Robbed Hit of the Week 8/20/12 - Steve Winwood's "Still In The Game"...

Steve Winwood - "Still In The Game"

from the album Talking Back To The Night (1982)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #47

This week's "Robbed Hit" is by the veteran British singer/musician Steve Winwood, who by the 80s had already compiled a hefty resume with stints in bands like the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith. Winwood's self-titled first solo album was released in 1977 to little fanfare, but his 1981 classic Arc Of A Diver was one of the most highly acclaimed 'adult pop' records of the early 80s. The album also landed him a worldwide smash with "While You See A Chance", which went top-10 on both the American pop and rock charts.

For Winwood's followup, Talking Back To The Night, he followed the same plan as his breakthrough, recording it by himself at his home in England. The first single, "Still In The Game", didn't quite live up to its title, missing the top-40 in 1982. He's singing with his then-wife Nicole...

The song did have success at rock radio, peaking at #8, and in five years Winwood would remix two other tracks from the album for his collection Chronicles, and end up with a new top-10 pop hit with a rereleased version of his minor hit "Valerie". The Talking Back to the Night LP managed to become a top-10 album in Britain as well.

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British singer Barbara Dickson, who starred in the Broadway hit Chess, recorded a version of the son in 1985...