Remarks:
This was my favourite new song 30 years ago this week. I know that because June 4th 1989 is burned into my brain. I can even remember what my living room looked like on that day – a tunnel back in time.
Part of why I liked this song 30 years ago was because Donna Summer, in turn, reminded me of 10 years before that! Nostalgia within nostalgia.
I loved her.
This song was by British music producers Stock Aitken & Waterman (think Rick Astley). It was Donna Summer’s last transatlantic top-ten hit:
- 1975: Love to Love You Baby (#2 US, #4 UK)
- 1977: I Feel Love (#6, #1)
- 1978: MacArthur Park (#1, #5)
- 1979: No More Tears (Enough is Enough) (#1, #3)
- 1989: This Time i Know It’s For Real (#7, #3)
It did not make the US R&B chart.
See also:
- songs: the 1980s
- Donna Summer
- Stock Aitken & Waterman:
Lyrics:
What would I have to do
To get you to notice me too
Do I
Stand in line
One of a million
Admiring eyes
Walk a tightrope way up high
Write your name across the sky
I’m going crazy just to let you know
You’d be amazed how much I love you so baby
When I get my hands on you I won’t let go
This time I know it’s for real
Should I write or call your home
Shout it out with a megaphone
Radio, TV news
Got to find a way
To get my message to you
To say I love you with a neon sign
Anything to make you mine
I’m going crazy just to let you know
If I wait too long for you I might explode baby
I’ve been around the block enough to know
That this time I know it’s for real
Oh baby
This time, this time, this time, this time
Oh baby
This time, this time
Walk a tightrope way up high
Write your name across the sky
I’m going crazy just to let you know
You’d be amazed how much I love you so baby
When I get my hands on you I won’t let go
This time I know it’s for real
I’m going crazy just to let you know
If I waited too long for you I might explode baby
I’ve been around the block enough to know
That this time I know it’s for real
Source: AZLyrics.
Abagond 
I loved her too.
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@ Abagond
Is there any particular reason that the Tiananmen massacre and all the mundane details of that day got burned into your brain? I do remember the protests and the massacre, but not with that much detail or immediacy.
Then again, I couldn’t say exactly what my living room looked like on 9/11, either, even though that’s where I was when I first heard the news. So maybe it’s just a difference in how my own memory works…
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@ Solitaire
When I hear horrifying and shocking news, the place where I am gets burned into my brain. It is not just me: many who are old enough can tell you where they were when they heard JFK was shot.
I can still remember the paint on the wall when I first heard about the MOVE bombing (May 13th 1985). To me Tiananmen Square was way worse. I had been following it on CNN, closely enough for my girlfriend to complain. I did not expect the army to shoot on its own people, certainly not on thousands of unarmed protesters.
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@ Abagond
I had also been following the news from China very closely, and I remember exactly where I was, how I found out, who I was with, etc., but I can’t remember the color of the paint or what anyone was wearing.
With the Challenger, I remember pretty near the exact verbal exchange I had with the person who first told me it blew up, but again I don’t remember any minor visual details. It must be the way my brain works (or doesn’t work).
I didn’t expect the Chinese army to shoot the protesters, either. Some of the military had actually been showing their support for the protest before the crackdown. It had all seemed so hopeful, up until the very last moment.
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