I was listening to this on the tube on the way in to work yesterday. I remember first hearing this song on the radio back in 1983 when I was fifteen and being amazed by Paul Young’s voice, the fretless bass and the rhythm track which sounded like it had been made using the Roland Rhythm 77 drum machine - a piece of technology that I was very familiar with as my friend Melanie had one!
‘Wherever I Lay My Hat’ was number one for a few weeks that year and it seemed to be everywhere. I recall watching Paul Young sing the song as part of a New Years Eve show on BBC2 in 1983 when he also sang ‘Auld Lang Syne’ against the same rhythm track which I thought was extremely innovatory!
Paul Young has an amazing voice and is an amazing performer. This song is an all time classic and deservedly so…
Now listen to the song….
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