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Yazoo - Don't Go Play Video

Yazoo - Don't Go

Promotional video for 'Don't Go' by Yazoo from the album 'Upstairs at Eric's'

Yazoo -- Only You Play Video

Yazoo -- Only You

Debut single taken from their first album " Upstairs At Erics " released july 1982.

Yazoo - Situation (Dj LooH VideoMix) Play Video

Yazoo - Situation (Dj LooH VideoMix)

Video Clip New Wave 80's Inedito, Video Remix Dj LooH of Chile

Yazoo Nobody's Diary Play Video

Yazoo Nobody's Diary

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Yazoo Biography

Yazoo (also known as Yaz in the United States) is a British synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex. They had a number of Top 10 hits in the UK charts in the early 1980s. Formed in late 1981 by former Depeche Mode songwriter Vince Clarke (synthesizer) and Alison Moyet (vocals), Yazoo were signed to Mute Records in the United Kingdom and (as "Yaz") to Sire Records in the United States.

Yazoo's debut single "Only You" backed with "Situation", was released on 15 March 1982 and rose to number two in the UK charts. Yazoo released two successful studio albums, Upstairs at Eric's in 1982 and You and Me Both in 1983. Shortly after, Moyet and Clarke decided to break up. Moyet pursued a solo career while Clarke went on to form Erasure, another synth pop duo. Yazoo reunited in 2008 with a tour in Europe and the United States and the release of a four-disc box set.

Though the band's initial run was short-lived, Yazoo continues to influence and inspire many of today's bands, including LCD Soundsystem, Shiny Toy Guns, Blaqk Audio, Hercules and Love Affair, La Roux and Gil Mantera's Party Dream.

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Yazoo Lyrics

Yazoo - Only You Lyrics

Looking from a window above
It's like a story of love, can you hear me?
Came back only yesterday
I'm moving farther away, want you near me

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Yazoo - Nobody's Diary Lyrics

If I wait for just a second more
I know, I'll forget what I came here for
My head was so full of things to say
But as I open my lips all my words slip away

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Yazoo - Situation Lyrics

Blue eyed dressed for every situation
Moving through the doorway of a nation
Pick me up and shake the doubt
Baby, I can't do without

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Yazoo - Winter Kills Lyrics

Green in your love on bright days
You grew sun blind, you thought me unkind
To remind you how winter kills

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Yazoo - Don´t Go Lyrics

Came in from the city walked into the door
I turned around when I heard the sound of footsteps on the floor
Love just like addiction now I'm hooked on you
I need some time to get it right your love gonna see me through

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Yazoo - Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I) Lyrics

You say it's time to leave, now babe, I can't believe
That you have the strength to go now
I won't stand in your way, I'd be standing there all day
Ain't that something that we both know now

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Yazoo - Midnight Lyrics

Midnight it's raining outside, yeah
He must be soaking wet
Everyone is sleeping tight
God knows I tried my best

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Yazoo Discography

Yazoo albums.

  • In Your Room (disc 1: Upstairs at Eric's) - 26/05/2008 (Mute/GB)
  • In Your Room (disc 2: You and Me Both) - 26/05/2008 (Mute/GB)
  • You and Me Both - 04/07/1983 (Mute/GB)
  • Upstairs at Eric's - 23/08/1982 (Mute/GB)

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