Gary Numan started out in 1977 as a punk rock artist in the group Mean Street but that didn't work out for him. Apparently he was too arty and creative for them.
Luckily he kept plugging on and his next venture Tubeway Army was hugely successful. In fact that had a hugely influential number 1 hit in the U.K. with Are Friends Electric? Then Gary went solo and had a huge international hit with Cars. It came to be a major symbol of the new wave scene and even hit the Top 10 in the states.
In the U.K. he continued to come up with hits but in the U.S. he remained a one hit wonder. By 1985 he teamed up with Bill Sharpe, a jazz keyboardist and member of the U.K. band Shakatak, and they released a few Synth Pop classics including Change Your Mind which I offer you here. It was a song that I loved very much at the time though it really didn't cross-over much. In my towns college radio station WXCI it was on heavy rotation so I got to enjoy it often. It peaked at #35 on the U.S. Dance Charts.
SYNTH POP GEM CHANGE YOUR MIND
Gary Numan ended up being quite prolific. There was even a live release in 2016 when he played the 02 Forum in London. In 2002 the Sugababes sampled Are Friends Electric? and had a number 1 hit in the U.K. and he was brought to a whole new audience.
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