Songoftheday 12/3/14 - She's got a date for lunch in Singapore, holds stock in I.B.M. and hates Dior...

Robert Palmer - "Hyperactive"
from the album Riptide (1985)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #33 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 5

Today's Song of the Day comes from the late English R&B-infused rock singer Robert Palmer, who finally landed a #1 pop hit in America with his single "Addicted To Love". The follow up release from the album (the third single from Riptide) was "Hyperactive", a power-pop rock track written by Palmer with R&B songsmith Tony Haynes and Dennis Nelson, but fit more the keyboard crunch of mid-80s Foreigner and Yes than the soulful groove of "Addicted", and it didn't "grab" your ears like his former single did (and didn't even sport a music video)...

While "Hyperactive" didn't reach the heights "Addicted" did, it was a moderate pop hit in America, reaching the top-40 in July of 1986. The song also climbed to #21 on the Mainstream Rock radio chart in Billboard magazine. Internationally, the only country that it was even a minor hit was in Australia (#72). All in all the tune fits better as a album cut than a full-on single, something he will correct next time out.

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...and here's Robert performing the song live in 1986...

Up tomorrow: Roe vs Wade goes to the top of the chart.