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Arriving in the middle of the rush of angry young men during the late 1970s, Joe Jackson swiftly established himself as one the great unpredictable talents to emerge during rock's new wave. Initially playing nervy, punk-inspired pop/rock -- his breakthrough single "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" married a smooth melody with barbed lyrics, the racket of "I'm the Man" rivalled the Clash -- Jackson branched out into reggae and jump blues before settling into the sophisticated songsmith of Night & Day. Designed as a salute to Cole Porter, Night & Day had a sleek, synth-speckled sheen, and "Steppin' Out" and "Breaking Us in Two" slid onto airwaves in 1982 and became hits that gave Jackson the leeway to continue to chase his muse over the subsequent decades. While Jackson never abandoned pop/rock -- he recorded an explicit sequel to Night & Day in 2000 and took his touring band into the studio to cut 2019's Fool while they were road-tested and hot -- he frequently pursued projects far afield from the mainstream, such as several sets of classical music, a 2012 tribute album to Duke Ellington, and What a Racket!, a collection of music hall music newly written under the guise of "Max Champion."

He was born David Ian Jackson on August 11, 1954, in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. His parents met when his father was in the Navy and his mother was working in her family's pub in Portsmouth on the south coast of England. They initially settled in his father's hometown, Swadlincote, on the border of Staffordshire and Derbyshire, but when Jackson was a year old, they moved back to his mother's hometown, and he was raised in Portsmouth and nearby Gosport. His father, Ronald Jackson, became a plasterer. Growing up in working-class poverty, Jackson struggled with asthma, first diagnosed when he was three and producing attacks that lasted into his twenties. Prevented from playing sports, he turned to books and eventually music. At 11, he began taking violin lessons, later studying timpani and oboe at school. His parents got him a secondhand piano when he was in his early teens, and he began taking lessons, soon deciding that he wanted to be a composer when he grew up. He played percussion in a citywide student orchestra, but his social milieu was more accepting of popular music than the classics. Becoming interested in jazz, Jackson formed a trio and, at the age of 16, began playing piano in a pub, his first professional gig.

By the early '70s, Jackson became a fan of progressive rock, notably by such British groups as Soft Machine. Meanwhile, in 1972, he passed an advanced "S" level exam in music that earned him a grant to study music, and he was accepted at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Rather than moving to the city, he spent his grant money on equipment and commuted several days a week to attend classes while continuing to live at home and play pop music locally. He switched from writing classical compositions to pop songs and joined an established band called the Misty Set, where he sang his first lead vocal on-stage. He moved to another established band called Edward Bear (not to be confused with the Canadian band of the same name); deciding that he resembled the title character on a television puppet show called Joe 90, his bandmates began calling him "Joe," and it stuck. After six months, the two principals in Edward Bear decided to retire from music, and with their permission Jackson took over the name and brought in a couple of his friends, lead singer/guitarist Mark Andrews (later of Mark Andrews & the Gents) and bassist Graham Maby.

Jackson continued to attend the Royal Academy, where he studied composition, orchestration, and piano while majoring in percussion. He also occasionally played piano in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Jackson graduated from the academy after three years in 1975. By then, Edward Bear were forced to change their name to Edwin Bear because of the more successful Canadian band, and then became known as Arms & Legs. Arms & Legs were attracting more attention and acquired management, who in turn signed the band to MAM Records. In April 1976, MAM released the first Arms & Legs single, with Andrews' "Janie" on the A-side and Jackson's "She'll Surprise You" on the flip. After subsequent singles failed to chart, Jackson quit the band in October 1976 to become the pianist and musical director at the Playboy Club in Portsmouth, determined to save enough money to record his own album and release it himself. In August 1977, he played his first gigs as the leader of the Joe Jackson Band, singing and playing keyboards, backed by Andrews (sitting in temporarily and soon replaced by Gary Sanford), Maby, and drummer Dave Houghton. At the same time, he quit the Playboy Club job to become pianist/musical director for a cabaret act, Koffee 'n' Kream, who were beginning a national tour in the wake of their triumph on the TV amateur show Opportunity Knocks.

