Earlier this year Mather released a version of this 'classic' Lulu recording from 1979 written be Neil Harrison, which, as I said at the time, has always been a 'guilty pleasure'. Lulu's original was released on her 'Don't Take Love For Granted' album in 1979 but wasn't released as a single until 1981 and reached #61 on UK Pop Chart. I've only just discovered that Melba Moore recorded it on her 1980 album 'Closer'. As far as I can ascertain she never released it on a 45.
The song did better in US than UK, and has even got it's own Wiki page, it was Top 20 and reached #2 in Adult Contemporary chart.
Whilst searching for the Mather version I also came across a couple of other versions, one a Carolina beach version from 2015 by Lakeside Drive Band and another (blue-eyed disco version) from Sep 2016 by Lucy Gayle. Bobbi Walker also recorded it in 1980 on 'Diamond In The Rough'. Shirley Bassey even did a Spanish version on her 1989 album 'La Mujer'!
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