The Special AKA

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Band: THE POGUES

Single: DARK STREETS OF LONDON
Their debut 7″
Released: 1984

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Band: THE SPECIAL AKA

Single: NELSON MANDELA
Released: 8 March 1984
Score: #9 in the UK, #1 in New Zealand

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Band: ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN

Single: THE KILLING MOON
Released: 20 January 1984
Score: #9 in the UK, #7 in Ireland

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Artist: PRINCE

Single: WHEN DOVES CRY
Released: 16 May 1984
Score: #1 in the US, #4 in the UK

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Band: REDSKINS

Single: KEEP ON KEEPING’ ON
Released: 1984

Pride by U2

Jump by VAN HALEN

In The Ghetto by NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS

Dancing In The Dark by BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

I Feel For You by CHAKA KHAN

Single This – THE SPECIAL AKA Feat. RHODA DAKAR

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Striking single sleeves…

19 July 2020

Band:  The Special AKA  (actually, The Specials
as we know them)  with Rhoda Dakar on vocals
Single: The Boiler
Note: The tragic song is about a woman with
low self-esteem (she compares herself with an
old boiler) who is raped and assaulted. Rhoda
Dakar refereed to the rape of a friend some
years before.
B-side: Theme From The Boiler 
Released: 11 January 1982
Peaked at #35 in the UK.

Here’s the original clip…

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