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The Story So Far (Divine Album)
''The Story So Far'' is a compilation album by American performance artist Divine, originally released in 1984. It is Divine's most successful album on both sides of the Atlantic. With songwriting and music production by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman (collectively known as Stock Aitken Waterman), as well as Bobby Orlando, the album became especially sought-after by avid synthesizer-based club/dance music fans. The album includes the hit single "You Think You're a Man," which reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart. Track listing List of tracks: Notes * The 1988 Receiver Records CD reissue omits the Stock Aitken Waterman Stock Aitken Waterman (abbreviated as SAW) are an English songwriting and record production trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman. The trio had great success from the mid-1980s through the early 1990s. SAW is considered ... produced tracks, namely "I'm So Beautiful" and "You Think You're a Man." References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divine (performer)
Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988), better known by his stage name Divine, was an American actor, singer, and drag queen. Closely associated with independent filmmaker John Waters, Divine was a character actor, usually performing female roles in cinematic and theatrical productions, and adopted a female drag persona for his music career. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, to a conservative middle-class family, Milstead developed an early interest in drag while working as a women's hairdresser. By the mid-1960s he had embraced the city's counterculture of the 1960s, countercultural scene and befriended Waters, who gave him the name "Divine" and the tagline of "the most beautiful woman in the world, almost". Along with his friend David Lochary, Milstead joined Waters' acting troupe, the Dreamlanders, and adopted female roles for their experimental short films ''Roman Candles (1966 film), Roman Candles'' (1966), ''Eat Your Makeup'' (1968), and ''The Diane Linklet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded dance music. While there exist attestations of the combination of dance and music in ancient times (for example Ancient Greek vases sometimes show dancers accompanied by musicians), the earliest Western dance music that we can still reproduce with a degree of certainty are old fashioned dances. In the Baroque period, the major dance styles were noble court dances (see Baroque dance). In the classical music era, the minuet was frequently used as a third movement, although in this context it would not accompany any dancing. The waltz also arose later in the classical era. Both remained part of the romantic music period, which also saw the rise of various other nationalistic dance forms like the barcarolle, mazurka, ecossaise, ballade and po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Albums
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Divine (performer) Albums
Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity.divine – Dictionary.com. What is or is not divine may be loosely defined, as it is used by different belief systems. Etymology The root of the word ''divine'' is literally "godly", but the use varies significantly depending on which deity is being discussed.Usages Divinity as a quality has two distinct usages: *Divine force or power - Powers or forces that are universal, or transcend human capacities *Divinity applied to mortals - Qualities of individuals who are considered to have some special access or relationship to the divine. Overlap occurs between these usages because |
Love Reaction
"Love Reaction" is a single by the American performance artist Divine, released in 1983. The song was later reissued on the 1984 compilation album '' The Story So Far''. Chart performance "Love Reaction" became Divine's third single to chart on the Dutch Singles Chart. It debuted at #35 before climbing to and peaking at #25 in its second week. The song spent a total of 4 weeks on the chart. "Love Reaction" spent a total of 7 weeks on the German Singles Chart and peaked at #55, lasting one week at its peak.Divine - Singles Musicline.de . Retrieved 2010-06-15. Track listings *Dutch Vinyl, 12-inch single # "Love Reaction" - 5:31 # "Love Reaction (Radio Version)" - 3:20 # "Love Reaction (Instrumental)" - 5:00 *German Vinyl, 12-inch single[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoot Your Shot
"Shoot Your Shot" is a single by American performance artist Divine, released in 1982. The song also appeared on Divine's first album, '' Jungle Jezebel'' (titled ''My First Album'' in some territories), in 1982 and was later reissued on the 1984 compilation album '' The Story So Far''. Chart performance "Shoot Your Shot" became Divine's second single to chart on the Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 ( nl, Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly music chart compiled by ''Stichting Nederlandse Top 40''. It started as a radio program titled "Veronica Top 40", on the offshore station Radio Veronica in 1965. It remained "The Veronica ... after " Native Love (Step By Step)". It debuted at #26 and eventually peaked at #3. The song spent a total of 10 weeks on the chart. "Shoot Your Shot" was certified gold (100,000 copies) in the Netherlands. Cover versions This song was covered by Dutch Electroformation Image Transmission in the '90s and by German artist Ringo in 1986. Track listings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shake It Up (Divine Song)
"Shake It Up" is a single by American performance artist Divine, released in 1983. The song was later reissued on the 1984 compilation album ''The Story So Far''. Chart performance "Shake It Up" became Divine's fourth and last single to chart on the Dutch Singles Chart. It debuted at #30 before climbing to and peaking at #13 in its third week. The song spent a total of 6 weeks on the chart. "Shake It Up" spent a total of 11 weeks on the German Singles Chart and peaked at #26. It spent one week at its peak. "Shake It Up" became Divine's second Top 40 single on the chart.Divine - Singles Musicline.de . Retrieved 2010-06-15. Track listings *Dutch Vinyl, 7-inch single # "Shake It Up" - 3:11 # "Shake It Up (Album Version)" - 5:50 # "Jungle Jezebel" - 4:42 *German Vinyl, 12-inch single[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm So Beautiful
"I'm So Beautiful" is a single by American performance artist Divine, released in 1984. The song also appeared on the compilation album ''The Story So Far'', released the same year. Chart performance "I'm So Beautiful" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #58 before climbing to and peaking at #52 in its second week. The song spent a total of two weeks on the chart. "I'm So Beautiful" fared better in Germany where it peaked at #38 and spent a total of 9 weeks on the German Singles Chart.Divine - Singles Musicline.de. Retrieved 2010-06-12. Track listings *German Vinyl, 7-inch single # "I'm So Beautiful" - 3:40 # "Show Me Around" - 3:20 *UK Vinyl, 12-inch single # "I'm So Beautiful (Mix)" - 7:40 # "I'm So Beautiful (Divine Mix)" - 6:21 # "Show Me Around" - 3:13Music video [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Charts Company
The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts include ones for singles, albums and films, with the data compiled from a mixture of downloads, purchases (of physical media) and streaming. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Kantar, and claims to cover 99% of the singles market and 95% of the album market, and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week. The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) (formerly the British Association of Record Dealers (BARD)) and is incorporated as a private company limited by shares jointly owned by BPI and ERA. The Chart Information Network (CIN) took over as compilers of the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling Single (music), singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and music streaming, streaming. The Official Chart, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV (Official UK Top 40), is the UK music industry's recognised official measure of singles and albums popularity because it is the most comprehensive research panel of its kind, today surveying over 15,000 retailers and digital services daily, capturing 99.9% of all singles consumed in Britain across the week, and over 98% of albums. To be eligible for the chart, a Single (music), single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as either a 'single bundle' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one digital audio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Think You're A Man
"You Think You're a Man" is a single by American performance artist Divine, released in 1984. The song also appeared on the compilation album ''The Story So Far'', released the same year. It was written by Geoff Deane, formerly the lead singer and main songwriter with both the Leyton Buzzards and Modern Romance, and his sometime songwriting partner Keith Miller. Geoff Deane later went on to write the cross dressing-themed movie '' Kinky Boots''. The song was later covered by the Vaselines in 1987 and appeared on the EP ''Son of a Gun''. Chart performance "You Think You're a Man" was the first single produced by Stock Aitken Waterman to reach the UK Top 75 chart, peaking at No. 16 in August 1984 and No. 14 on the Irish Singles Chart. It spent nine weeks on the German Singles Chart, peaking at No. 32 in September 1984. It was Divine's third Top 40 single on the chart. The single was also successful in Australia, where it reached No. 8 in October 1984 (for two weeks) and remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
