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Peter Godwin (singer)

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Peter Godwin (born in London) was lead singer with the band, Metro, (with Duncan Browne) in the late 1970s and became a successful new wave artist in the 1980s. Metro released three albums internationally: "Metro" (on Sire Records in the USA and Transatlantic in the UK) and "New Love" and "Future Imperfect" (on EMI).

In America, his most well-known song is probably his 1982 "Images of Heaven", which got alternative airplay throughout the 1980s. He also got airplay and MTV rotation with his song, "Baby's In The Mountains". Both songs were hits on the U.S. Billboard Club Play Singles chart in the early 1980s. "Baby's In The Mountains" charted at #4 and was promoted with a video shot in New York by "Californication" director Stephen Hopkins.

"Images of Heaven" and many other tracks by Godwin were produced by Georg Kajanus. The song had two videos made for it. The first featured an "adult" interpretation of the lyrics (with naked models) but was deemed not suitable for broadcast television. Another, more innocuous version was made featuring an attractive, skimpily-clad brunette in a candy bar commercial that Godwin imagined appearing before him in various locations to include his own living room couch and floor. Both were directed and produced by David and Kathy Rose. Godwin's 1983 solo album, Correspondence was issued by Polydor Records.

In 1998, a number of his songs from his time with the band Metro, his early 1980s underground hits, and three new songs were released on CD. The title was Images of Heaven: The Best of Peter Godwin, and it was released on Oglio Records.

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References

  1. ^ "Biography by Michael Sutton". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

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