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Here’s to Future Days by Thompson Twins
Here’s to Future Days is an album by Thompson Twins, released in 1985. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 14 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Lay Your Hands on Me”, on 11 lists with a best position of #22.
Here's to Future Days, the fifth studio album from Thompson Twins, arrived on Arista in 1985 with Nile Rodgers co-producing, and it caught the band at the end of their run as a trio, the line-up everybody recognised. That summer they previewed the new direction at Live Aid, tearing into a guitar-heavy take on the Beatles' "Revolution" with Rodgers, Madonna and Billy Idol's guitarist Steve Stevens crowding the stage.
The record wears that rock ambition openly, but Rodgers keeps the floor bouncing. "Lay Your Hands on Me" came back reworked with a bigger gospel lift, and "King for a Day" sighs where the old hits skipped. Next to Into the Gap, the 1984 smash, it sold less, and at home the singles ran out of steam quickly; "Revolution" missed the top 40 in Britain altogether. For the Sheffield outfit named after Tintin's bumbling detectives, it closed the golden chapter.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Here’s to Future Days on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lay Your Hands on Me | 11 | #22 | – | 1985–2026 | |
| 2 | King for a Day | 3 | #49 | – | 1985–2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.