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The story of one '80s pop masterpiece - a look back at Silent Circle's hit "Touch In The Night"

About the iconic 80's hit by the band Silent Circle!

Hits of the 80s - talk about the song "Touch In The Night" by Silent Circle

Silent Circle - midway 80-х A West German pop band. Today few people remember about it or know about it at all... Although the band continues to perform and record albums to this day! But today we are not going to talk about it... Dynamic composition "Touch In The Night" came out at sunset 1985 of the year: the song was not just the jewel of the album. "No. 1."but also a cult hit of the second half of the 80s! What's more: it hasn't lost its relevance after all these years! "Touch In The Night" continues to enthrall today's generation of listeners, and views of the clip on YouTube have long since crossed the threshold of the 30 million... So: let's talk about this marvellous creation of the unjustly forgotten Silent Circle in more detail!

Lyrics, meaning

"Touch In The Night" - a perfect example of pop music 80-х! The tune sounds very cool even today, after so many decades... This is the kind of music that really makes us dance. The lyrics, the performance, the arrangement, the dancing, the music video is definitely a masterpiece ! And songs like "Touch In The Night"will be masterpieces even in 200 years! After listening to this composition you inadvertently plunge into the retro atmosphere: you get a strong sense of deja vu, as if you were a child again and everything was fine... As one comment under the video says: "This song is like wine. The older it gets, the better it gets..."

The band Silent Circle
The band Silent Circle

The song was written by the keyboardist Silent Circle, Axel Breitung.together with German songwriters Bernd Dietrich and Engelbert Simons.. It was released as a single from the "Lost In Your Light..." on the B side in December 1985 of the year. As a result, the track quickly became a hit! It reached number 15 in Germany and number 16 in Switzerland. The composition graced the debut studio album "No. 1."Many listeners today remember Silent Circle for their hit "Touch In The Night".

Silent Circle Band...
Silent Circle Band...

As for the lyrics, the song sings about love... The story is narrated on behalf of the main character who sings:

"Touching in the night is an unreal feeling!
Touched in the night - so lucky in love.
Lost in your light is another secret.
Touched in the night is all I do.....
You are my Angel in the flesh..."

Generally speaking, the lyric is quite sad, and the dynamic belligerent melody emphasises this... Shortly after the single's release... "Touch In The Night" group Silent Circle enjoyed great success! Numerous reports and TV shows followed, new singles such as "Stop the Rain in the Night" and a ballad "Love is just a Word"and high positions in the charts... However, during the tour, the author of the hit song - Axel Breitung - left the team to build a rather successful career as a composer and producer. Today Breitung is one of the most successful German music producers! As for Silent Circle, Breitung was replaced by Harald Schäfer.

Clip

An attractive music video was made for the song, with a stage, a band, dancing and beautiful girls! The video was very much appreciated by the public, as evidenced by the number of views on YouTube: published in January 2013 of the year, today it has gained more than 34 million views! And it seems that for this masterpiece this is not the limit... Let's see:

https://youtu.be/XAvd5x0KpU8

We also suggest you to watch an interesting work of an unknown author (as the video quickly went viral, it is difficult to say who exactly it belongs to): the video is a battle of foreign young dancers, though - skilfully edited! Along with the video, the song "Touch In The Night" sounds even more exciting and dynamic.....

And then you can't help but think of the phrase, "I wonder how the girls dance!"

A bit about the band

And lastly, a few words about the band itself! Silent Circle - a West German pop band formed in the middle of 80-х high school friends: the lead singer Martin Tichsenand a keyboard player. Axel Breitungand a drummer and a guitarist Jürgen Behrens. Although ... if we take into account the earlier history of their acquaintance, it is safe to say that the collective was first formed in the 1970-х: at the turn of the decade, the friends performed for the first time, but their paths soon diverged... And now, in the 1985 The band reunited again to record their debut album! This is how Silent Circle came into being (in English the name means "The Silent Circle.").

The debut album is succinctly titled "No. 1.". The total number of releases from it 8 singlesHowever, the most successful have been "Touch In The Night" и "Stop The Rain In The Night".

Shortly after the success Axel Breitung Jürgen Behrens left the band to write new songs, and even later Jürgen Behrens left the band. After another breakup, which lasted more than 10 years, Silent Circle reunited in 2012 of the year, at the festival "80's Disco" in Moscow. During its existence the band has released 6 studio albums... However - such success as with the "Touch In The Night"she's no longer in favour.

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