Yaz
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Yazoo (band)
Yazoo (known as Yaz in North America for legal reasons with Yazoo Records) were a British synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex, England, consisting of former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke (keyboards) and Alison Moyet (vocals). Formed in late 1981 after Clarke responded to an advertisement Moyet placed in a UK music magazine, over the next 18 months the duo made two critically acclaimed albums, Upstairs at Eric's and You and Me Both, blending Clarke's synthesizer melodies with Moyet's blues- and soul-influenced vocals. Yazoo enjoyed worldwide success, particularly in their home country where three of their four singles reached the top three of the UK Singles Chart and both their albums made the top two of the albums chart. In North America they are best known for the song "Situation", originally only a B-side in the UK but which was a club and airplay hit in the US and Canada before being released as the band's debut single in North America.
Despite their success, the duo split acrimoniously in the spring of 1983 due to a combination of Clarke's reluctance to make more records under the Yazoo name, a clash of personalities, and a lack of communication between the pair. Clarke went on to form Erasure, another successful and longer-lasting synthpop duo, while Moyet embarked on a highly successful solo career. Although their musical career was short, Yazoo's combination of electronic instrumentation and soulful female vocals has been cited as an influence on the house music scene that emerged in the mid-1980s, as well as bands such as LCD Soundsystem (who name-checked them on their debut single "Losing My Edge"), Hercules and Love Affair (whose leader Andy Butler has said that "Situation" was his biggest musical inspiration as a child),La Roux, Shiny Toy Guns and Blaqk Audio.
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Yazoo
ALBUMS
- Reconnected Live released: 2010
- In Your Room released: 2008
- Situation Remixes released: 1999
- The Best of Yaz released: 1999
- Don't Go / Situation 1999 mixes released: 1999
- Only Yazoo: The Best Of released: 1999
- The 12 Inch Mixes released: 1993
- Upstairs at Eric's released: 1983
- You and Me Both released: 1983
- Live Dominion Theater November 22, 1982 released:
- The Complete Situation released:
Situation Remixes
Released 1999- Situation (Club 69 radio mix)
- Situation (Club 69 Speed mix)
- Situation (Richard 'Humpty' Vission Visits the Dome mix)
- Situation (Dave Ralph 's Tea Freaks English Breakfast mix)
- Situation (Deadline mix)
- State Farm (Madhouse mix)
- Situation (Daniel Miller - Mark Saunders 12" mix)
- State Farm (Play-Doh dub)
- Situation (original US dub)
Don't Go / Situation 1999 mixes
Released 1999- Don't Go (Tee's TNT radio mix)
- Don't Go (Tee's Freeze mix)
- Situation (Club 69 US radio edit)
- Situation (Club 69 Future Phunk mix)
- Situation (Richard "Humpty" Vission radio edit)
- Situation (Richard "Humpty" Vission Visits the Dome)
- Situation (David Ralph Presents Tea Freaks - The English Breakfastmix)
- Don't Go (MT's dub)
- Situation (Richard "Humpty" Vission Visits the dub)
The Complete Situation
- Only You
- Ode To Boy
- Nobody's Diary
- Midnight
- Goodbye Seventies
- Anyone
- Don't Go
- Mr Blue
- Tuesday
- Winter Kills
- State Farm
- Only You '99
- Situation (Us Mix)
- Situation (Us Dub)
- Situation (Daniel Miller And Mark Saunders Mix)
- Situation (Deadline Mix)
- Situation (Richard 'Humpty' Vission Visits The Dome Mix)
- Situation (Richard 'Humpty' Vission Visits The Dub)
- Situation (Club 69 Radio Mix)
- Situation (Club 69 Future Phunk Mix)
- Situation (Club 69 Speed Mix)
- Situation (Dave Ralph's Tea Freaks English Breakfast Mix)
- Don't Go (Tee's Tnt Radio Mix)
- Don't Go (Tee's Freeze Mix)
- Don't Go (Mt's Dub)
- State Farm (Play-Doh Dub)
- State Farm (Madhouse Mix)
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ALBUMS
- Mobile Beat Dance 4 released:
- Modern Rock - Club 80s released:
- Take Me Home Tonight released:
- Ride & Pride released:
Take Me Home Tonight
- Video Killed the Radio Star
- The Fredricking
- Hungry Like a Wolf
- Situation
- That's What I'm Talking About
- Kickstart My Heart
- Barry's Advice
- Straight Outta Compton
- Bette Davis Eyes
- Meeting Trish Anderson
- Safety Dance
- Rocket Surgeon
- Come on Eileen
- Oh Sherrie
- Everybody Have Fun Tonight
- Let My Love Open the Door (E Cola mix)
- Can I Tell You?
- Live Is Life
- Don't You Want Me
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Happy People
by: Yaztake no notice 'cos i'm just the same
there's a thousand other faces with the very same name
and we look like each other, and we all live together.
we talk about the same things
and we never try and change things.
(chorus)
we're the happy, happy people
(repeat)
we never give opinions and we never state views
after all, you can't be sure that what we say is true
and if you want to join us, you can follow on behind us.
you can talk about your visions
you can make some big decisions.
(chorus repeat)
we believe in having fun and smiling all the time
and sometimes we're on tv if we're over 69
and when we have a raffle, then it's just a big reshuffle.
it's a democratic poll
but we're the ones who are in control.
(chorus repeat)
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