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(1985 – 1988)

The Communards were a British pop duo of the 1980s comprised of singer Jimmy Somerville and multi-instrumentalist Richard Coles. The band had their first UK Top 20 hit in 1985 with the piano-based single “

You Are My World.” The following year they had their biggest hit with an energetic cover version of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes’ soul classic “Don’t Leave Me This Way” (in a version inspired by Thelma Houston’s cover) which spent four weeks at number one and became the UK’s biggest selling single of 1986. It featured Sarah-Jane Morris as a co-vocalist.

Later that year The Communards had another UK Top 10 hit with the single “So Cold the Night.” In 1987 they released an album called Red which featured a cover version of The Jackson 5’s hit “Never Can Say Goodbye” (in a version inspired by Gloria Gaynor’s cover), which the Communards took to Number 4.

The group split in 1988, with Somerville continuing as a solo act; Coles went on to become an ordained Anglican priest.

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pe84 wrote:
May 2009

Tengo muchos recuerdos de la infancia con the comunards,mi padre los ponia en el coche cuando viajabamos. Maravilloso grupo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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german_in_la wrote:
May 2009

Red was a brilliant album.

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Vanilla-villa wrote:
May 2009

<3

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TetrisRock wrote:
February 2009

Wish more of their stuff was on last.fm... my personal last.fm radio station has some bad gaps because of the artists/labels refusing to put their stuff on here.

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CreJans wrote:
June 2008

<3

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Killerdwarf wrote:
October 2007

great stuff !

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pattiscool wrote:
October 2007

the band has some of the most interesting new wave beats yet suffers from almost comical vocals

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ChrissyM wrote:
May 2007

Is anyone else noticing this? You can play never can say good bye on last fm radio, but it's not scrobbling. Maybe there is a communards filter?

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Quarex wrote:
April 2007

If I Could Tell You is phenomenal. PHENOMENAL. LISTEN TO IT RIGHT NOW RAGGHGHHG

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silviapattini wrote:
March 2007

The Gates of Instambul = So cold the night - The Communards?

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snotface2 wrote:
March 2007

the one with glasses came from where i come from :D

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waveshock wrote:
March 2007

One of the best synth pop bands that the 80's spawned, alongside Pet shop boys, Erasure and others.

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