Real Life
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Formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1981 by keyboardist Richard Zatorski and vocalist/guitarist David Sterry Real Life is a new wave / synthpop group best known for their international hit âSend Me an Angel.â Adding Allan Johnson (bass) and Danny Simcic (drums) to the bandâs line-up, their manager Glen Wheatley was so impressed by one of their early songs - âSend Me An Angelâ â that he set up his own label, Wheatley Records, to release it. The 1983 single was an international hit, reaching Number 6 in Australia, Number 29 in the United States and #1 in Germany. The band released their debut album, Heartland, in 1983, which featured the previous hit as well as their next smash single âCatch Me Iâm Falling.â The group released the remix EP Master Mix in 1984 and followed that with Flame, their sophomore album, in 1985. The album reached Number 42 in Australia but failed to chart elsewhere. Richard Zatorski, the keyboardist that started the band with David Sterry, left the group and the group was never able to fully recover from his absence. Their US label, Curb Records, released the compilation album Down Comes the Hammer (1986), which featured tracks from the first two albums plus a song called âBabies,â which had been penned by Holly Knight, Michael Des Barres, and Mike Chapman. The song became an underground hit and was played on new wave-oriented radio stations. âBabiesâ became the groupâs third most recognizable song after âSend Me An Angelâ and âCatch Me Iâm Falling.â However, the bandâs commercial standing was continuing to decline. Curb Records released a remix of âSend Me an Angelâ in 1989 and followed that with a compilation entitled Send Me an Angel â89, which was another compilation. The group returned in 1990 with the album Lifetime, which was not a success. Subsequent albums â Happy (1997), Imperfection (2004), and Sirens (2020) â were lovingly embraced by fans but were not commercially successful. Thanks to âSend Me an Angel,â the group is still fondly remembered and was introduced to a new generation of listeners with it was featured in the 2013 vide game Grand Theft Auto V.
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- Send Me An Angel
- Warning Groove
- Send Me An Angel 1983 Version
- Send Me an Angel '83 Version
- Broken Again
- Always
- Heartland
- Breaking Point
- Catch Me I'm Falling
- Under The Hammer
- Its like Rap by Real Life
- Burning Blue
- Openhearted
- Exploding Bullets
- Forever Onwards
- Geechi Boi
- Clockwork
- Astral Beach
- Send Me an Angel by Netzwerk
- Send Me an Angel featuring Real Life
- The Legend
- Predator
- I Wish
- Sublime
