We don’t see ourselves as a pop band at all. Q: Do you think there is a misconception that Modern English is a pop band because of "I Melt With You?"Ĭonroy: Many people do only know us for that song in particular, but the album “After the Snow” is quite varied in its outlook, and it did sell quite well. Musical theater: American Theatre Guild announces Broadway tours coming to Morris Performing Arts Center The last thing on our minds was creating a hit song. Admittedly, the general consensus at the time was that it was quite poppy.
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Grey: We don’t really know how to intentionally write a song.Ĭonroy: As far as we were concerned at the time, “I Melt With You” was just another song on the LP.
Q: Was "I Melt With You" intentionally made as an attempt at a pop hit? In an interview with The Tribune, singer Robbie Grey and bass player Mick Conroy talk about “I Melt With You,” still being a band for over 40 years and more. It's safe to say that “I Melt With You” has outlived songs that did top the charts in 1982.īut “I Melt With You” is an outlier in the Modern English catalogue, which is more hard-edged post punk than the pop sound of the single. Outdoor Adventures: What you need to know about e-bikes: 3 kinds, who rides them and local regulations The song was featured in the 1983 film “Valley Girl” and was played frequently on MTV, still lives on in any 1980s music retrospective, has been featured recently in television shows such as “Stranger Things” and “The Deuce,” and prominently closed the series finale of “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.”
The English band would be considered a “one-hit wonder” except for the fact that none of their singles ever entered the American Top 40. Modern English are playing their 1982 album, “After the Snow,” which contains their most successful song, “I Melt With You,” in its entirety on their 2022 tour, with a show at The Acorn in Three Oaks on June 30.
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