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The Associates (or simply Associates) were a Scottish post-punk and pop band, formed in Dundee in 1979 by singer Billy Mackenzie and guitarist Alan Rankine. The group first gained recognition after releasing an unauthorized cover of David Bowie’s “Boys Keep Swinging“ as their debut single in 1979, which landed them a contract with Fiction Records. They followed with their debut album ’The Affectionate Punch’ in 1980 and the singles collection ’Fourth Drawer Down’ in 1981, both to critical praise. They achieved commercial success in 1982 with the UK Top 10 album ’Sulk’ and UK Top 20 singles “Party Fears Two“ and “Club Country“, during which time they were associated with the New Pop movement. Rankine left the group that year, leaving MacKenzie to record under the Associates name until 1990. They briefly reunited in 1993. Perhaps is the third studio album by Scottish post-punk and new wave band the Associates, released on 9 February 1985 by WEA. It is their first album without founding member, keyboardist and guitarist Alan Rankine. It reached #6 in the Dutch Tipparade on 30 March 1985. This Toppop video was first broadcast on January 14, 1985 Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 14 January 1985 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. ’Breakfast’ is the single from that album, recorded and broadcast for Toppop on January 14, 1985. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.
