Songoftheday 6/25/15 - Babe we're gonna ride far outta this town driving into the setting sun, to be there with you dancing to the sound of our hearts beating as one...

"Soul City" - Partland Brothers
from the album Electric Honey (1987)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #27 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 5

Today's SOTD is by the Canadian duo the Partland Brothers,  led by siblings G.P. and Chris, who grew up in rural Ontario before heading to Toronto to persue a music career. They released their debut single, "Soul City", in Canada in 1986, where it reached the top-40 at #25, before doing the same in the U.S. a year later...

"Soul City" became the Partland Brothers' sole American hit in June of 1987. The pair would have a couple more top 40 singles in Canada in the 90s, with "Honest Man" reaching #24 in 1990 and "Lift Me Up" peaking at #37 three years later. They still perform, recruiting brother Robin on drums...

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...and here are the brothers performing live in 2009...

Up tomorrow: British band lives long and prospers on the American chart.