“I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” is a song by the American duo Daryl Hall and John Oates. Written by Hall, Oates and Sara Allen, the song was released as the second single from their tenth studio album, Private Eyes (1981). The song became the fourth number one hit single of their career on the Billboard. This single was also the first top 10 hit for the duo in the UK, peaking at number eight in the Singles Chart. It features Charles DeChant on saxophone. “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” is one of 14 Hall & Oates songs that have been played on the radio over one million times, according to BMI.
“Bette Davis Eyes” is a song written and composed by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon in 1974. It was originally recorded by DeShannon in that year for her album New Arrangement, but it was made popular by American singer Kim Carnes in 1981 when it spent nine non-consecutive weeks on top of the U.S. Billboard. The song was No.1 for five weeks but was interrupted for one week by “Stars on 45” before it returned to the top spot for another four weeks and became Billboard’s biggest hit of the year. It was also a No. 1 hit in 21 countries and peaked at No. 10 in the UK, to date her only Top 40 hit in that country. It also reached No. 2 in Canada for twelve consecutive weeks. The song won the Grammy’s for Songof the Year and Record of the Year, it also ranked at No. 12 on Billboard’s list of the Top 100 songs in the first 50 years of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
“Good Tradition” is a song, written and originally recorded by Tanita Tikaram and released as the first single in 1988 from the album Ancient Heart. When it was released, it went largely unnoticed and attracted little media attention. The song therefore did not get much airplay, but weeks after its release, the single started climbing up the charts and finally reached No. 10 in the UK in August 1988. The video for “Good Tradition” features Tikaram playing in front of judges at an audition, following on from an unsuccessful auditionee. At first shy, Tikaram strikes a couple of notes and the song begins and, as it develops, the judges and the crew from the theatre start dancing to the tune. At the end Tikaram is shown smiling.
“Spellbound” is a song by English band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was written by the group and co-produced with Nigel Gray. It was released in 1981 by record label Polydor as the first single from the band’s fourth studio album, Juju. Prior to recording the song, the band had been on tour in the UK in February 1981 to premiere the new material composed with guitarist John McGeoch. When reviewing this era, Barney Hoskyns of NME had described “Spellbound” as a “glorious electric storm”, further adding, “Siouxsie and the Banshees are one of the great British bands of all time”. The single peaked at number 22 in the UK in 1981. It also reached 64 on the U.S. National Disco Action Chart chart.
“Baby I Don’t Care” is a song by English pop rock band Transvision Vamp and the first single taken from their second album, Velveteen. It was released in 1989 and remains their highest-charting single, peaking at number 3 in both the United Kingdom and Australia. It was ranked at number 25 on the Australian end-of-year chart for 1989. The song was later featured as the title track on the band’s 2002 compilation album, Baby I Don’t Care. The sleeve design features the band against a panelled backdrop printed with a large photo of Elvis Presley.
