THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
985-Average White Band-Pick Up the Pieces.
1974-Number 6 single.
Best Bit-At 2.13. When is an instrumental not an instrumental? Because this song has a few chants of ‘Pick Up the Pieces,’ does that mean it’s not actually an instrumental?
If you didn’t know you would think that the Average White Band, also known as ‘AWB’ are a American Funk Band, nothing could be further from the truth, because they are white, and from Scotland. ‘AWB’ were formed in 1972 by Alan Gorrie, and Malcolm ‘Molly’ Duncan, they were soon joined by a further five members. They have had four UK top 40 singles all charting between 1974-1980, in total they have released 13 studio Albums, the latest being ‘Inside Out’ in 2018.
‘Pick Up the Pieces’ was co-written by band members Hamish Stuart, and Roger Ball, though all of the groups members are given songwriting credit, it was produced by the legendary music producer Arif Mardin (1932-2006.) During the song there are chants of ‘Pick Up the Pieces,’ Malcolm Duncan explained,’ It’s about picking yourself up when things aren’t going well’. The song had it’s greatest success in America, where it became a Billboard Number 1 single in 1975.
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