grammy Award nominationsin 1988: Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Group or Duo ("Breakout"). Following European, and US tours, Martin Jackson became a partial contributor to the group's 1989 album: Kaleidoscope World, as he left the group halfway through the recording process. The album produced several singles the most successful being: "You On My Mind" (#23 Adult Contemporary) and "Waiting Game" (#6 Adult Contemporary, #33 Dance Club, #86 Hot 100). Andy Connell and Corrine Drewery decided to continue the group forward as a duo. Buoyed by their success on radio, on records and in concert, Corrine Drewery and Andy Connell set out to create a highly individualized sound that reflected all their influences inside a modern yet classically wrought take on Sophisti-Pop free from the scene's current trends. In 1992, the group released their album: Get In Touch With Yourself. The album's singles: "Am I The Same Girl?" (#1 Adult Contemporary, #45 Hot 100) and "Notgonnachange" (#21 Dance Club, #22 Adult Contemporary), set the tone for the album's more soulful feel. The song: "Am I The Same Girl?", was a cover of Barbara Acklin's 1969 song. lt also featured a remix collaboration with Frankie Knuckles on the album's single: "Notgonnachange", resulting in a dance club hit. Following sold-out tours of Japan and the US, Swing Out Sister released their upbeat, funky 1994 album: The Living Return. Produced by Ray Hayden (Opaz Records), the album's songs offered a rawer, looser, more Soulful, streetwise sound featuring members of the band's touring ensemble. The album's first single was a righteous cover of The Delfonics' 1967 classic song: "La-La Means I Love You", it was also included on the movie soundtrack to the 1994 blockbuster film: Four Weddings And A Funeral. The song reached #37 on the UK Singles chart but failed to chart anywhere else. The album's other single: "Better Make It Better", didn't make a mark on the music UK or US charts. However, in Japan, the band proved to remain very popular. ****CONTINUE BELOW****

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In the late 1990s, early 2000s the group continued to release albums including: Shapes And Patterns (1997), Filth And Dreams (1999), Somewhere Deep In The Night (2001), Where Our Love Grows (2004), and experiment with music concepts from Trip-Hop, Hip-Hop, Classical, Jazz, Soul, Pop and Drum & Bass. The only charting single from the group in the US or UK was off of their 1997 Shapes And Patterns album with the song: "Somewhere In The World", which peaked at #30 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Despite that obstacle the group maintained a strong following in Japan garnering critical acclaim for their musical projects. Swing Out Sister remained active touring in Europe, Asia and the US, as well as recording and releasing new music in the 2010s. Their most recent release being the album: Almost Persuaded, in 2017. That album was the result of a unique crowd-funding project to finance the recording the album. They group let fans participate in the writing and recording processes. After completing the recording and mixing, it went through several changes before it was deemed presentable by the group before it was finally released. After their 1989 album: Kaleidoscope World, it is widely considered the duo's most cinematic album. Apparently, North American fans agreed, it peaked at number seven on the Jazz album charts. In August 2022, London's Cherry Red Records record label released: "Blue Mood, Breakout And Beyond: The Early Years, Pt. 1". A deluxe, eight-disc box set, it included remastered editions of Swing Out Sister's first three studio albums and their live album: Live At The Jazz Cafe. Discs five through seven contained various mixes and remixes, while disc eight offered B-sides plus radio and club edits. The lushly packaged object included a booklet with full track annotation, a liner essay and interviews with current and former members by writer/blogger Paul Sinclair, and original artwork by Corrine Drewery. Swing Out Sister still performs live on stage in 2024. Swing Out Sister Group Members 🎹 👩‍🎤🪘: Andy Connell - keyboards (1985 - present) Corinne Drewery - lead vocals (1985 - present) Martin Jackson - drums, percussion (1985 - 1989) Swing Out Sister Albums 📀: It's Better To Travel (1987) Kaleidoscope World (1989) Get In Touch With Yourself (1992) Live At The Jazz Café (1993) The Living Return (1994) Shapes And Patterns (1997) Filth And Dreams (1999) Somewhere Deep In The Night (2001) Where Our Love Grows (2004) Live In Tokyo (2005) Beautiful Mess (2008) Private View (2012) Almost Persuaded (2017) Some more good songs by Swing Out Sister 🎶: Am I The Same Girl?, You On My Mind, Twilight World, Forever Blue, Surrender, The Windmills Of Your Mind, Fooled By A Smile, Notgonnachange, Secret Love, We Can Make It Happen, Love Won't Let You Down, Waiting Game, Heaven Only Knows, Now You're Not Here, Something Everyday, Where In The World?, (La La) Means I Love You, After Hours, Forever Blue, Tainted, Heart For Hire, Precious Words, Masquerade, Incomplete Without You, Everyday Crime, Who Let The Love Out, Understand, Get In Touch With Yourself, Don't Say The Word, I Can Hear You But I Can't See You, Between Strangers, Mama Didn't Raise No Fool, Circulate, Don't Give Up On A Good Thing, Sugar Free, Making The Right Move, Stop And Think It Over, That's The Way It Goes, All In Your Mind,Low Down Dirty Business, Ordinary People, Better Make It Better, Don't Let Yourself Down, Invisible, Love Child, The Kaleidoscope Affair, Somewhere In The World, Here And Now, We Could Make It Happen, Shapes And Patterns, Joe Meek's Cat, Stoned Soul Picnic, Feel Free, You Already Know, Certain Shades Of Limelight, Happy Ending, Always, Icy Cold As Winter, Something Out Of This World, When The Laughter Is Over, Let The Stars Shine, Make It Better, From My Window, Caipirinha, Through The Sky, Alpine Crossing, Who's Been Sleeping, Communion, Somewhere Deep In The Night, When Morning Comes, What Kind Of Fool Are You?, Non E Vero Ma Ci Credo, Happy When You're High, Suspened In Time, Don't Give The Game Away, Where The Hell Did I Go Wrong?, Beautiful Mess, It's Not Enough, Almost Persuaded, The Vital Thing, We'll Find A Place, Closer Than The Sun, World Out Of Control, If I Had The Heart, Make You Stay, Touch Me Now, Where Do I Go?, Filth And Dreams, Now Listen To Me, Which Wrong Is Right?, O Pesadelo Dos Autores, Butterfly Lullaby, Fool Tag, Out There and Blue Mood. Fun Fact 🕵‍♀: In 1997, Swing Out Sister won a Grand Prix Award (the Japanese equivalent of a Grammy Award) for best international single for their song: "Now You're Not Here".

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Great smile, great reaction 👍

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[@IceManLikeGervin]

Some reactions to consider 🤔: The Cars- Drive (Official Music Video), Shocking Blue- Venus (Video redbullet YT channel) or Berlin- Take My Breath Away (Official Video).

[@Guy-lo3ld]

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[@sulatlalaki]

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