80's Northern Soul or something?!?!?

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I heard this song the other day at J. Crew and I'm going nutz trying to figure out what it is. It has a kind of early 80's, blue-eyed soul vibe. At first, I thought it was Dexys Midnight Runners but my research leads me to believe it's not. The part that sticks in my head is this little string riff. Totally British New Wave Motown kind of stuff.

I made an mp3 of what I can remember of the string part. It may be wildly inaccurate but please listen to it and see if you can help me:

http://www.columbia.edu/~emk2020/uelpme.mp3

What else sounds like Come on Eileen? I've been checking out some English Beat but I don't think that's it...

― Ezra, Tuesday, 20 December 2005 07:36 (twenty years ago)

I think you are looking for ABC's "Look of Love" from their Lexicon of Love album:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=CAW030512241923&sql=11:2srj288c052a~T0

Happy holidays!

― Bonnie, Sunday, 25 December 2005 00:26 (twenty years ago)

do you eman drream academy - "life in a northern town "and had sam brown ) stop) on backing vox.and the bside is weird and non - commercial.

― retroboy, Sunday, 25 December 2005 13:25 (twenty years ago)

it's not dream academy - is it 'alphabet soup' or 'mantrap' or some other abc bside ?

― retroboy, Sunday, 25 December 2005 13:28 (twenty years ago)

Hey Guyz,
It's not "Look of Love." It's not as electro-y as ABC. Also, I think it's probably a single or some sort of minor hit because I felt like I'd heard it before. It's got the same vibe as early Style Council, Joe Jackson, "Our House" by Madness or "Come one Eileen"...I'm still going nutzz. Any more suggestions? Even just a band that played in that new wave soul style???

― Ezra Koenig, Monday, 26 December 2005 04:41 (twenty years ago)

is it the guillemots? "trains to brazil" perhaps?

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Monday, 26 December 2005 11:43 (twenty years ago)

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