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Turn Back the Clock by Johnny Hates Jazz
Turn Back the Clock is an album by Johnny Hates Jazz, released in 1988. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Shattered Dreams”, on 2 lists with a best position of #76.
Turn Back the Clock, the debut from Johnny Hates Jazz, arrived on Virgin on 11 January 1988 in Britain, with America getting it at the end of March. The band produced it themselves, with Clark Datchler writing and singing, Mike Nocito on guitar and bass and Calvin Hayes on drums and keyboards. It's synth-pop polished to a mirror shine, all yearning choruses and expensive-sounding gloss, grown-up pop for wine bars rather than warehouses.
"Shattered Dreams" was the calling card, and "Heart of Gold" and "I Don't Want to Be a Hero" followed it into the UK Top 20. Kim Wilde sings backing vocals on the title track, "Foolish Heart" first surfaced as a 1986 single under the title "Me and My Foolish Heart", and Phil Thornalley wrote and co-produced "Listen", which he later cut again for his own album, Swamp. The record went to number one in the UK and sold four million copies.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Turn Back the Clock on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shattered Dreams | 2 | #76 | – | 1987–1988 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.