Favorite "New" Songs #9 - "New Song"
@teamfreak16 (43419)
Denver, Colorado
December 17, 2017 2:39pm CST
Conveniently, the theme of this new music countdown is songs with "new" in the title. We are at #9: "New Song" by Howard Jones.
From his 1984 debut album, Humans Lib, "New Song" was Howard Jones' first single, released in 1983. The song reached #3 in both England and Ireland. A 1984 release reached #27 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Top 20 status in both Switzerland and Sweden.
I got to meet Howard Jones after a concert in Denver. He's couldn't have been a nicer guy. Although he had kind of techno'd everything up, you could still recognize the songs. This was definitely a highlight.
I've linked to the official video. It's just as fun and bouncy as the song itself.
Enjoy!
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
18 Dec 17
I liked it, but I don't think I ever heard it before.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
18 Dec 17
It's kind of overshadowed by "Things Can Only Get Better," I think.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
18 Dec 17
@TRBRocks420 - It was his first single. A lot of people didn't really know who he was. Then he blew up with other hits and I think everybody forgot about this one.
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@crossbones27 (48480)
• Mojave, California
17 Dec 17
That's interesting, never heard a song called bouncy but think you are right sounds pretty bouncy. Not sure how else to describe it.
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@crossbones27 (48480)
• Mojave, California
18 Dec 17
@FourWalls Yeah but did it sound bouncy. Like when Megadeth created the train guitar sound. does it sound like that? 
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@FourWalls (62514)
• United States
18 Dec 17
@teamfreak16 — bouncy was part of a Who album!
(Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy)
(Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy)2 people like this
@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
17 Dec 17
Bouncy was all I could come up with!
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@FourWalls (62514)
• United States
18 Dec 17
Have you ever had a song pushed to the furthest recesses of your mind, then when you hear the first note you remember every syllable? That’s how it was when I watched that video. I like this better than “Things Can Only Get Better.”
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
18 Dec 17
Oh yes, that happens to me all the time. I think I like this better as well, if nothing else, because "Things Can Only Get Better" was overplayed so much back then.
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@dgobucks226 (34440)
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22 Dec 17
My favorite is No One Is To Blame, but I like this one. Is unmistakable voice is front and center! Very uplifting song and lyrics.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
22 Dec 17
That's a good one. Used to play it on the radio all the time.
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@FayeHazel (40246)
• United States
18 Dec 17
That's cool you actually got to meet him and he was well, cool :-)
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