It was with the release of their fourth single, Sometimes, that Erasure finally received recognition in the UK in late 1986. The song peaked at number two in the UK and Germany and spent many weeks in the UK Top 40, marking the beginning of a long string of major hits for the duo. Sometimes is a song by British synthpop duo Erasure, released in October 1986 as their fourth single overall. After three commercial flops from their debut album Wonderland, Sometimes became Erasures first bonafide hit, peaking at number one in South Africa, number two in their native United Kingdom and in Germany, and becoming a huge international hit. The song became Erasures second Top 5 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where it charted alongside It Doesnt Have to Be and peaked at number four. Written by band members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, Sometimes typifies the Erasure sound — an uptempo, dance-oriented pop tune accentuated by Clarkes analogue synthesizers and Bells lyrics about being in love. The music video showcases Erasure on a building rooftop — Clarke playing an acoustic guitar and Bell singing — as they weave through white sheets hanging from a laundry line; near the end of the video rain starts to fall on the duo. Sometimes spent seventeen weeks in the UK singles chart — the duos longest chart run for a single in that country — and was included on Erasures second album The Circus, released six months later in March 1987. The music video shows the band on top of a skyscraper surrounded by white sheets hanging on washing lines before it starts to rain. The eighth track from the second album Circus in 1987 (earlier released as a single in October 1986). https://youtube/watch?v=2zop7sU6oiI
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