| "Simply Irresistible" | ||||
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| Single by Robert Palmer | ||||
| from the album Heavy Nova | ||||
| A-side | "Simply Irresistible (Extended Version)" (12" and CD) "Simply Irresistible (7" version) |
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| B-side | "Simply Irresistible (Instrumental Version)" (12" and CD) "Nova" |
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| Released | June 22, 1988 (UK); 1989 (US) | |||
| Format | Vinyl 7" and 12" Compact Disc |
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| Recorded | Lugano, Switzerland | |||
| Genre | Dance-rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 4:14 | |||
| Label | EMI, Manhattan | |||
| Writer(s) | Robert Palmer | |||
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"Simply Irresistible" is the first single released from the 1988 studio album Heavy Nova by Robert Palmer and is presented in one of the most distinctive and memorable music videos of the 1980s.
In 1988, the song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and was #1 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for three weeks.[1] It also earned Palmer his second Grammy Award the following year. "Simply Irresistible" later appeared in the 1999 Tony Award-winning musical Contact.
Along with "Addicted to Love" and "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On", "Simply Irresistible" is among Palmer's most recognized songs, in part because of the iconic music video by renowned British fashion photographer Terence Donovan.
The videos feature Palmer surrounded by enigmatic women, styled in the manner of artist Patrick Nagel. The video featured the leading "supermodels" and leading dancers of the day; Donovan's lighting and direction set the style for that era of music videos.
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