#7 - The Stranglers - Something Better Change
Original music video for Something Better Change by The Stranglers released as a single on 22nd July 1977.www.thestranglers.co.ukwww.facebook.com/thestrangle...
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Year - 1977
Album - No More Heroes
UK Chart position - #9
Vocals - Jean-Jacques Burnel
Key Lyric -
Don't you like the way I dance, does it bug you?
Don't you like the cut of my clothes?
Don't you like the way I seem to enjoy it?
Stick my fingers right up your nose
Something's happening and it's happening right now
You're too blind to see it
Interesting Points
1- A deliberate rebellion song aimed at stirring stuff up. Thumbing their nose at any kind of authority.
2- The song was written in 1976 before most punk bands had recording contracts
3- in their not understanding foreign cultures situations, On their first tour of Japan, this was the opening song of their opening gig. Japanese audiences didnt react so they played it again. Same result. They ended up playing it 8 times in 25 minutes. Hugh Cornwell yelled at the crowd for their lack of reaction. One guy got up to dance and the crowd finally got into the band.
4- This was recorded at the same time as the Rattus Norvegicus songs, but had a different vibe according to the band. This song was too “Up” to be included there.
5- The video for this song was recorded on the same day as the Straighten Out video, the AA track to this single
Summary to date
Year
1977 - 11
1978 - 5
1979 - 2
1980 - 0
1981 - 1
1982 - 1
1983 - 0
1984 - 2
1985 - 0
1986 - 1
1987 - 0
1988 - 2
1989 - 0
1990 onwards - 2
Where to find
Rattus Norvegicus - 7/9
No More Heroes -3/11
Black and White - 2/12
The Raven - 2/11
The Gospel According to the Meninblack - 0/10
La Folie - 1/11
Feline - 0/9
Aural Sculpture - 2/11
Dreamtime - 1/10
All Live and All of the Night - 2/13
10 - 1/10
1991 onwards - 0
B Sides - 1
Greatest Hits - 2
Standalone Single - 3
Running Vocal Count
Hugh Cornwell - 15
Jean-Jacques Burnel - 10
Other - 0
Rundown
#31 - Walk on By
#30 - Ugly
#29 - All Day and All of the Night
#28 - Meninblack
#27 - Goodbye Toulouse
#26 - Princess of the Streets
#25 - Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front)
#24 - Duchess's
#23 - Sometimes
#22 - La Folie
#21 - North Winds
#20 - No Mercy
#19 - 5 Minutes
#18 - Strange Little Girl
#17 - Shut Up
#16 - Bitching
#15 - Bring on the Nubiles
#14 - 96 Tears
#13 - Down in the Sewer
#12 - Hanging Around
#11 - Straighten Out
#10 - Nice ‘N’ Sleazy
#9 - London Lady
#8 - Always the Sun
#7 - Something Better Change
We go back to the 80s for another of their international hits
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