Jackson toured with Koffee 'n' Kream from the fall of 1977 to the spring of 1978, and the money he made enabled him to move to London and continue recording his album in a Portsmouth studio. He began shopping demo tapes and was heard by American producer David Kershenbaum, who was scouting talent on behalf of A&M Records. He arranged for Jackson to be signed to A&M in August 1978, after which they immediately re-recorded Jackson's album. It was completed quickly, and at the end of the month the Joe Jackson Band embarked on an extensive national tour. Despite his classical education and background playing many types of pop music in pubs and clubs, Jackson had become genuinely enamored of the punk/new wave movement of the late '70s in England, especially the energy and simplicity of the music and the outspoken tone of the lyrics. Jackson had no trouble incorporating these elements into his own music, and if he was using the new wave label as a flag of convenience, the style nevertheless was a good fit for him.

In October 1978, A&M released the first Joe Jackson single, "Is She Really Going Out with Him?," a rhythmic ballad in which the singer ponders why "pretty women" are attracted to "gorillas" and worries about his own inadequacy. The record initially failed to chart, but Jackson and his band continued to tour the U.K. and began to attract press attention. Look Sharp!, his debut album, followed in January 1979, and in March, it broke into the charts, eventually peaking at the bottom of the Top 40. The same month, A&M released the album in the U.S., and it quickly charted, reaching the Top 20 after "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" was released as a single in May and became a Top 40 hit; in September, the LP was certified gold in the U.S. In the U.K., "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" was re-released in July and charted in August, making the Top 20. Jackson was nominated for a 1979 Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male, for the single.

Jackson toured more or less continually, but had found the time and inspiration to craft a quick follow-up to Look Sharp!, and his second LP, I'm the Man, was released in October 1979. That was a little too soon for the U.S. market, where Look Sharp! had not yet exhausted its run, and while the album made the Top 40, it was a relative sales disappointment, with the single "It's Different for Girls" failing to enter the Hot 100. The story was different in the U.K., where I'm the Man made the Top 20 and "It's Different for Girls" reached the Top Five. Like other punk/new wave acts, Jackson used reggae rhythms on occasion, notably on "Fools in Love" on Look Sharp! and "Geraldine and John" on I'm the Man. In May, he released an EP in the U.K. including a cover of Jimmy Cliff's reggae standard "The Harder They Come." In acknowledgment of his group's importance to his sound, the disc was billed to the Joe Jackson Band.

Beat Crazy, released in October 1980, was also credited to the Joe Jackson Band, and found him digging significantly deeper into his reggae and ska influences. It was a relative disappointment commercially, peaking in the 40s in both the U.S. and U.K., with its singles failing to chart. The Joe Jackson Band played a month-long tour from October to November in the U.K., followed by a month in Europe from November to December, but played no dates in the United States. According to Jackson, the band split up following the European dates because Houghton no longer wanted to tour. Sanford became a session musician, while Maby stuck with Jackson.

Jackson, in ill health following more than two years of continual touring, retreated to his family home, where he immersed himself in the jump blues of '40s star Louis Jordan. He organized a new band in the style of Jordan's Tympany 5 featuring three horn players (Pete Thomas on alto saxophone, Raul Oliveria on trumpet, and David Bitelli on tenor saxophone and clarinet) along with pianist Nick Weldon and drummer Larry Tolfree, plus Maby and Jackson himself, who played vibes and sang. The group played a collection of swing and jump blues standards, and the resulting album, 1981's Jumpin' Jive, was a hit in Britain, where it reached the Top 20. In the U.S., the album struggled to make its way into the Top 50, though it would anticipate the neo-swing movement of the late '90s.

Jackson went through more personal changes over the next year. He and his wife divorced, and he moved to New York City, where he began to explore new musical directions, particularly salsa and the classic songwriting styles of Gershwin and Cole Porter. The result was Night and Day, released in June 1982, Jackson's first album to put his keyboard playing at the center of his music. Jackson traded new wave rock for a catchy pop-jazz-salsa-dance hybrid, and "Steppin' Out" became a multi-format hit, earning airplay on album-oriented rock radio before spreading to the pop and adult contemporary charts, placing in the Top Ten all around and eventually earning Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male. With that stimulus, the album reached the Top Ten and went gold, spawning a second Top 20 single in "Breaking Us in Two."

