Paul Young - Wonderland - (1986) - TopPop

Paul Anthony Young (Luton, 17 januari 1956) is een Britse popmuzikant. With the band Q-Tips he scored a hit in 1980 with ’’. In 1982, Young began a solo career. The single ’Love of the common people’, released in that year, was initially a flop, but in the summer of 1983 he scored an international hit with the song ’Wherever I lay my hat’ (originally by Marvin Gaye). This single became a number 1 hit in the United Kingdom. Its successor, ’Come back and stay’, was also successful worldwide. In 1984 a remixed version of ’Love of the common people’reached first place in the Netherlands and Belgium. His debut album ’No parlez’ (1983) was awarded several platinum records. It was number 1 in various countries, including in Germany (11 weeks), the United Kingdom (5 weeks) and in the Dutch Album Top 100 (7 weeks). His second album, ’The secret of association’, was released in 1985 and yielded Young hits such as ’I’m gonna tear your playhouse down’, ’Everything must chang’e and ’Everytime you go away’. He also sang with Band Aid. Wonderland is a 1986 song by British singer Paul Young. It is the lead single from his third studio album Between Two Fires. Wonderland is a ballad with gospel influences. The song became a small hit on the British Isles, in Australia and in the Dutch language area. In the United Kingdom it reached the 24th position. In the Dutch Top 40 the song made it to the twelfth position and in the Flemish Radio 2 Top 30 it came a spot higher. This performance was filmed by TROS tv in the program ’Platen 10 Daagse Gala’ on October 10, 1986. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date:October 10, 1986 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.