Radio sucked back in the 1980s, IN FACT I seldom listened to it!! THIS SONG, played a lot of MTV back in the days when they actually played music videos instead of the garbage they have now!! I had the 45 rpm of this song, and recorded it to cassette tape to play in my car!! Trust me in the 1980s, anybody worth their weight OWNED a cassette deck or five, and your mixed tapes WERE your life!! My tape collection ran through those decks almost constantly, because there was nothing on the radio ANYBODY would want to actually listen too!! And you can only listen to Micheal Jackson's Thiller 92 times in an hour, before you want to drag the D.J. out into the street and slap him silly!!!! At least that is how the local radio stations were around here, and I know it is a bit of an exaggeration, BUT I was working at a pizza shop in 1984, and they literally played Thriller, 10 times in a single hour!! Like DUDE there are other bands out there to listen to, and I have nothing against Micheal or Thriller, BUT here it is 2023 and I still never want to hear that song ever again!!! And we had a lot of other great bands like Billy Ocean, Ray Parker Junior, Prince, David Bowie, Elton John, Chaka Khan, Devo, and The Hooters. We also had great heavy metal bands, like Def Leppard, Twisted Sister, Iron Maiden, Ozzy, and Judas Priest....but local D.J.s would get stuck playing ONE SONG, and that is all you heard!!! And I live in Upstate New York, where you'd think a state as liberal as mine is, we'd have more heavy metal stations, but NO!!!! It wasn't until the late 1990s that we could hear Scorpions on the radio as "classic music"!!!
@gregrak9389 in all fairness, I'm 70 and was deep into the music of Eddy Grant back then. I remember that song " Romancing the Stone" being played ,however can't recall on what channels, etc. Even back then music was highly regulated and sadly many talented artists weren't given the esposure deserving .
Actually, this song did get a lot of airplay on both MTV (back when the main channel actually played videos) and on radio as the lead off single to movie soundtrack by the same name. Originally released by ICE Records internationally and distributed in the US on CBS'es (now Sony) Portrait Records label.
eddie grant was the first artist after abba that I listened to every single day on the old fashioned cassette tapes for one whole year. I played it on my small tape recorder when I woke up at six am; played it before going to class; played it after class; then one before bed time. I was 9 years old then. 1981.
This song makes me feel so 1984 again even though I was 12 years old this song was on MTV everyday back then I will always love this song this song never gets old
I’m romancing the stone, never leaving your poor heart alone Every night & every day gonna love the hurtin’ away I’m romancing the stone, never leaving your poor heart alone Every night & every day gonna love the hurtin’ away Tonight, tonight I’m falling where the peaceful water flows Where the unicorns the last one at the water hole I have found a love so precious, like an emerald so bold It’s a firelight escaping from the jewelers hold I’m romancing the stone, never leaving your poor heart alone Every night and every day gonna love the hurtin’ away I’m romancing the stone, never leaving your poor heart alone Every night and every day gonna love the hurtin’ away Oh and in the heat of rapture when I feel the cold winds blow Through the broken glass, I’ll see at last the sweet desire in you I will climb up my pulpit and I’ll preach a sermon, you On the mountain roads, in Harlem, feel my jewelers hold I’m romancing the stone, never leaving your poor heart alone Every night and every day gonna love the hurtin’ away I’m romancing the stone, never leaving your poor heart alone Every night and every day gonna love the hurtin’ away
This song reminds me of going to my hometown fair in early 80s. There was a girl called Montaña I thought she was a goddess. I stared at her during the rides while this song played. Nice innocent times
Reading these comments this a very underrated tune so underrated I don't remember this song at all I discovered it in the early 00s on a best of Eddy Grant CD
I'm romancing the stone, never leaving your poor heart alone Every night and every day gonna love the hurtin' away I'm romancing the stone, never leaving your poor heart alone Every night and every day gonna love the hurtin' away Tonight, tonight I'm falling where the peaceful waters flow Where the unicorn's the last one at the water hole I have found a love so precious, like an emerald so bold It's a firelight escaping from the jeweler's hold I'm romancing the stone, never leaving your poor heart alone Every night and every day gonna love the hurtin' away I'm romancing the stone, never leaving your poor heart alone Every night and every day gonna love the hurtin' away Oh and in the heat of rapture when I feel the cold winds blow Through the broken glass, I'll see at last the sweet desire in you I will climb up on my pulpit and I'll preach a sermon, you On the mountain roads, in Harlem, feel my jeweler's hold I'm romancing the stone, never leaving your poor heart alone Every night and every day gonna love the hurtin' away I'm romancing the stone, never leaving your poor heart alone Every night and every day gonna love the hurtin' away Source: LyricFind
i swear to the sun i have only seen this movie maybe once back in the 80s.But that music probably at the end credits stuck in my memory. and i was right about the melody and rythm hahaha 40 years memories from a 20 seconds chorus .
iTunes SUCK!! They don’t even have this song in there. And Electric Avenue is on the Pineapple Express soundtrack and you gotta buy the album?? Epic Eddy Grant.
