Wired for Sound

Wired for Sound is the 24th studio album by Cliff Richard, released in September 1981. The album peaked at number 4 in the UK albums chart upon release and spent a total of 25 weeks on the chart in 1981–82. The album was certified Platinum by the BPI and achieved global sales of over one million. The title track was released as the lead single off the album and was followed up by a cover of Shep and the Limelites 1961 doo-wop hit, "Daddy's Home". The singles peaked at numbers 4 and 2, respectively, on the UK singles chart. "Daddy's Home" was held off number 1 for four consecutive weeks by the Human League's "Don't You Want Me" but earned gold certification from the BPI for sales over half a million. The track was recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon on 1 May 1981, for a rock 'n' roll special to be broadcast later by BBC Television. "Broken Doll" is a cover of a Wreckless Eric single from 1980. Reportedly, Richard also wanted to record Eric's " Whole Wide World", too, but only if he could change some of the lyrics – which Eric refused. "Young Love" was given new lyrics and retitled "The Last Kiss" for a cover version by David Cassidy featuring George Michael. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_f...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)