Always Something There To Remind Me

Label

EMI Records

Genre

Synthpop

Media Type

45s

Composer(s)

Burt Bacharach;Hal David

Entered Chart

Mar 12, 1983

Peak Date

Jun 11, 1983

Released

October 10, 1982

Recorded

September 1, 1982

Catalog #

EMI Records

B-Side

The Time Is Now

Original Artist

Lou Johnson

Nearly 20 years after its composition, the song became a major hit in the United States for the first time via a synth-pop reinvention by Naked Eyes titled "Always Something There to Remind Me", which peaked inside the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1983. Vocalist Pete Byrne and keyboardist Rob Fisher first cut "Always Something There to Remind Me" as one of a number of demos recorded in Bristol upon forming the duo later known as Naked Eyes in early 1982. Byrne would recall: "I had always loved the song 'Always Something There to Remind Me' so we called a friend who had the record, he read the lyric over the phone and we put it together from memory." On the strength of the demos cut in Bristol, Byrne and Fisher were signed to EMI Records in May 1982 and the track "Always Something There to Remind Me" was cut on September 1, 1982, in a session at Abbey Road Studios produced by Tony Mansfield. Byrne would recall: "The record was recorded at Abbey Road, and we were invited to a party downstairs, with Paul McCartney and many other stars...When we returned upstairs to the studio around 1 a.m., I decided to have a go at the vocal, it was the first time I have ever recorded a vocal in one take". Originally released in the UK in 1982, Naked Eyes' "Always Something There to Remind Me" gradually gained attention, entering the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1983 to peak at No. 8 that June, becoming the duo's only top 10 American hit.[15] The cachet of entering the US top 10 allowed the single, previously overlooked in its performers' United Kingdom homeland, to make a July 1983 UK chart debut, although it only rose to No. 59. "Always Something There to Remind Me" did afford Naked Eyes top 10 success in other countries besides the United States: Australia (No. 7), Canada (No. 9) and New Zealand (No. 2

I walk along the city streets you used to walk along with me
And every step I take reminds me of just how
We used to be

Well, how can I forget you girl
When there is always something there to remind me?
Always something there to remind me

As shadows fall, I pass a small cafe where we would dance at night
And I can't help recalling
How it felt to kiss and hold you tight

Well, how can I forget you girl
When there is always something there to remind me?
Always something there to remind me

I was born to love her
And I will never be free
You'll always be a part of me
Oh whoa whoa whoa

If you should find you miss the sweet and tender love we used to share
Just come back to the places where we used to go
And I'll be there

Well, how can I forget you girl
When there is always something there to remind me?
Always something there to remind me

I was born to love her
And I will never be free
You'll always be a part of me

'Cause there is always something there to remind me
Always something there to remind me

Always something there to remind me
Always something there to remind me
Always something there to remind me
Always something there to remind me

Always something there to remind me
Always something there to remind me
Always something there to remind me