Godley & Creme
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Godley & Creme were an English pop music
duo composed of Kevin Godley
and Lol Creme
. The pair began releasing albums as a duo after splitting from the pop band 10cc
. In 1979 they directed their first music video
for their own single "An Englishman in New York
". After this, they became involved in directing videos for such artists as Ultravox
, The Police
, Duran Duran
, Frankie Goes To Hollywood
and Wang Chung
, as well as directing the ground-breaking promo for their own "Cry" in 1985. The duo split at the end of the 1980s and have both been involved in music videos, TV commercials, and sporadic music projects since.
, who would later work both Godley and Creme in 10cc
.
After recording a one-off single under the name of "Yellow Bellow Room Boom" for UK CBS in 1967 ("Seeing Things Green" b/w "Still Life"), the pair began their professional music career together in 1969, performing pop music in Strawberry Studios
at Stockport
near Manchester
with Eric Stewart
and Graham Gouldman
(often mistakenly referred to as being "Bubblegum Music", perhaps because they were contracted by Kassentz & Katz, who produced bubblegum sub-teen pop in the US on the Buddah label). Their first chart success was as members of the short-lived Hotlegs
, which evolved into 10cc
in 1972. 10cc enjoyed strong chart success, most notably with their 1975 single "I'm Not in Love
", a hit on both sides of the Atlantic
.
After the recording of 10cc's fourth LP, How Dare You!
, Godley and Creme left the band to work on a project they called "The Gizmo
", a device which created a wide variety of sonic textures when attached to the bridge of a guitar. "The Gizmo" was featured heavily on their poorly received concept album
Consequences, released in 1977. The album was savaged by critics, but has since accrued a cult following; it features a guest vocal by Sarah Vaughan
and an extended comedy performance by Peter Cook
.
In a 1997 interview, Godley expressed regret that he and Creme had left 10cc, saying:
The duo gradually regained critical favour with a trio of innovative albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s – L, Freeze Frame and Ismism
(released as Snack Attack in the United States). Freeze Frame included several songs that gained airplay on alternative radio in many countries, notably "I Pity Inanimate Objects" and "An Englishman in New York
", which was accompanied by an innovative music video
. The single "Snack Attack" was also a minor hit. They made the UK Top Ten with the singles "Under Your Thumb" (a song about the ghost of a suicidal woman who returns to haunt a rail commuter) (No. 3) and "Wedding Bells" (No. 7) in 1981, both from Ismism. Their 1970s single "The Boys in Blue" was played at most Manchester City football club matches in the 1990s and is still occasionally played there.
In 1983, they released Birds of Prey
which took their music in a more electronic direction, using electronic drum machines for the entire album.
Their 1984 single "Golden Boy" was included on 1985's The History Mix Volume 1
album which celebrated 25 years of recording together. The album, co-produced by J. J. Jeczalik of Art of Noise, remixed samples of their previous recordings to a disco beat. This album also contained the single "Cry
" which, helped in part by the video, became their biggest US hit, reaching No. 16. The song reached No. 19 in Britain. A video cassette was also released with visual imagery to complement the music.
Godley & Creme released their final album, Goodbye Blue Sky
, in 1988. This album abandoned electronic instruments and used harmonicas, organs, and guitars to tell the story of the earth on the brink of nuclear war. The pair ended their working relationship soon after the release of the album. In a 1997 interview, Creme explained:
("Every Breath You Take
", "Synchronicity II
", "Wrapped Around Your Finger
"), Duran Duran
("Girls on Film
", "A View to a Kill
"), Herbie Hancock
("Rockit
"), Go West
("We Close Our Eyes
"), Frankie Goes to Hollywood
("Two Tribes
", "The Power of Love
"), Sting ("If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
" "Fields of Gold"), and Wang Chung
("Everybody Have Fun Tonight
"), among many others, up to Godley's video for the 1996 single from The Beatles
, "Real Love", featured in the Beatles Anthology.
