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- The Long and Winding Road. Billy Ocean - The Long and Winding Road (Official Audio) A brilliant cover version of the Beatles classic, this made it to number 24 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in the US in 1985.
- Loverboy. Billy Ocean - Loverboy (Official HD Video) Only a number 15 hit in the UK, it gave Billy Ocean another number two smash in the States in 1984 (behind George Michael's 'Careless Whisper').
- Love Zone. Billy Ocean - Love Zone (Official Video) The title track for Billy's 1986 album, this gave him a top 10 hit in the States. However, it surprisingly didn't reach the UK top 40, stalling at 49.
- There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) Billy Ocean - There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) (Official Video) This was the second of three number ones for Billy in the US, and was apparently inspired by an incident involving his song 'Suddenly'.
- Calypso Crazy
- Love Zone
- Loverboy
- There’Ll Be Sad Songs
- Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
- Caribbean Queen
- Suddenly
- The Colour of Love
- When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going
- Love Really Hurts Without You
By the late 1980s, Billy Ocean’s crown was beginning to slip. Although he was still successful, his time as a multi-platinum artist was drawing to a close. His 1988 album Tear Down These Walls was his last major hit, certifying gold in the UK and Australia and platinum in Canada and the US. Among its highlights is Calypso Crazy. Released as the alb...
Love Zone, Ocean’s sixth album, was a commercial sensation, peaking at number 2 in the UK and number 6 in the US – his highest charting position in both countries. The critical reception was just as enthusiastic, with All Musiccalling it his “finest album.” One of its chief highlights is the title track, a smooth slice of R&B with deliciously cream...
Named as one of the best Billy Ocean songs of all time by Smooth Radio, Loverboy was one of the biggest hits from Ocean’s 4th studio album, Suddenly. Released in November 1984 as the album’s second single, it peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number one on the US Hot Dance Music/ Club Play Chart and number 15 on the UK Singles Chart. ...
Barry Eastmond was inspired to write There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) after one of his friends, who’d recently broken up with her boyfriend, broke down in tears after hearing Ocean’s song Suddenly (which reminded her of her ex) play at a party. The song became one of Ocean’s biggest hits in the US, where it topped the Billboard Hot 100, adul...
Although Tear Down These Walls wasn’t quite as successful as Ocean’s earlier albums, it still produced several hits. One of the biggest was Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car. Propelled by the success of its cutting edge video (whose combination of animation and live-action sequences was revolutionary at the time), the single become a major hit, ...
Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) was released in the US in 1984 from Ocean’s fifth studio album, Suddenly. In tribute to his international audience, Ocean recorded the song under different titles depending on the country of release, resulting in alternative versions such as European Queen and African Queen. Regardless of the title, it beca...
By the mid-1980s, Ocean was already an established star in his native UK but had yet to breakthrough in the US. His 1984 album Suddenly proved the album to turn him into a major attraction on both sides of the pond. Its heartbreaking titular track was particularly popular, reaching number 4 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart and ...
While some of Ocean’s hits from his peak years sound slightly dated to modern ears, others are as fresh and vital as ever. The Colour of Love is particularly lovely. Released in April 1988 from the album Tear Down These Walls, it became a top 20 hit in the US, reaching number 10 onthe R&B chartsand number 17 on the Hot 100.
Billy Ocean has always loved a long song title, but When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going beat them all. Of all his songs, it’s perhaps his most instantly recognizable. A smooth, funky dance number with a strong vocal and an irresistible groove, it stormed the charts on its release, spending four weeks at number one in the UK and reaching ...
Ocean has been quoted as saying he was “the most surprised person in the world” when Love Really Hurts Without You became a hit. Prior to its release, he’d already recorded a few songs under other stage names, but this was his first chart success under the name Billy Ocean, and only the second song recorded under the name. Described by popentertain...
Without further ado, here are Billy Ocean top 10 tracks of all time: 1. Caribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run) Billy Ocean. 2. Love Really Hurts Without You. Billy Ocean. 3. Red Light Spells Danger.
After scoring his first four UK top 20 successes, seven years passed before he accumulated a series of transatlantic successes, including three U.S. number ones.In 1985, Ocean won the Grammy...
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Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by British R&B singer and songwriter Billy Ocean, released in 1989. The album features Ocean's biggest hit singles of the 1980s, along with two new singles, "I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else's Bed)" and "Licence to Chill", the latter of which became Ocean's twelfth and final US top 40 hit to date ...
No.TitleWriter (s)Length1.Billy Ocean, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, ...4:082."License to Chill"Ocean, Lange4:523.Ocean, Keith Diamond4:064.Ocean, Brathwaite, Eastmond4:50- R&B Pop Rock
Caribbean Queen" became Ocean's first no. 1 single on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Black Singles charts in late 1984, and the album debuted in the top ten, peaking at no. 9 on both the US Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart simultaneously in the U.S. and UK. [9]
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