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Track: In the Mood
Artist: Alphaville
Album: Forever Young

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Name: Alphaville
Spotify Genres: synthpop
Followers: 1,057,387
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Alphaville is a German synth-pop band centered around vocalist [a=Marian Gold] ([a=Hartwig Schierbaum]), formed in 1982 in Münster. Started out as a trio with Gold backed by synth players [a=Bernhard Lloyd] and [a=Frank Mertens]. At the end of '81, Gold and Lloyd (Frank would come in not long afterwards) took part in a concert with 5 other artists, as [b]Nelson Community[/b]. Initially the band name was [b]Forever Young[/b], however, after a few months they changed the name inspired by [a833999]'s film: Alphaville "the city of the future". Which, incidentally, represented even better their whole project. Mertens left the band in late 1984 and was replaced by [a=Ricky Echolette] ([a=Wolfgang Neuhaus]), in early 1985. The band is still active today, playing new concerts and also promoting re-mastered re-releases of their first albums.

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Release: Alphaville - Big In Japan
Year: 1984
Genres: Electronic
Styles: Synth-pop

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LYRICS

He's in the mood to touch the fire,
He's in the mood to touch everything you are
He's in the mood to touch the fire,
Touch the fire, touch the fire
Jacky's locked in a silent dream
He's watching movies on the TV-screen
He feels unsteady lights a cigarette
He's getting mellow in his cabinet

Oh, Jacky, when everything goes wrong,
Get ready, for you've got to be so strong
It's so supersensual, so sentimental
Dial that cipher in your tears,
The number to the golden year

You've got to touch the fire,
Wake up little boy
You've go to play with fire,
Wake up, you've got to...
You've got to play with fire...

Jacky hears it, is it her or not?
His eyes are burning
Cause the brain's too hot
He's sitting calmly on a swivel chair
There's something coming from the upper stairs

Now listen to me Jacky, you were always
So lonesome in that quiet lonely house
High on the hill,
Just come... come and meet me
You know where and we'll take a nice holiday
Back in the old, old days of happiness --

Oh, Jacky, when everything goes wrong...
Dial that cipher in your tears