Of their "Wrapped Around Your Finger" video, which featured The Police performing amid hundreds of burning candles, film maker Daniel Pearl
recalled: "Directors Godley and Creme communicated from their homes in London that we would require 1000 candles for the shoot. Trying to stay on top of things and get information for the art department, producer Fiona Fitzherbert requested a diagram of what they wanted. Several days passed without any fax. She finally insisted she be given some advance information, and received a drawing of a candle.
"... A big part of the mission was to make "Wrapped" for as little as possible...
As we neared the end of our 12-hour day, the producers declared us wrapped. Sting protested, saying that he felt we were doing something very innovative, and that he would pay personally for us to continue shooting. The producers, mindful of the stigma of the price of "Every Breath" refused to allow him to throw more money at it, and in the end it was agreed that we would do one more take and then wrap.
"Godley and Creme took Sting off for a brief chat, which I was purposely excluded from, while I was instructed to build the camera hand held. The stage was cleared of everyone except Sting, myself, and my focus puller. Their parting words to me were to follow Sting where ever he went on the stage, and to keep rolling no matter what happened. About halfway through the track Sting started knocking the candles over and molten wax was flying everywhere. I definitely was shocked as I started to get hit, but fortunately we weren't burned too badly, and we did capture some amazing footage."
The pair's innovation extended to their videos for their own songs, notably "Wide Boy" and "Cry". "Cry"'s groundbreaking and very popular 1985 video featured faces blended into each other using analog cross-fading
, anticipating the digital effect of morphing
, later used in a very similar way in Michael Jackson
's 1991 video, "Black or White
". The "Cry" video was memorable enough that in 1993, it was shown in an episode of MTV's Beavis and Butt-head
.
synthpop
group Art of Noise in 1998. Godley continued to direct music videos. In 2006, he once again teamed up with Graham Gouldman as they released six new tracks under the name GG06.
"Cry" appears on an in-game radio station in Rockstar Games
' Grand Theft Auto IV
, released on 29 April 2008.
A cover of the song "Cry" appears on the album Relayted by Minneapolis indie band Gayngs
. The video for the song is a remake of the "Cry" video and features a cameo by Godley.
In 2011- A new "Cry" video was added produced & filmed by John C. Massaria of Good Pixel Productions, Entitled "Cry" by Godley and Creme, The Beauty and The Beast. Featured on youtube and vimeo with the searchable title- "Cry" Godley & Creme - The Beauty & The Beast.
is a hybrid album that is part studio, remix and compilation album. The duo have released four compilation albums, two of which feature material from their former band 10cc
. 16 singles were also released by the partnership, though only 5 can be deemed commercially successful. Godley and Creme directed a large number of music videos, 8 of which were for their group.
Partial list of music videos directed by Godley and Creme
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
duo composed of Kevin Godley
Kevin Godley
Kevin Godley is a British musician and music video director.He was born in a family of Jewish descent, and went to North Cestrian Grammar School in Altrincham....
and Lol Creme
Lol Crème
Lol Creme is an English musician and music video director, best known for his work in 10cc. He sings, plays guitar and keyboards.-Biography:...
. The pair began releasing albums as a duo after splitting from the pop band 10cc
10cc
10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...
. In 1979 they directed their first music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for their own single "An Englishman in New York
An Englishman in New York
"An Englishman in New York" is a single released by Godley and Creme, from their 1979 album Freeze Frame. It is memorable for an innovative self-produced music video which involved Godley singing in front of Creme, as Creme conducted mannequins dressed up as members of a 1930s big band orchestra....
". After this, they became involved in directing videos for such artists as Ultravox
Ultravox
Ultravox is a British New Wave rock band. They were one of the primary exponents of the British electronic pop music movement of the late 1970s/early 1980s. The band was particularly associated with the New Romantic and New Wave movements....
, The Police
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...
, Duran Duran
Duran Duran
Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...
, Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood were a British dance-pop band popular in the mid-1980s. The group was fronted by Holly Johnson , with Paul Rutherford , Peter Gill , Mark O'Toole , and Brian Nash .The group's debut single "Relax" was banned by the BBC in 1984 while at number six in the charts and...
and Wang Chung
Wang Chung (band)
Wang Chung are an English New Wave musical group.The group found their greatest success in America, with five Top 40 hits in the US, all charting between 1983 and 1987, including "Dance Hall Days" , "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" and "Let's Go!" .-Pre-history: The Intellektuals and 57 Men :Jeremy...
