Keep Each Other Warm Explained

Keep Each Other Warm
Cover:Bucks Fizz - Keep Each Other Warm.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Bucks Fizz
Album:Writing on the Wall
B-Side:Give a Little Love
Released:17 November 1986
Genre:Pop
Length:4:12
Label:Polydor
Producer:Andy Hill
Prev Title:Love the One You're With
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:Heart of Stone
Next Year:1988

"Keep Each Other Warm" is a 1986 single by Bucks Fizz. The song peaked at No. 45 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1986.[1] It was the fifth and final single from their Writing on the Wall album, which was released at the same time. "Keep Each Other Warm" was co-written by Andy Hill and Peter Sinfield.

The B-side is a song called "Give a Little Love", originally by Albert Hammond and Albert West, which two years later became a top 20 hit by Aswad.[2]

Reception

Number One magazine stated: "Their best effort yet with the new line-up, but set beside the sheer genius of say 'The Land of Make Believe', it doesn't really cut the cake."[3] Smash Hits predicted "Bucks Fizz will find themselves back with a very welcome hit."[4]

Track listings

7"
  1. "Keep Each Other Warm" (4.12)
  2. "Give a Little Love" (3.30)
12"
  1. "Keep Each Other Warm (Long Version)" (5.37)
  2. "Give a Little Love (Long Version)" (4.40)

Barry Manilow version

In 1989, "Keep Each Other Warm" was covered by Barry Manilow and released on his self-titled album. Manilow's version was released as a single, reaching No. 7 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[5] Cash Box said of Manilow's version, produced by British producer Paul O'Duffy, that "the arrangement of this new toe-tapper is warm, loose and clean at the same time, one of the best things he’s ever done."[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Charts Company. 18 September 2012. 15 August 2018.
  2. Web site: Official Charts Company . 8 July 2008 .
  3. Number One magazine Single reviews, November 1986
  4. Smash Hits Single reviews, November 1986
  5. Billboard - Adult Contemporary chart - Barry Manilow
  6. Pure Pop for Now People. Cash Box. 8 July 1989. 21 December 2022. 16. Wednesday, Oscar.