Jackson finished the Night and Day tour in May 1983. He had been asked to contribute a song to Mike's Murder, a film written and directed by James Bridges and starring Debra Winger. Jackson ended up writing a handful of songs and a few instrumental pieces that were released on a soundtrack album in September. Unfortunately, due to a dispute between Bridges and the studio that had financed the film, the movie did not open until March 1984, by which time it had a score by John Barry and only a little of Jackson's music remaining. The film was a bust at the box office, but the orphaned soundtrack album managed to get into the Top 100 and spawned a chart single in the Jackson composition "Memphis," while "Breakdown" earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

Jackson returned in March 1984 with Body & Soul, a follow-up to Night and Day in style, but with a bit more of an R&B tilt, and it was another commercial success, reaching the Top 20 and spawning a Top 20 single in "You Can't Get What You Want ('Til You Know What You Want)." After the four-month Body & Soul world tour concluded in July 1984, Jackson retreated; he later wrote that the tour had been "the hardest I ever did; it came too soon after the last one, and by the end of it I was so burned out I swore I'd never tour again." He re-emerged after 18 months in January 1986 for a series of live recording sessions at the Roundabout Theatre in New York. Audiences were invited to attend, but instructed to hold their applause as the performances were cut direct to two-track tape. The resulting album, Big World, released in March 1986, had a one-hour running time, making it an ideal length for the new CD format, though it had to be pressed on two LPs with the fourth side left blank. Jackson undertook another extensive tour lasting eight months, and the album spent six months in the charts, but only peaked in the Top 40.

In the winter of 1985, Jackson was commissioned to write a 20-minute score for a Japanese film, Shijin No Ie (House of the Poet), and the orchestral piece was recorded with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. He adapted it into "Symphony in One Movement" and added a few other instrumental pieces to create his next album, 1987's Will Power, his first disc to reflect his classical background. Jackson's increasing desire to include classical elements in his popular work and to issue "serious" compositions tended to put him in a no man's land, where rock critics for the most part preferred that he stick to pop-based music, while classical critics simply ignored him.

While staying off the road, Jackson had two albums released in 1988. In May, he issued the double-disc set Live 1980/86, which reached the Top 100. In August came his swing-styled soundtrack to the Francis Ford Coppola film Tucker: The Man and His Dream; the album earned a Grammy nomination for Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or TV. His next LP, released in April 1989, was Blaze of Glory, another modest seller that peaked only in the Top 100 despite radio play for the single "Nineteen Forever." Jackson, who felt the album was one of his best efforts and toured extensively to support it, was disappointed with both the commercial reaction and his record company's lack of support. He parted ways with A&M, which promptly released the 1990 compilation Steppin' Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson, a Top Ten hit in the U.K.

Jackson wrote his third movie score for 1991's Queens Logic; no soundtrack album was issued. Signing to Virgin Records, he released his next album, Laughter & Lust, in April 1991. Here, he expressed some of his frustration with the record business in the appropriately catchy, '60s-styled "Hit Single," while the socially conscious "Obvious Song" and a percussion-filled cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well" attracted radio attention. Another world tour stretched from May to September, after which Jackson was not heard from on record for three years. In the interim, he wrote music for two movies, the interactive film I'm Your Man (1992) and the feature Three of Hearts (1993), neither of which produced soundtrack albums featuring his music. He reappeared in record stores in October 1994 with Night Music, a low-key album that attempted to fuse his pop and classical styles, including instrumentals and guest vocals by Máire Brennan of Clannad. Jackson next left Virgin and signed to Sony Classical, a label more accepting of his musical ambitions. In September 1997, Sony released Heaven & Hell, a song cycle depicting the seven deadly sins, billed to Joe Jackson & Friends; the friends included folk-pop vocalists Jane Siberry and Suzanne Vega, and opera singer Dawn Upshaw. The album reached number three in Billboard's Classical Crossover chart, and a tour ran from November to April 1998.

Jackson worked on two projects in the late '90s, both of which appeared in October 1999. Sony Classical issued his Symphony No. 1, which was played not by an orchestra, but by a band of jazz and rock musicians including guitarist Steve Vai and trumpeter Terence Blanchard, and it won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album. And publishers Public Affairs came out with Jackson's book, A Cure for Gravity: A Musical Pilgrimage, in which he wrote about his love of music and recounted his life from his birth up to the point of his emergence as a public figure in the late '70s. Bringing his story up to date, he wrote, "So I'm still making music, no longer a pop star -- if I ever really was -- but just a composer, which is what I wanted to be in the first place."

Having released only semi-classical works on his prior three recordings, Jackson was thought to have abandoned pop/rock music completely, but the early years of the 21st century found him in a flurry of activity, much of it returning him to the pop realm. In June 2000, Sony Classical issued Summer in the City: Live in New York, an album drawn from an August 1999 concert that featured him playing piano and singing, backed only by Maby and drummer Gary Burke, performing some of his old songs along with covers of tunes by the Lovin' Spoonful, Duke Ellington, and the Beatles. Four months later came Night and Day II, a new set of songs in the spirit of his most popular recording. Touring to promote the album in Europe and North America from November to April 2001, Jackson recorded the concert CD Two Rainy Nights: Live in Seattle & Portland, released in January 2002 on his own Great Big Island label. (The album was reissued by Koch in 2004.)