, as well as directing the ground-breaking promo for their own "Cry" in 1985. The duo split at the end of the 1980s and have both been involved in music videos, TV commercials, and sporadic music projects since.
Musical career
Kevin Godley and Lol Creme met in the late 1950s and for a brief time were in a band together. Through the 1960s they played in different bands, with Godley briefly in The Mockingbirds with Graham GouldmanGraham Gouldman
Graham Keith Gouldman is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.-Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968:Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, England...
, who would later work both Godley and Creme in 10cc
10cc
10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...
.
After recording a one-off single under the name of "Yellow Bellow Room Boom" for UK CBS in 1967 ("Seeing Things Green" b/w "Still Life"), the pair began their professional music career together in 1969, performing pop music in Strawberry Studios
Strawberry Studios
-Formation:The facility was originally called Inner City Studios and located above a music store in the town centre. In early 1968 it was bought by Peter Tattersall, a former road manager for Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas. Tattersall invited Eric Stewart – then lead guitarist and singer of...
at Stockport
Stockport
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...
near Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
with Eric Stewart
Eric Stewart
Eric Stewart is an English musician, songwriter and record producer most known for his tenure with The Mindbenders in the 1960s, and 10cc from 1972 to 1995....
and Graham Gouldman
Graham Gouldman
Graham Keith Gouldman is an English songwriter and musician who is a long-time member of British band 10cc.-Early life and 1960s pop career: 1946–1968:Gouldman was born in Broughton, Salford, England...
(often mistakenly referred to as being "Bubblegum Music", perhaps because they were contracted by Kassentz & Katz, who produced bubblegum sub-teen pop in the US on the Buddah label). Their first chart success was as members of the short-lived Hotlegs
Hotlegs
Hotlegs was a short-lived English band best known for its hit single "Neanderthal Man" in 1970. The band consisted of Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, Lol Creme and – briefly – Graham Gouldman...
, which evolved into 10cc
10cc
10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...
in 1972. 10cc enjoyed strong chart success, most notably with their 1975 single "I'm Not in Love
I'm Not in Love
"I'm Not in Love" is a song written by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman of the English group 10cc, from the album The Original Soundtrack. The lyric reveals a narrator in denial about the title's ostensible theme.-The 10cc version:...
", a hit on both sides of the Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
.
After the recording of 10cc's fourth LP, How Dare You!
How Dare You!
How Dare You! is the fourth album by British band 10cc. Released in 1976, it included UK hit singles "I'm Mandy Fly Me" and "Art for Arts Sake". It was also the last 10cc album to feature the classic line-up of Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme, with the latter two...
, Godley and Creme left the band to work on a project they called "The Gizmo
The Gizmo
The Gizmo was an effects device for the electric guitar, invented ca. 1973 by the English rock musicians Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, whilst they were members of the British rock group 10cc....
", a device which created a wide variety of sonic textures when attached to the bridge of a guitar. "The Gizmo" was featured heavily on their poorly received concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
Consequences, released in 1977. The album was savaged by critics, but has since accrued a cult following; it features a guest vocal by Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."...
and an extended comedy performance by Peter Cook
Peter Cook
Peter Edward Cook was an English satirist, writer and comedian. An extremely influential figure in modern British comedy, he is regarded as the leading light of the British satire boom of the 1960s. He has been described by Stephen Fry as "the funniest man who ever drew breath," although Cook's...
.
In a 1997 interview, Godley expressed regret that he and Creme had left 10cc, saying:
The duo gradually regained critical favour with a trio of innovative albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s – L, Freeze Frame and Ismism
Ismism
Ismism is the fourth album by English band Godley & Creme. The album was released in the US under the name Snack Attack.The album cover originally was in white with the title spelt out via holes in the cover which showed a contrasting colour beneath. Later versions used coloured dots instead of holes...
