Don't Answer Me
"Don't Answer Me" | ||||
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Single by The Alan Parsons Project | ||||
from the album Ammonia Avenue | ||||
B-side | "Don't Let It Show" "You Don't Believe" (Europe) | |||
Released | February 1984 | |||
Recorded | 1983 | |||
Genre | New wave, jangle pop | |||
Length | 4:09 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Songwriter(s) | Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson | |||
Producer(s) | Alan Parsons | |||
The Alan Parsons Project singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Don't Answer Me" on YouTube |
"Don't Answer Me" is a 1984 song by the Alan Parsons Project from the album Ammonia Avenue. It reached number 15 on the Billboard charts in the United States and was the final Billboard Top 20 hit for the group. It also reached number 58 in the United Kingdom, the group's highest chart placing in their native country.[1] The music video was rendered in comic book style, with art and animation by Michael Kaluta.
The song
Instead of the art rock and progressive rock sounds for which Alan Parsons was well-known, Parsons crafted "Don't Answer Me" in the style of Phil Spector and his Wall of Sound technique. Eric Woolfson, the co-writer, handled lead vocals on the single, with Mel Collins providing a saxophone solo with a "soothing yet destitute wail".[2]
Music video
The music video was filmed at the
The video is presented as a story in the fictional comic book series, The Adventures of Nick and Sugar, set in 1930s
The video was nominated for Most Experimental Video at the first-ever
The video became well-known in Ireland (though the song did not chart) through weekly airings on the Sunday afternoon
Live recordings
Parsons and his "Alan Parsons Live Project" band perform the song in concert, with live versions released on the albums
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Personnel
- Ian Bairnson: acoustic and electric guitars
- Colin Blunstone: vocals
- Mel Collins: saxophone
- Stuart Elliott: drums, percussion
- Alan Parsons: production, Fairlight programming, engineering
- David Paton: bass
- Chris Rainbow: vocals
- Eric Woolfson: executive producer, keyboards, lead vocals
- Lenny Zakatek: vocals
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- Top 30. Archived from the originalon 28 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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- ^ "CHART NUMBER 1429 – Saturday, May 19, 1984". Archived from the original on 7 November 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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