Songoftheday 5/22/13 - Heart of stone I tried to reach you, of the altar stone I tried to warn you...

The Fixx - "The Sign Of Fire"
from the album Reach The Beach (1983)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #32 (two weeks)
Weeks in the Top-40: 7

Today's Song of the Day is by the British new wave band the Fixx, who had their big American pop breakout album with Reach The Beach, which scored them two top-40 hits in 1983 - the minimalism mantra of "Saved By Zero" and the white-boy funk of "One Thing Leads To Another". Their third single from the album, "The Sign Of Fire", was the first to feature their new bassist, Dan Brown...

"The Sign Of Fire" became the band's fifth consecutive top-20 rock hit, as well as their third to reach the pop top-20 in January of 1984. The Reach The Beach album remains a go-to CD for me when I'm in a new-wavey mood. It's consistently great front to back.

Up tomorrow: Some nude peepers have a blackout.