There are some songs that you just never can forget or get enough of. Something About You by Level 42 is one such song for me. Released in 1985 the single was released ahead of their album World Machine their sixth album also released in 1985. Something About You became the British group’s biggest Stateside hit peaking at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 on this very 31 May 1986. It replicated that success in their native UK where it charted one place higher at number 6.

Reportedly the band wasn’t sure that this song was good enough for the album. It had a more commercial Pop/R&B sound and glossier production than their previous jazz-funk recordings. Nevertheless, this song’s indelible melody propelled it to the top 10 and helped the World Machine sell over three million copies and a 72-week stay on the US charts.

The song’s lyrics centre on Love found and then lost but which never fades from the memory.

How, how can it be that a love
Carved out of caring, fashioned by fate
Could suffer so hard
From the games played once too often?
But making mistakes
Is a part of life’s imperfections
Born of the years
Is it so wrong to be human after all?

Have a look and listen below.