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In October 1998 I was travelling down the West Coast of the USA and after spending a few days in San Francisco I headed south 30 miles to the beautifully named Half Moon Bay. Tent pitched, belly filled, I went for a wander. On hearing music drifting through the Californian night air, like a bear in search of food I followed it’s sonic path. Drawn to a detached, white clapperboard hall overlooking the Pacific ocean, for a moment I stood outside and listened – synth driven pop, with what seemed a reverential audience was my assessment; funny thing was the vocal sounded strangely familiar but I couldn’t quite place it.
Entering the hall, I saw a pile of shoes – there was no one taking money and no sign of a bar. There was maybe 60 people sitting on the floor watching a geeky looking bald guy playing a keyboard. There was incense burning and a very laid back Californian vibe, it looked to me like this was a freebie – very cool I thought to myself as I scanned the room. The next song I did recognise and it clicked. I whispered to the woman next to me ‘what’s this guys name’ ‘Thomas Dolby‘ she said. ‘It’s his fortieth birthday’ Ha, the same one that had bothered the UK charts back in the 80’s. I
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She Blinded Me with Science
1982 single by Thomas Dolby
"She Blinded Me with Science" is a song by the English musician Thomas Dolby, released in 1982. It was first released as a single in the United Kingdom in October 1982. It was subsequently included on the EP Blinded by Science[3] and the 1983 re-release of Dolby's debut album The Golden Age of Wireless.[4]
Although viewed as a success in both the United States and Canada, peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 2 weeks at No. 1 in Canada's RPM magazine, the song barely managed to score among the Top 50 in Dolby's native United Kingdom, peaking at No. 49 on the UK Singles Chart in 1982.
Dolby is often considered a one-hit wonder in the United States on the basis of the song's chart success there. In 2002, US cable television network VH1 named "She Blinded Me with Science" No. 20 on its list of the "100 Greatest One-hit Wonders".[5] While the song is Dolby's only Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100, he has had other songs that scored on the music charts. In 2006, VH1 placed it at No. 76 on their list of "Greatest Songs of the '80s".[6] Then, in 2009, it ranked No. 13 on VH1's "100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s" list.[7] The song was used as
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