Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short

To me, this single is the start the New Romantic movement that broke big in the UK at the end of 1980. London band Spandau Ballet would be one of the many groups that used to hang out and occasionally play at Blitz night club (which many say was the birthplace of the New Romantic scene).

Spandau were making waves in the music biz and after a record company bidding war, they signed to Chrysalis Records, who gave them their own label, Reformation. The single To Cut A Long Story Short was released in November 1980 and climbed to number 5 within a couple of weeks of release. The video was a band performance and gave many a view of what the New Romantics was all about, smart clothes, guys in make up and a catchy tune.

This single helped the band have a long and worldwide successful career up to the breakup in 1990. They since got back together in 2009 for reunion shows of which the first London show sold out in 20 minutes and had to add extra dates!

Here's the single