Old Playlist

" Gimme Hope Jo'anna " is a song originally by Eddy Grant, a well-known anti-apartheid reggae anthem from the 1980s, written during the apartheid era in South Africa. The song was banned by the South African government when it was released, but was widely played in South Africa nonetheless. It reached #7 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming Grant's first Top 10 hit for more than five years. Read more about the song

"I Don't Wanna Dance" is a 1982 single by Eddy Grant. It went to number one on the UK Singles Chart and held there for three weeks in November 1982. It was later released in the United States, but only reached at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1983. It was later reissued as the B-side of Grant's " Electric Avenue ". Read more about the song

"Electric Avenue" is an RIAA platinum-certified single by Eddy Grant, from his 1982 album Killer on the Rampage. In the US, it was one of 1983's biggest hits of the year. It was initially released as a single in 1982, and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart. In March 1983, CBS decided to launch the single in United States where it spent five weeks at #2 in Billboard (kept out of the top spot by " Every Breath You Take" by The Police) and hit #1 in Cash Box magazine. The song's lyrics refer to the 1981 Brixton riot, the title referring to Electric Avenue, a market street in the Brixton area of London. Read more about the song