Greetings from Asheville, where good music is always on the turntable, in the CD player, or in the MP3 player. Today’s Single Of The Day comes from one of the 1980′s top groups in Country music, Exile. Following their pop success with 1978′s number one hit, “Kiss You All Over”, the group’s lack of a successful follow-up, eventually led to some changes towards a more country sound, and by 1983, they were enjoying their first Country 40 single with “High Cost Of Leaving”. While that single barely cracked the Country 30, they followed it with eleven top ten hits, in their next twelve releases (only “Super Love” failed to hit the top ten). That streak ended, though, with today’s Single Of The Day.
“It’s You Again” was their Fall, 1988 release. The moderately tempo’d track would only peak at twenty-one on the charts, as their style of country-pop was increasingly pushed off the airwaves in favor of the New Traditionalists. Exile would not return to the Country 40 until 1990, following both some personnel changes, as well as a switch from Epic Records to Arista Records. That resulted in five more Country 40 singles, including two top ten hits in “Yet” and “Nobody’s Talking”.
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Exile "It's You Again" Single Of The Day
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