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Thompson Twins - "King For A Day"
from the album Here's To Future Days (1985)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #8 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 11

Today's Song of the Day is by the British new-wave trio Thompson Twins, whose 1985 album Here's To Future Days had already scored them their second top-10 single with "Lay Your Hands On Me". For its follow-up the band released the bouncy "King For A Day", which was remixed for the American market adding more guitars to the track. It was their most joyful moment on the radio in their career...


Thompson Twins - King For A Day by jpdc11

"King For A Day" became the third and final top-10 pop single in America for the "Twins" in March of 1986, while also climbing to #13 on the Adult Contemporary (or "easy-listening") radio chart in Billboard magazine. Internationally, the single was a top-ten success in Sweden and New Zealand, but in England, where it was the third release after "Don't Mess With Doctor Dream" in a shorter synth-heavy version, stopped at #22.

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Here's the trio performing on TV in 1985...

Up tomorrow: the sisters have some R.E.M.s