My Mine were more then just Hypnotic Tango

A FRESH ZIP OF MY MINE same as mixes mentioned below

Hypnotic Tango by My Mine is an 11 out 10 for me!  It's every magical aspect of italo disco to the third power.  This razormaid remix may even be better then the original, it's certainly longer.  This song stirs up my italo blood.  I'm really not well enough versed in music commentary to explain why.  For me it's just the feeling that I get each and every time I've ever heard it.  The castanets are fun too.  This song will never get old for me.  1983 was so important for me.  I had already enjoyed my first year at American University in D.C. and was finally free to go out to clubs every night.  Clubbing was all I ever wanted to do but in Western Connecticut there wasn't much of a reason to do so!  So in '83 I convinced my Italian parents that I had to get in touch with my ancestral roots but of course that was just an excuse to go out constantly to the Roman clubs.

Hypnotic Tango was everywhere!  On the radio and on the dancefloors and I was losing my teenage mind to it.   DISCO SYNDICATE EDIT THE INSTRUMENTAL

My Mine were three guys from Terni, near Rome and were formed in 1979.  They were originally new wave/punk but were clearly pushed in another direction.  Produced by the legendary Mauro Malavisi who had his hand in so many italo disco projects.  wonderful blog post about Mauro Malavisi and Jacques Fred Petrous.  Though Hypnotic Tango is the most well known song, Cupid Girl and Zorro are quite good and then there's also Juaresh.  MY MINE ZIP

Their first and only album was released in 1985.  In 2016 they recorded a new song called Like a Fool and went on tour in support of it.  They also added a new female vocalist.

Hell even Bananarama did a cover version, which I will have to admit I thought was brilliant even though it was a massive flop for them in 2005, peaking at #26 in their native U.K. Though those trademark harmonies were still so pretty and easy on the ear.  Their version is actually called Look on the Floor so they changed it up a little.

 LOOK ON THE FLOOR

They look a little gay, huh?  1983 was a very new wave kinda year.  Androgyny was all the rage.  Maybe they thought it looked punk!

Hypnotic tango
Tango
Tango!
Stuck in my seat can't move no way the other guys knows the game to play
I'm watchin' her
I'm watchin' me
I'm gettin' brave

Oh
Take him apart say listen to me.
Look on the floor and all is spinning round

Someone told me this was just a dance

And take a chance I ain't met before
Do you think I really have a chance?
Hypnotic tango
Tango
Tango!

Rough diamond he smiles
She looks at him

Ain't gonna be
No story in love

Take me to the dance
Floor by the hand

Give me this night
In a foreign land.
Look on the floor
And all is spinning round
. . .
Look on the floor
And all is spinning round
. . .

Hypnotic
Hypnotic

Hypnotic
Hypnotic -
Look on the floor
And all is spinning round
. . .
Look on the floor
And all is sinning round

DON'T YOU WANT MY LOVE DEBBIE JACOBS the epitome of a disco classic

Debbie Jacobs first debuted on the disco charts in 1979.  The album Undercover Lover featured the title tune, Hot Hot and the definitive disco classic Don't You Want My Love.  DON'T YOU WANT MY ZIP?  DON'T YOU WANT MY ZIP 2? more remixes here

The white label promo was previously quite collectible but has become more common over the years.  Ironically it was the B side to Undercover Lover though it was far more popular.

She later came to be known as Debbie Jacobs Rock and had a few more club hits.  The most rare of which is her fantastic take on the Hi Nrg classic Maybe This Time.  Which ended up with a very limited promo only release.  Due to some complications with the label it was not formally released and so the far less enchanting versions by Norma Lewis, Viola Wills and others are the ones which got the most play.  There are some copies of Debbie's version to be found however but they cost a few hundred dollars.

I'm providing you with a tasty zip file.  It includes the extended promo twelve inch version, the alkalino edit and the extra long Clausell edit which is not easy to come by, and Italian DJ Moplen's edit. 

The Hollies Draggin' my Heels

This was meant to be the comeback hit for the sixties supergroup The Hollies.

Released in 1977 it was an early example of a rock band jumping on the disco bandwagon.  We are all the more enriched for it.  But they didn't get their hit after all.  Here's a brilliant edit.

Draggin' .WAV

The Hollies were formed in Manchester, U.K. in 1962. They had many massive pop hits of which Just One Look, He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother, Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress and The Air That I Breathe were likely the most well known. Unlike other British rock groups like The Rolling Stones or even The Beatles, they were known for their squeaky clean image. They were however just about as successful on the pop charts in their homeland scoring a massive 22 Top 40 hits between 1964 and 1970. Interestingly enough Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young fame had been an early member.

A little piece of trivia for you Elton John fans, he played the piano on their 1970 smash He Ain't Heavy, He's my Brother, their civil rights themed ballad. In 1974 their love ballad The Air that I Breathe had previously been recorded by Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers. But their version is the definitive one. It's just the kind of mushy pop that I loved when I was a child.

Their line-up changed countless number of times and they even tour now. But it was 1977 that saw them jump on the disco bandwagon in a big way. Their fabulous harmonies set to a disco beat! Super lyrics too. How could they lose? Well it remained a PROMO only 12" and never did break pop and was their only foray into the genre. But hot damn is this a great song or what?

Draggin' my Heels

I must be not the only one loving this tune. A copy was just sold on Ebay the other day for over $300.00!