THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
996-A Flock of Seagulls-Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You.)
1982-Number 10 single.
Best Bit-At 0.10.If I ever get around to compiling a best ‘intro’s’ countdown, this could well be Number 1.
A Flock of Seagulls were formed in Liverpool, England, in 1979 by Mike Score, his brother Alister. and Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds who co-wrote this song, with Mike Score, joined the band with-in months of them forming. Their strange band name is a lyric taken from The Stranglers song ‘Toiler on the Sea.’ In the States they are best known for their song ‘I Ran,’ which reached Number nine on Billboard, but failed to chart in the UK, but in their home country this is the song they are associated with.
Mike Score has explained the songs meaning,”Wishing’ is about a real person, it was the eve of the first trip we ever took to America, and I had met a girl. We went out for the night, and I didn’t want to forget her, so I said, ‘We’re going on tour and I’ll be back.’ I’d like to get a photograph of you, and she said,’No,’ because you’re going to go on to be famous, and you’ll forget me.’
It appears that there was no fairy tale ending, the girl was right, they never met again.
‘If I had a photograph of you, it’s something to remind me.’
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