Later in 2002, Jackson reunited with the original members of the Joe Jackson Band -- Graham Maby, Gary Sanford, and Dave Houghton -- to record a new studio album, Volume 4, released by Restless/Rykodisc in March 2003. They next embarked on a world tour running through September 2003 that resulted in the live album Afterlife, issued in March 2004. Meanwhile, his recording of "Steppin' Out" was being used in a television commercial for Lincoln Mercury automobiles, and he scored the film The Greatest Game Ever Played for a 2005 release. Jackson released a new studio album, Rain, in 2008, followed by 2011's Live Music: Europe 2010, which was recorded live in Europe during his 2010 Joe Jackson Trio tour with Dave Houghton and Graham Maby.

In 2012, Jackson released the Duke Ellington tribute album The Duke. Though a long-avowed fan of the legendary jazz pianist and bandleader, Jackson didn't want his tribute to follow the standard reverent approach, and instead he filtered these timeless compositions through various unexpected rhythms, arrangements, and musical pairings, including a duet with punk icon Iggy Pop on "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)." The year 2015 brought another ambitious project from Jackson; the album Fast Forward found him recording in four cities with four different sets of musicians, with each capturing a different aspect of the songwriter's musical personality. As part of Record Store Day in 2017, Jackson released the single "Fools in Love" backed by "Music to Watch Girls By," which were unreleased live recordings with his trio from 2010. Joe Jackson and his band -- guitarist Teddy Kumpel, bassist Graham Maby, and drummer Doug Yowell -- toured the United States in the middle of 2018. After the final show of the tour, in Boise, Idaho, Jackson and his accompanists immediately entered Boise's Tonic Room Recording Studio, wanting to begin work on their next album while they were still sharp from regular gigging. The resulting album, Fool, was released in January 2019.

For his next project, Jackson went in the opposite direction, recording What a Racket! with an orchestra. It was an appropriate musical support for a collection of songs Jackson wrote as Max Champion, a character he created as a vehicle to compose vintage-sounding music hall songs that wryly commented on the modern world. ~ William Ruhlmann & Mark Deming, Rovi

