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80s pop song of the day: "Things Can Only Get Better" by Howard Jones (1985) Who remembers this bright,cheerful mid-80s song with its memorable hook ("whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa")? 
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I just heard this song recently, and was reminded that he wrote some really good pop fluff, like What is Love.
Really well crafted songs, and though they sound incredibly 80's, they still sound good. My Legacy
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Yeah i would always hear this song on pop radio and r&b radio. Don't laugh at my funk
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SoulAlive said: Who remembers this...?
I 'member. 
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NDRU said: I just heard this song recently, and was reminded that he wrote some really good pop fluff, like What is Love.
Really well crafted songs, and though they sound incredibly 80's, they still sound good. Yeah,I have a 'Best of' CD by him and I'm impressed with the other songs too. | |
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It'll do, it'll do. Nothing great but nothing horrible either. Just kinda inbetween.
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Back in 85,I remember hearing this song on our local R&B station. | |
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NDRU said: I just heard this song recently, and was reminded that he wrote some really good pop fluff, like What is Love.
Really well crafted songs, and though they sound incredibly 80's, they still sound good. | |
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another song I like by him: "Everlasting Love" from 1988  | |
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alwyas liked this title song as a kid.....
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vainandy said: It'll do, it'll do. Nothing great but nothing horrible either. Just kinda inbetween.
Oh stop it.We saw you dancing to this song in '85 walking around school singing the hook...
whoa whoa whoa oh whoa whoa whoa | |
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His first album was great - Human's Lib. 2nd album not bad but after that his releases were so-so. I love this one - Equality
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SoulAlive said: vainandy said: It'll do, it'll do. Nothing great but nothing horrible either. Just kinda inbetween.
Oh stop it.We saw you dancing to this song in '85 walking around school singing the hook...
whoa whoa whoa oh whoa whoa whoa As far as walking around school, it's according to if it was early 1985 or late 1985. I graduated in May of that year and if I remember correctly, I think I heard that song for the first time after I graduated. I remember that year well because the first part of 1985 was pretty good but things got horrible after I graduated. Little miss you-know-who came out that summer so you know I can't forget that year. Oh well, at least she waited till after I graduated so she couldn't ruin my senior year. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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the song was released in February 1985 | |
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What kind of question is that? Just about anyone who was alive back then remembers that song. "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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AlexdeParis said: What kind of question is that? Just about anyone who was alive back then remembers that song.
was this song a big hit? | |
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He's touring Australia in the next few months | |
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SoulAlive said: AlexdeParis said: What kind of question is that? Just about anyone who was alive back then remembers that song.
was this song a big hit?It peaked at #5 on the Hot 100 and #6 in the UK. Only "No One Is to Blame" (#4 also in '85) surpassed it here. "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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 Great artist!
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And one more!
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WHA 
Wha Who-oh-oh Whoooa Whoa Whoh-oh  | |
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yup! I have the 12" too. A good long version.
The other HJ song I liked was Life In One Day. "Hyperactive when I was small, Hyperactive now I'm grown, Hyperactive 'till I'm dead and gone"
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