CHINESE RADIO
LONDON BOYS
SONGWRITERS: RALF & RENE MAUE
COUNTRY: GERMANY
ALBUM: THE TWELVE COMMANDMENTS OF
DANCE
LABEL: ULTRAPHONE
GENRE: DANCE
YEAR: 1989
London
Boys were a German-based English dance-pop duo composed of Edem Ephraim (born 1
July 1959 in London, England – 21 January 1996) and Dennis Fuller (born 19 June
1959 in Jamaica – 21 January 1996). They are best remembered for the UK Top 5
hits "Requiem" and "London Nights".
The duo
were killed as they were travelling and their car was hit by a drunk driver in
the Eastern Alps, Austria, on 21 January 1996. Ephraim's wife also died in the
accident, leaving their three-year-old son without parents and leaving Fuller's
10-year-old daughter without a father.
The
Twelve Commandments of Dance is the debut album by German-based English
dance-pop duo London Boys, released in 1989. It reached number 2 in the UK
Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for 29 weeks.
Other than the charting singles stated in the track
listing, two other singles were released: "I'm Gonna Give My Heart"
and "Dance Dance Dance".
It
was back in '69, like a night mare cryin'
In a hotel bed on the coast
Happy Shanghai girls
Like a pretty string of pearls
And a snow storm up in my nose
I was on my way to heaven, with a funky red 11
And a switchblade job on the side
Hear the music playin' and my heartbeat prayin'
To the airways out in the night
Ouh, radio! I love my radio! My chinese radio
Ouh,
radio! I love my radio! My chinese radio
Ouh
Oh, I could write a million stories
Tales of love and hate and pain
And my fears would truly frighten
Any ordinary man
Is there someone out there laughing!
Walking in the pouring rain,
Lord, I'm sure I know the answers
But it's too hard
To explain
Now my head is burning, an' I feel it turning
In an igloo up on the moon
Saying: Lord, have mercy on a guy from Jersey
And it falls back into my room
Just a stranded tourist
An' I wouldn't touch the purest
If I ever get out here alive
While the FM-switches and the green-light digits
Keep in touch with the world outside
Just a river on the run, now
I'm flyin' and I won't touch down
Got nowhere left to run
I get on my knees and pray!