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Steppin' Out
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It's Different For Girls
It's Different For Girls
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Be My Number Two
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Real Men
Real Men
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You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)
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Happy Ending
Happy Ending
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Breaking Us In Two
Breaking Us In Two
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Got The Time
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I'm The Man
I'm The Man
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Jack, You're Dead!
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Sunday Papers
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Another World
Another World
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Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Live
Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Live
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Cha Cha Loco
Cha Cha Loco
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Fools In Love
Fools In Love
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The Harder They Come
The Harder They Come
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A Slow Song
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On Your Radio
On Your Radio
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Jumpin' Jive - Remastered
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Isfahan
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Baby Stick Around
Baby Stick Around
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Pretty Girls
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Cancer
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Home Town - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
Home Town - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
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Friday
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Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
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Right And Wrong - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
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Geraldine And John
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The Verdict
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Kinda Kute
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(Do The) Instant Mash
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Target
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Don't Ask Me
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Is She Really Going Out With Him (Live)
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Is She Really Going out with Him - Live
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Is She Really Going Out With Him?
Is She Really Going Out With Him?
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Don't Wanna Be Like That
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King Of The City
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Real Men - The Body And Soul Tour / 1984
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370,508 3:49 1999-01-01
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Steppin' Out - Demo Version
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Fast Forward
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Friend Better
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T.V. Age
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The Band Wore Blue Shirts
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Tuxedo Junction
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Go For It
Go For It
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Fabulously Absolute
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Stranger Than Fiction
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Loisaida
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One To One
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A Slow Song - The Body And Soul Tour / 1984
A Slow Song - The Body And Soul Tour / 1984
293,320 7:58 1988-01-01
Heart Of Ice
Heart Of Ice
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Get That Girl
Get That Girl
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Wild West - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
275,949 4:37 1986-01-01
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
268,005 5:07 2008-01-07
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If It Wasn't For You
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San Francisco Fan
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Steppin' Out - The Big World Tour /1986
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Steppin' Out
Steppin' Out
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It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
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Fool
Fool
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Is She Really Going Out With Him - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
Is She Really Going Out With Him - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
223,598 4:20 2012-03-30
Amateur Hour
Amateur Hour
