Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try

	Duration: 03:28 minutes Upload Time: 07-06-13 21:19:47 User: IchnosAgain :::: Favorites
Description: 1988) The group's first singles, "I Should Have Lied", "How Many Times", "Chain-Gang Smile" (produced by Don Was from Was Not Was) and "Can You Keep a Secret?", were all written by band members Eg White and Carl Fysh, and performed by the band. None of the singles troubled the UK top 50, but were minor chart entries. However, Stock, Aitken and Waterman auctioned off their services to charity and Brother Beyond and label EMI won the auction . The first song to be released from this session was "The Harder I Try", a number 2 hit that was only kept off the top by the million-seller "Groovy Kind Of Love", by Phil Collins. "The Harder I Try" famously samples the drum intro to The Isley Brothers' "This Old Heart Of Mine", and indeed the song as a whole has a distinct Motown feel, as does its successor "He Ain't No Competition", the 12" of this topping the HI-NRG charts in October 88, where it stayed until it was knocked off by Samantha Fox cover of "I Only Wanna Be With You", again produced by SAW. Their final significant hit was a remix of album-track "Be My Twin", which got to number 14. Subsequent releases delivered lesser returns, with "Can You Keep A Secret" hitting 22, "Drive On" from their second album hitting 39, "Trust" at 53 and a cover of The Three Degrees' "When Will I See You Again?" stalling at 43. After a year-long break, the band enjoyed some US success with "The Girl I Used To Know" and a final UK chart-entry at 48. They released two albums, Get Even (1988) and Trust (1989) before disbanding in 1991.
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seanGTECH ::: Favorites cool........:) 07-07-29 06:10:45 _____________________________________________________
edgebet ::: Favorites I still seem to copy the brother beyond dance routine after a few drinks!!- I must confess in the late 80's the stonewashed jeans & stuff- must hjave a revival. 07-07-29 12:22:50 _____________________________________________________
gunvainman ::: Favorites I used to be a huge fan of theirs when i was a kid. Nathen Moore appeared in Totally Lee Scott Lee as her manager and Carl is a record exec as far as i know. 07-07-30 07:16:16 _____________________________________________________
wastrill ::: Favorites his clothes werent in fashion even in 1988,& the men in the background look a bit dodgy/all the lasses fancied him tho /besides the clothes in this video 07-08-03 18:33:08 _____________________________________________________
missbubbles32 ::: Favorites ohhhhhhh that minds me of my childhood dancing in me room soooooooooo sad lol 07-08-04 18:09:53 _____________________________________________________
jehannahugebabeok ::: Favorites The hottest girls are all at STRICTLYHOTTIES . COM (just take out the spaces) 07-08-09 19:26:16 _____________________________________________________
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sneezymonkey ::: Favorites Haha fwoaargh Nathan.. mmmm ;) 07-08-10 16:27:58 _____________________________________________________
miatomtom ::: Favorites I think Nathan was the boy nextdoor,good song, he his still looking good today,the gay folks here in the UK think you are great,cheesy comment maybe but good song. 07-08-11 11:10:45 _____________________________________________________
xxbutterflycutiexx ::: Favorites i soooooooooooo luv this song!!! xxxxxxxxxxx 07-08-11 11:16:48 _____________________________________________________
DalekNazi ::: Favorites and the arse fell out of his pop career shortly after! 07-08-12 18:58:07 _____________________________________________________