"
Brand New Lover" is the name of a song recorded by the
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
new waveNew Wave is a genre of rock and pop music that emerged in in the middle to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, and...
band
Dead or AliveDead or Alive is a British New Wave band from Liverpool, England that rose to popularity during the 1980s with their 1985 #1 UK single "You Spin Me Round ". Dead or Alive was the first group to have a #1 single under the production team Stock Aitken Waterman...
. It was the first single to be released from the band's third album,
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to KnowMad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know is the third album by British dance band Dead or Alive and was released in February 1987 on Epic Records. Continuing their association with the Stock Aitken Waterman production team, Dead or Alive scored several hit singles from this album, including "Brand New...
. It achieved international success when released as a single in
1986
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1986.-Events:*January 23 - The first induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame takes place...
. The song proved to be more successful in the
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and in
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than in the band's native U.K.; it peaked at #15 on the
Billboard Hot 100The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart, whereas the song reached #31 on the
UK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The full chart contains the top 200 singles based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 of this list...
. In addition, "Brand New Lover" spent two weeks atop the
American dance chartBillboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
in December of 1986.
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"
Brand New Lover" is the name of a song recorded by the
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
new waveNew Wave is a genre of rock and pop music that emerged in in the middle to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, and...
band
Dead or AliveDead or Alive is a British New Wave band from Liverpool, England that rose to popularity during the 1980s with their 1985 #1 UK single "You Spin Me Round ". Dead or Alive was the first group to have a #1 single under the production team Stock Aitken Waterman...
. It was the first single to be released from the band's third album,
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to KnowMad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know is the third album by British dance band Dead or Alive and was released in February 1987 on Epic Records. Continuing their association with the Stock Aitken Waterman production team, Dead or Alive scored several hit singles from this album, including "Brand New...
. It achieved international success when released as a single in
1986
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1986.-Events:*January 23 - The first induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame takes place...
. The song proved to be more successful in the
U.S.The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and in
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
than in the band's native U.K.; it peaked at #15 on the
Billboard Hot 100The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart, whereas the song reached #31 on the
UK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The full chart contains the top 200 singles based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 of this list...
. In addition, "Brand New Lover" spent two weeks atop the
American dance chartBillboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
in December of 1986. The lyrics describe the singer's desire to leave his current partner for one who is more exciting. His motivation is that he admittedly does not desire a stable relationship with one partner, but rather is "a pleasure seeker."
Chart performance
The song became Dead or Alive's second Top 20 on the
Billboard Hot 100, as well as their first number-one single on the
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. The song was a moderate international success.
| Chart (1986-1987) |
Peak
position |
| Australian ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
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21 |
| Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband der phonographischen Wirtschaft...
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22 |
| Japanese Singles Chart , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
|
83 |
| Italian Singles Chart |
44 |
| UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The full chart contains the top 200 singles based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 of this list...
|
31 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
|
15 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
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1 |