ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Living in a Box" by "Living in a Box"
Added 2016-06-30 05:27:57 +0000 UTCI'm the man in the box.
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Yeah, I remember this. Only that one line though. And I didn't know that 'Blow the House Down' (which I remember even less clearly) was the same group. But Johnny Hates Jazz, I had that album. And Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer, I still find myself whistling that at odd times.
Steve Harper
2016-07-03 07:32:12 +0000 UTCI vaguely remember possibly hearing this song in passing once...although it might have been a dream... That said, "Shattered Dreams" by Johnny Hates Jazz is one of my favorite songs ever
2016-07-02 02:35:38 +0000 UTCIf I were around in 1987, I would've thought this was the latest Go West single.
2016-07-01 06:34:13 +0000 UTCI've heard this song before, but I think it was from a local radio show called Crap From The Past which mostly plays obscure 70s and 80s pop songs (both good and bad; if you're a fan of that era of music I can't recommend it enough and the website has *20 years* of shows available to stream for free). Also thanks for reminding me that Prefab Sprout exists!
Tyler Knott
2016-07-01 04:08:53 +0000 UTCI totally remember this song AND the follow-up "Scales of Justice"! I was living in South Africa at the time, and both songs got a lot of radio airplay there. It sounds like they were less popular in the States.
Kellie Green
2016-07-01 00:50:31 +0000 UTCThe only time I heard it was a clip in AMV Hell.
Jon Heiman
2016-06-30 22:04:29 +0000 UTCPrefab Sprout is one of my fave "sophistipop" bands, besides Scritti Politti. That may be because they both had legit fine songwriters in Paddy McAloon and Green Gartside. And Scotland's The Blue Nile also have a couple solid 1980s albums.
2016-06-30 13:55:29 +0000 UTCDamn, I was 15 when this came out and I barely remember it! Sadly I "rocked out" more to Level 17 and Swing Out Sister...oh and Danny Wilson's "Mary's Prayer" that I still listen to this day.....I need to find more music....
David Perez
2016-06-30 07:24:37 +0000 UTCThis was popular?
sugarfrosted
2016-06-30 07:13:26 +0000 UTCI am 38 and the only time I heard this song was when I was playing GTA 5.
Delbert Sparks
2016-06-30 06:49:36 +0000 UTCThey play an eighties station at work that goes through the chart week by week so there is a lot of music I can recognize but not name but I don't think I ever heard this one.
Doctor Starky
2016-06-30 06:19:27 +0000 UTCWow, now this is one I've never heard before... and probably never will again.
lithium_green
2016-06-30 06:02:07 +0000 UTC
