Songoftheday 5/29/16 - Cold winds blow around me and I can't help but think of you, all the things we wanted all the things we had to do...

"Walking Away" - Information Society
from the album Information Society (1988)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #9 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 10

Today's song of the day comes from the band Information Society, who bridged the divide between British-style new wave and Latin freestyle dance music in a fresh way that landed them a top-3 pop hit in the fall of 1988 with "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)". Their follow-up didn't have to sport a Star Trek sample even to get back on radio, as the infectious "Walking Away" took the same musical elements and merged the drama of freestyle with the fun bounciness of new wave, with this heartbreak song written by band keyboardist Paul Robb and produced by Scritti Politti's Fred Maher...

"Walking Away" gave the Information Society their second (and last) top 10 pop hit in the U.S. in February of 1989. The song also climbed to #15 on Billboard's Modern Rock radio chart, and even crossed over to #64 on their R&B list (their sole track to do so).

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Here's the extended "Space Age" remix that reached #5 on the Dance chart...

and here's the band performing the song live on TV to promote the single in 1989...

...and lastly, from a live show in Philly in 2010...

Up tomorrow: A long-haired pop boy enjoys the weekend.