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TOP 1200 CHOICE TRACKS
(MID-WEEK BONUS) #885-881
#885 APRIL SUN IN CUBA Dragon
Despite reaching #1 in Australia with "Are You Old Enough?", Dragon are arguably best remembered for their 1977 hit "April Sun In Cuba". The group broke through the year before with "This Time" and first reached the Top 20 with "Get That Jive". "April Sun In Cuba" was written by bandmates Paul Hewson and Marc Hunter. It became their first Top 10 hit in both Australia and New Zealand (reaching #2 & #9 respectively). It was featured on the group's 'Running Free' LP. 

#884 PLAY THE GAME Queen
'The Game' was Queen's first album of the 1980s and became their best seller. It featured new approaches and the first time a synthesizer was used on one of the group's LPs. The album opened with "Play the Game", a track written by lead singer Freddie Mercury and co-produced by Mack with the group members.

#883 ALISON Elvis Costello
Anyone who dismissed Elvis Costello as just another punk rocker was proven wrong when this beautiful love song was  featured on his 1977 album 'My Aim Is True'. Nick Lowe produced this recording. Costello created the song which deals with a man still in love with a woman that has chosen another in his place. The protagonist knows the other man will never measure up. 

#882 SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones were always the "bad boys" of rock, especially when compared to The Beatles during the Sixties. On "Sympathy for the Devil", the group pushed boundaries way further than the Fab Four would ever dare. This is arguably The Stones at their most controversial and daring. Lyrically, the Mick Jagger & Keith Richards song references Christ's crucifixion, the killing of the Tsar and his family as well as President Kennedy's assassination. The track was from 'Beggars Banquet', which was issued in 1968.

#881 OUT OF MIND, OUT OF SIGHT The Models
The Models were an alternative group led by Sean Kelly when formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1978. James Freud joined the line-up in 1982, and took the band's sound to new musical directions. He and Kelly had been school friends. Freud wrote "Out of Mind, Out of Sight", providing the group with its sole #1 hit. It was the title track from their 1985 LP. The song features Kate Ceberano and Zan (both from dance group I'm Talking) on backup vocals. Mark Opitz produced the hit single. The Models broke up in 1988. Various other projects followed for both Kelly and Freud, including stints in new bands Absent Friends and Beatfish respectively. In 2010, Freud died, aged 51; a victim of alcoholism that sadly led to his suicide.

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