222,297 4:05 1979-10-05
32 Kisses
32 Kisses
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You're My Meat
You're My Meat
213,004 2:58 1999-01-01
How Long Must I Wait For You
How Long Must I Wait For You
210,694 4:08 1999-01-01
A Little Smile
A Little Smile
209,819 4:00 2015-08-14
You Run Your Mouth (And I'll Run My Business)
You Run Your Mouth (And I'll Run My Business)
208,788 2:33 1999-01-01
So You Say
So You Say
205,806 2:52 2015-10-02
Night by Night
Night by Night
196,007 4:07 2019-12-27
Be My Number Two - The Big World Tour /1986
Be My Number Two - The Big World Tour /1986
192,613 2:44 1988-01-01
Fools In Love - The Night And Day Tour / 1983
Fools In Love - The Night And Day Tour / 1983
190,922 7:29 1982-01-01
Oh Well
Oh Well
183,127 2:30 1991-01-01
Caravan
Caravan
179,903 6:02 2012-01-01
Far Away
Far Away
179,500 4:03 2015-10-02
Shanghai Sky - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
Shanghai Sky - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
172,586 5:10 1986-01-01
Is She Really Going Out With Him? - The Beat Crazy Tour / 1980
Is She Really Going Out With Him? - The Beat Crazy Tour / 1980
171,808 6:13 1988-01-01
Blaze Of Glory
Blaze Of Glory
167,211 6:02 1989-01-01
See No Evil
See No Evil
160,230 4:08 2015-10-02
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Biology
156,981 4:32 1980-01-01
Someone Up There
Someone Up There
155,360 3:47 1980-01-01
Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn
149,808 4:13 2019-01-18
Junkie Diva
Junkie Diva
148,833 5:39 2015-10-02
One To One - The Beat Crazy Tour / 1980
One To One - The Beat Crazy Tour / 1980
147,588 4:27 1988-01-01
It's Different For Girls - The Big World Tour /1986
It's Different For Girls - The Big World Tour /1986
147,271 3:36 1988-01-01
Breaking Us In Two - The Big World Tour /1986
Breaking Us In Two - The Big World Tour /1986
144,818 4:18 1988-01-01
You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) - The Big World Tour /1986
You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) - The Big World Tour /1986
143,969 5:38 1988-01-01
I'm Beginning to See the Light / Take the 'A' Train / Cotton Tail
I'm Beginning to See the Light / Take the 'A' Train / Cotton Tail
143,363 3:35 2012-01-01
Forty Years - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
Forty Years - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
138,034 4:26 1986-01-01
I'm The Man - The Beat Crazy Tour / 1980
I'm The Man - The Beat Crazy Tour / 1980
137,266 4:27 1988-01-01
Mad At You
Mad At You
136,861 6:05 1980-01-01
Pretty Boys
Pretty Boys
136,343 3:41 1980-01-01
Summer in the City - Voice
Summer in the City - Voice
134,267 1:46 2000-04-04
If I Could See Your Face
If I Could See Your Face
132,208 4:20 2015-10-02
Fifty Dollar Love Affair - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
Fifty Dollar Love Affair - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
131,465 3:38 1986-01-01
Ode To Joy
Ode To Joy
131,415 4:17 2015-09-18
Is She Really Going Out With Him? - The Body And Soul Tour / 1984 / Acoustic Version
Is She Really Going Out With Him? - The Body And Soul Tour / 1984 / Acoustic Version
131,193 3:58 1988-01-01
(It's A) Big World - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
(It's A) Big World - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
127,628 4:44 1986-01-01
We Can't Live Together - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
We Can't Live Together - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
125,840 5:25 1986-01-01
Poor Thing
Poor Thing
125,784 3:32 2015-10-02
On Your Radio - The Night And Day Tour / 1983
On Your Radio - The Night And Day Tour / 1983
125,577 4:56 1982-01-01
Look Sharp! - The Night And Day Tour / 1983
Look Sharp! - The Night And Day Tour / 1983
124,944 4:23 1982-01-01
Keep On Dreaming
Keep On Dreaming
124,641 4:18 2015-10-02
Cancer - The Night And Day Tour / 1983
Cancer - The Night And Day Tour / 1983
123,921 7:56 1982-01-01
In Every Dream Home (A Nightmare)
In Every Dream Home (A Nightmare)
123,716 4:31 1980-01-01
Soul Kiss - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
Soul Kiss - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
121,901 4:44 1986-01-01
The Blue Time
The Blue Time
121,696 5:32 2015-09-04
Tonight And Forever - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
Tonight And Forever - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
119,798 2:31 1986-01-01
Steppin' Out - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
Steppin' Out - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
119,294 4:45 2012-03-30
Rant And Rave
Rant And Rave
117,639 4:48 1989-01-01
Precious Time - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
Precious Time - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
117,398 3:23 1986-01-01
Mood Indigo
Mood Indigo
113,015 4:04 2012-01-01
I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues / Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me - Medley
I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues / Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me - Medley
112,764 5:14 2012-01-01
Memphis
Memphis
111,613 4:45 1982-01-01
Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan
109,462 4:37 1982-01-01
The Other Me
The Other Me
106,873 4:12 1991-01-01
Evil Empire
Evil Empire
106,701 3:45 1989-01-01
Me And You (Against The World)
Me And You (Against The World)
