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‘I thought the chorus was wicked’: Aswad on how they made Don’t Turn Around
‘Top of the Pops showed our video at the end of one show – just as millions of people were tuning in for EastEnders. Soon after, we went to No 1’
Our label, Island Records, weren’t aiming for the pop charts initially, but when we were making the Distant Thunder album they asked for something more radio-friendly. They suggested covering Rod Stewart’s The First Cut Is the Deepest or Don’t Turn Around, written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond, as a rock ballad. I realised the chords were similar to the Righteous Brothers’ You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling, so Drummie sang a bit of it on the 12in version to pay homage.
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