Things Can Only Get Better (Howard Jones song)
- Things Can Only Get Better (Howard Jones song)
Infobox Single
Name = Things Can Only Get Better
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Artist = Howard Jones
Album = Dream Into Action
A-side = Things Can Only Get Better
B-side = Why Look For The Key
Released = 9 February 1985 UK
4 March 1985 US
Format = 7", 12"
Recorded =
Genre = New wave, Adult contemporary
Length = 3:57
Label = WEA UK
Elektra Records US
Writer = Howard Jones
Producer = Rupert Hine
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Last single="Like to Get to Know You Well"
(1984)
This single="Things Can Only Get Better"
(1985)
Next single="Look Mama"
(1985)
Misc =
Released as the first single from Howard Jones' 1985 album "Dream Into Action", "Things Can Only Get Better" reached #6 in the UK Singles Chart and #5 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
A typically upbeat Jones composition, it was one of two songs from the album to feature all-female singing group Afrodiziak on backing vocals.
The main B side was another album track, "Why Look For The Key", although with a slightly longer fade that made it about twenty seconds longer than the version on "Dream Into Action". "You Jazzy Nork!" ia a reworked instrumental version of "Why Look For The Key" performed by the Alphonse Conway Orchestra.
The cover of the 12" single featured a photograph of Jones, in profile, sitting in a high bar stool. This image was used in silhouette for the 7" artwork, the single being issued in several alternative sleeves with different colour backgrounds.
Track listing
*7"
#"Things Can Only Get Better" - 3:57
#"Why Look For The Key" - 3:43
*12"
#"Things Can Only Get Better (Extended Mix)" - 7:18
#"Why Look For The Key" - 3:43
#"You Jazzy Nork!" - 4:48
Both a 7" and 12" picture disc were released with the same tracks as the standard formats.
External links
* [http://www.howardjones.com/discography/uk/thingscanonlygetbetter.html The Official Howard Jones Website Discography]
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