106,009 4:14 1989-01-01
Too Tough
Too Tough
105,575 4:37 2008-01-08
The Jet Set - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
The Jet Set - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
103,739 3:50 1986-01-01
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Live
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Live
99,935 5:38 2021-06-18
Tomorrow's World
Tomorrow's World
99,911 4:30 1989-01-01
Wasted Time
Wasted Time
97,602 5:11 2008-01-28
(He's A) Shape In A Drape
(He's A) Shape In A Drape
96,254 2:59 1988-01-01
Satellite
Satellite
96,124 4:24 2015-10-02
Rockin' In Rhythm
Rockin' In Rhythm
95,315 3:28 2012-01-01
Good Bye Jonny
Good Bye Jonny
94,511 5:42 2015-10-02
Obvious Song
Obvious Song
93,633 4:13 1991-01-01
Beat Crazy - The Beat Crazy Tour / 1980
Beat Crazy - The Beat Crazy Tour / 1980
93,430 4:00 1988-01-01
The Human Touch
The Human Touch
92,813 5:11 1989-01-01
Moonlight
Moonlight
92,249 4:20 1982-01-01
1-2-3 Go (This Town's A Fairground)
1-2-3 Go (This Town's A Fairground)
91,832 3:00 1982-01-01
Sentimental Thing
Sentimental Thing
90,598 6:09 1989-01-01
Neon Rain
Neon Rain
90,160 3:35 2015-10-02
On Your Radio - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
On Your Radio - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
90,092 4:59 2012-03-30
Perdido / Satin Doll - Medley
Perdido / Satin Doll - Medley
89,326 4:50 2012-01-01
Breaking Us in Two - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
Breaking Us in Two - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
89,092 5:13 2012-03-30
Laundromat Monday
Laundromat Monday
88,520 3:32 1982-01-01
Tango Atlantico - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
Tango Atlantico - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
88,082 2:58 1986-01-01
The Uptown Train
The Uptown Train
88,055 5:47 2008-01-28
Got The Time - The Beat Crazy Tour / 1980
Got The Time - The Beat Crazy Tour / 1980
86,440 4:44 1988-01-01
Don't Wanna Be Like That - The Beat Crazy Tour / 1980
Don't Wanna Be Like That - The Beat Crazy Tour / 1980
86,138 4:28 1988-01-01
Acropolis Now
Acropolis Now
84,854 4:21 1989-01-01
The Evil Eye
The Evil Eye
83,352 3:46 1980-01-01
Me And You (Against The World)
Me And You (Against The World)
82,428 3:49 2000-01-01
When You're Not Around
When You're Not Around
82,338 4:03 1991-01-01
Sunday Papers - The Body And Soul Tour / 1984
Sunday Papers - The Body And Soul Tour / 1984
81,953 5:31 1988-01-01
Come On - Live At Whisky A Go Go, 1979
Come On - Live At Whisky A Go Go, 1979
81,404 3:30 1979-10-05
Stranger Than You - Vocal
Stranger Than You - Vocal
81,146 4:17 2000-01-01
Jumpin Jive - The Big World Tour /1986
Jumpin Jive - The Big World Tour /1986
80,759 2:35 1988-01-01
Music to Watch Girls By
Music to Watch Girls By
80,355 2:56 2020-07-30
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
80,323 4:48 2012-01-01
Man In The Street - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
Man In The Street - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
79,348 5:05 1986-01-01
Crime Don't Pay
Crime Don't Pay
79,292 4:24 1980-01-01
Still Alive
Still Alive
78,850 3:43 2003-03-11
The Mooche / Black And Tan Fantasy - Medley
The Mooche / Black And Tan Fantasy - Medley
77,996 5:27 2012-01-01
Steppin' Out - Live
Steppin' Out - Live
77,471 4:51 2011-06-03
A Slow Song - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
A Slow Song - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
74,884 8:38 2012-03-30
Fools in Love
Fools in Love
74,309 4:56 2020-07-30
Solo (So Low)
Solo (So Low)
73,513 5:55 2008-01-28
Survival - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
Survival - Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986
73,153 2:19 1986-01-01
Target - Demo Version
Target - Demo Version
73,109 3:04 1982-01-01
Rush Across the Road
Rush Across the Road
72,353 5:21 2008-01-28
Another World - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
Another World - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
72,284 5:12 2012-03-30
A Place in the Rain
A Place in the Rain
71,704 5:20 2008-01-28
Battleground
Battleground
71,344 2:33 1980-01-01
Nocturne
Nocturne
71,026 4:24 1987-01-01
Real Men - Demo Version
Real Men - Demo Version
69,609 3:55 1982-01-01
Sunday Papers - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
Sunday Papers - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
68,937 5:34 2012-03-30
Home Town
Home Town
68,326 5:31 2004-01-20
Real Men
Real Men
68,230 4:42 2004-01-20
Breaking Us In Two - Demo Version
Breaking Us In Two - Demo Version
68,029 4:22 1982-01-01
Look Sharp! - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
Look Sharp! - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
67,763 4:24 2012-03-30
Memphis - The Body And Soul Tour / 1984
Memphis - The Body And Soul Tour / 1984
67,521 5:36 1988-01-01
Citizen Sane
Citizen Sane
67,154 4:21 2008-01-28
Tilt
Tilt
64,944 2:45 1980-01-01
Health and Safety
Health and Safety
63,986 3:45 2023-09-27
Cancer - Demo Version
Cancer - Demo Version
63,953 4:19 1982-01-01
Glamour and Pain - Vocal
Glamour and Pain - Vocal
63,197 5:59 2000-01-01
Jamie G.
Jamie G.
63,149 2:05 1991-01-01
Fit
Fit
62,513 4:45 1980-01-01
King Pleasure Time
King Pleasure Time
62,095 2:47 2008-01-28
Medley: Eleanor Rigby - Voice
Medley: Eleanor Rigby - Voice
60,741 3:12 2000-04-04
The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy
