ABC

ABC Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

ABC are an English pop band which formed in Sheffield, South Yorkshire in 1980, evolving from the earlier electronic band Vice Versa. Associated with the new pop movement of the early 1980s, ABC blended synth-pop with disco and rock influences. The band achieved mainstream success with their debut album, The Lexicon of Love (1982), which reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and featured the hit singles "Tears Are Not Enough", "Poison Arrow", "All of My Heart" and "The... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: The Look of Love - #2: When Smokey Sings - #3: Poison Arrow - #4: Be Near Me - #5: All of My Heart
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  1981
Tears Are Not Enough
1.
10/1981

Tears Are Not Enough
ABC greentick

from The Lexicon of Love   The Lexicon of Love
31 pts








19
UK
written by Martin Fry, Mark White, Stephen Singleton, Mark Lickley & David Palmer [drummer]
  1982
Poison Arrow
2.
02/1982

#3  Poison Arrow
ABC greentick

from The Lexicon of Love   The Lexicon of Love
102 pts
25
US


39
dance


6
UK
[Mercury 810340]
written by Martin Fry, Mark White, Stephen Singleton, Mark Lickley & David Palmer [drummer]
The Look of Love
3.
05/1982

#1  The Look of Love
ABC greentick

from The Lexicon of Love   The Lexicon of Love
181 pts
18
US


1
dance
32
rock
4
UK
[Mercury 76168]
written by Martin Fry, Mark White, Stephen Singleton, Mark Lickley & David Palmer [drummer]
All of My Heart
4.
09/1982

#5  All of My Heart
ABC greentick

from The Lexicon of Love   The Lexicon of Love
80 pts








5
UK
written by Martin Fry
  1983
That Was Then but This Is Now
5.
11/1983

That Was Then but This Is Now
ABC greentick

from Beauty Stab   Beauty Stab
72 pts
89
US




35
rock
18
UK
[Mercury 814631]
written by Martin Fry, Stephen Singleton & Mark White
  1984
S.O.S.
6.
01/1984

S.O.S.
ABC greentick

from Beauty Stab   Beauty Stab
12 pts








39
UK
written by Martin Fry
(How to Be a) Millionaire
7.
11/1984

(How to Be a) Millionaire
ABC greentick

from How to Be a...Zillionaire!   
39 pts
20
US


58
dance


49
UK
[Mercury 884382]
written by Martin Fry & Mark White
  1985
Be Near Me
8.
04/1985

#4  Be Near Me
ABC greentick

from How to Be a...Zillionaire!   
97 pts
9
US
11
AC
1
dance


26
UK
[Mercury 880626]
written by Martin Fry & Mark White
Vanity Kills
9.
06/1985

Vanity Kills
ABC greentick

from How to Be a...Zillionaire!   
19 pts
91
US


5
dance


70
UK
[Mercury 884714]
written by Martin Fry & Mark White
  1987
When Smokey Sings
10.
06/1987

#2  When Smokey Sings
ABC greentick

from Alphabet City   Alphabet City
165 pts
5
US
2
AC
1
dance


11
UK
[tribute to Smokey Robinson] co-produced by Bernard Edwards ; charted as When Smokey Sings / Chicago in US dance charts
[Mercury 888 604-7]
written by Martin Fry & Mark White
The Night You Murdered Love
11.
09/1987

The Night You Murdered Love
ABC greentick

from Alphabet City   Alphabet City
31 pts




3
dance


31
UK
written by Martin Fry & Mark White
King Without a Crown
12.
11/1987

King Without a Crown
ABC greentick

from Alphabet City   Alphabet City
16 pts




17
dance


44
UK
written by Martin Fry & Mark White
  1991
Love Conquers All
13.
07/1991

Love Conquers All
ABC greentick

from Abracadabra   
8 pts








47
UK
written by Martin Fry & Mark White
  1997
Stranger Things
14.
03/1997

Stranger Things
ABC greentick

from Skyscraping   Skyscraping
6 pts








57
UK
written by Martin Fry, Glenn Gregory & Keith Lowndes
Skyscraping
15.
05/1997

Skyscraping
ABC greentick

from Skyscraping   Skyscraping
2 pts








122
UK
written by Martin Fry, Glenn Gregory & Keith Lowndes
Rolling Sevens
16.
07/1997

Rolling Sevens
ABC greentick

from Skyscraping   Skyscraping
1 pts








130
UK
written by Martin Fry, Glenn Gregory & Keith Lowndes


See also...

David Palmer [drummer] • David Yarritu • Fiona Russell Powell • Glenn GregoryKeith LowndesMark LickleyMark WhiteMartin FryStephen Singleton


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