The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy
60,685 5:18 1994-01-01
The Best I Can Do
The Best I Can Do
60,283 3:09 1989-01-01
Goin' Downtown
Goin' Downtown
59,023 3:05 1991-01-01
Another World - Live
Another World - Live
58,995 4:23 2011-06-03
Hit Single
Hit Single
58,404 3:37 1991-01-01
It's All Too Much
It's All Too Much
56,826 4:29 1991-01-01
What a Racket!
What a Racket!
55,404 2:29 2023-10-25
You Can't Get What You Want
You Can't Get What You Want
54,257 3:13 2004-01-20
Tomorrow's World - Live
Tomorrow's World - Live
53,725 5:39 2011-06-03
Beat Crazy
Beat Crazy
53,683 3:21 1990-01-01
A Slow Song - Live
A Slow Song - Live
53,358 6:41 2011-06-03
Discipline
Discipline
52,158 5:02 1989-01-01
One More Time - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
One More Time - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
52,120 3:09 2012-03-30
Girl - Live
Girl - Live
51,378 5:11 2011-06-03
Good Bad Boy
Good Bad Boy
50,827 3:18 2008-01-28
Real Men - Live at Markthalle Hamburg 21.02.1983
Real Men - Live at Markthalle Hamburg 21.02.1983
50,568 4:48 2012-03-30
Drowning
Drowning
50,075 5:09 1991-01-01
Target - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
Target - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
49,687 2:43 2012-03-30
My House
My House
49,415 4:27 1991-01-01
Ever After
Ever After
49,169 4:43 1994-01-01
Chinatown - Demo Version
Chinatown - Demo Version
48,702 4:09 1982-01-01
Fools in Love
Fools in Love
47,953 7:18 2004-01-01
Sunday Papers - Live
Sunday Papers - Live
47,741 4:36 2011-06-03
Tuxedo Junction - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
Tuxedo Junction - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
47,733 5:58 2012-03-30
Medley: King of the World - Voice
Medley: King of the World - Voice
47,372 3:45 2000-04-04
Hell of a Town - Vocal
Hell of a Town - Vocal
47,277 3:18 2000-01-01
Beat Crazy - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
Beat Crazy - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
46,906 4:10 2012-03-30
The Shades Of Night
The Shades Of Night
46,835 5:12 2023-11-24
One More Time
One More Time
46,730 3:06 2004-01-01
(Overture) : Why, Why, Why?
(Overture) : Why, Why, Why?
45,736 4:36 2023-11-24
Tv Age - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
Tv Age - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
44,886 5:09 2012-03-30
Prelude - Vocal
Prelude - Vocal
44,874 1:57 2000-01-01
Another World - Voice
Another World - Voice
43,755 5:02 2000-04-04
The Tears of a Clown - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
The Tears of a Clown - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
42,889 1:55 2012-03-30
Trying To Cry
Trying To Cry
42,657 6:36 1991-01-01
Still Alive - Live
Still Alive - Live
41,797 4:18 2011-06-03
The Old Songs
The Old Songs
41,617 3:33 1991-01-01
Love at First Light
Love at First Light
40,706 4:08 2003-03-11
Uptight - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
Uptight - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
40,484 1:36 2012-03-30
Medley: Home Town - Voice
Medley: Home Town - Voice
40,477 3:59 2000-04-04
Medley: It's Different for Girls - Voice
Medley: It's Different for Girls - Voice
40,182 4:02 2000-04-04
Chinatown - Live
Chinatown - Live
40,132 5:41 2011-06-03
Medley - Voice
Medley - Voice
39,814 6:36 2000-04-04
Is She Really Going Out With Him - Live at WDR Studio Cologne 14.03.1980
Is She Really Going Out With Him - Live at WDR Studio Cologne 14.03.1980
39,706 6:14 2012-03-30
The Harder They Come - Live at WDR Studio Cologne 14.03.1980
The Harder They Come - Live at WDR Studio Cologne 14.03.1980
39,696 3:59 2012-03-30
Steppin' Out - Live
Steppin' Out - Live
39,590 4:55 2021-06-18
Medley: Be My Number Two - Voice
Medley: Be My Number Two - Voice
39,556 3:23 2000-04-04
I'm the Man - Live at WDR Studio Cologne 14.03.1980
I'm the Man - Live at WDR Studio Cologne 14.03.1980
39,483 5:22 2012-03-30
Cancer - Live
Cancer - Live
39,382 5:36 2011-06-03
Nocturne No. 1
Nocturne No. 1
38,817 4:01 1994-01-01
Medley - Voice
Medley - Voice
38,519 7:25 2000-04-04
Look Sharp!
Look Sharp!
37,847 3:40 2004-01-01
Obvious Song - Voice
Obvious Song - Voice
37,760 4:25 2000-04-04
Love at First Light
Love at First Light
37,691 4:58 2004-01-01
Why - Vocal
Why - Vocal
37,581 3:54 2000-01-01
Medley: You Can't Get What You Want - Voice
Medley: You Can't Get What You Want - Voice
37,311 3:30 2000-04-04
Happyland - Vocal
Happyland - Vocal
37,217 5:12 2000-01-01
Got The Time - Live
Got The Time - Live
37,186 3:27 2011-06-07
Got the Time - Live
Got the Time - Live
37,186 3:27 2011-06-03
How Sweet It Is to Be Loved - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
How Sweet It Is to Be Loved - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
37,044 2:26 2012-03-30
Scary Monsters - Live
Scary Monsters - Live
36,834 3:23 2011-06-03
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Live at Grugahalle Essen 16.04.1983
36,825 2:59 2012-03-30
Fools in Love - Live at WDR Studio Cologne 14.03.1980
Fools in Love - Live at WDR Studio Cologne 14.03.1980
36,381 4:38 2012-03-30
Take It Like a Man
Take It Like a Man
35,855 3:24 2003-03-11
Dear Mom - Vocal
Dear Mom - Vocal
35,531 4:13 2000-01-01
Love Got Lost - Vocal
Love Got Lost - Vocal
35,444 6:59 1997-07-30
Chrome
Chrome
34,485 4:22 2003-03-11
Zemeo
Zemeo
34,293 11:05 1983-01-01
Take It Like a Man
Take It Like a Man
33,432 4:06 2004-01-01