(released as Snack Attack in the United States). Freeze Frame included several songs that gained airplay on alternative radio in many countries, notably "I Pity Inanimate Objects" and "An Englishman in New York
An Englishman in New York
"An Englishman in New York" is a single released by Godley and Creme, from their 1979 album Freeze Frame. It is memorable for an innovative self-produced music video which involved Godley singing in front of Creme, as Creme conducted mannequins dressed up as members of a 1930s big band orchestra....
", which was accompanied by an innovative music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
. The single "Snack Attack" was also a minor hit. They made the UK Top Ten with the singles "Under Your Thumb" (a song about the ghost of a suicidal woman who returns to haunt a rail commuter) (No. 3) and "Wedding Bells" (No. 7) in 1981, both from Ismism. Their 1970s single "The Boys in Blue" was played at most Manchester City football club matches in the 1990s and is still occasionally played there.
In 1983, they released Birds of Prey
Birds of Prey (album)
Birds of Prey is the fifth album by English band Godley & Creme. It was recorded at Lymehouse Studios, Leatherhead and engineered and re-mixed at Nigel Gray's Surrey Sound Studios...
which took their music in a more electronic direction, using electronic drum machines for the entire album.
Their 1984 single "Golden Boy" was included on 1985's The History Mix Volume 1
The History Mix Volume 1
The History Mix Volume 1 is the sixth album by British pop band Godley & Creme. The album was a remix of songs spanning the career of Godley & Creme and their earlier bands, 10cc, Doctor Father and Hotlegs....
album which celebrated 25 years of recording together. The album, co-produced by J. J. Jeczalik of Art of Noise, remixed samples of their previous recordings to a disco beat. This album also contained the single "Cry
Cry (Godley & Creme song)
"Cry" is a song released by the British music duo Godley & Creme in 1985. It was included on the duo's album The History Mix Volume 1.The song peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Godley & Creme's lone Top 40 hit in the US apart from their former band, 10cc...
" which, helped in part by the video, became their biggest US hit, reaching No. 16. The song reached No. 19 in Britain. A video cassette was also released with visual imagery to complement the music.
Godley & Creme released their final album, Goodbye Blue Sky
Goodbye Blue Sky (album)
Goodbye Blue Sky was the final album by Godley & Creme. Released in 1988, the album generated two singles, "Little Piece of Heaven" and "10,000 Angels" as well as videos for those two singles....
, in 1988. This album abandoned electronic instruments and used harmonicas, organs, and guitars to tell the story of the earth on the brink of nuclear war. The pair ended their working relationship soon after the release of the album. In a 1997 interview, Creme explained:
Video direction career
Godley and Creme achieved their greatest success as the innovative directors of more than fifty music videos in the early 1980s. They created memorable videos for The PoliceThe Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...
("Every Breath You Take
Every Breath You Take
"Every Breath You Take" is a song by The Police on the band's 1983 album Synchronicity, written by Sting and Andy Summers . The single was one of the biggest hits of 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks and the UK Singles Chart for four weeks. It also topped the...
", "Synchronicity II
Synchronicity II
"Synchronicity II" is a song by The Police, described by People Weekly as "aggressive" and "steely." It was recorded in 1983 and was included on the album Synchronicity. It was released as a single in the UK and the U.S. by A&M Records. The third single from the album, it reached number 17 in the...
", "Wrapped Around Your Finger
Wrapped Around Your Finger
"Wrapped Around Your Finger" is the second UK single from The Police's 1983 album Synchronicity. It was released worldwide by A&M Records and featured non-album track "Someone To Talk To" as a b-side....
"), Duran Duran
Duran Duran
Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...
("Girls on Film
Girls on Film
"Girls on Film" is the third single by Duran Duran, released on 13 July 1981.The single became Duran Duran's Top 10 breakthrough in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at Number 5 in August 1981...
", "A View to a Kill
A View to a Kill (song)
"A View to a Kill" is the thirteenth single by Duran Duran, released in May 1985.It was a stand-alone single, created for the James Bond movie A View to a Kill, and it remains the only James Bond theme song to have reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100; it also made it to #2 for 3 weeks on the UK...
"), Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
("Rockit
Rockit
"Rockit" is a song recorded by Herbie Hancock. It was released as a single from his 1983 album Future Shock. The song was written by Hancock, bass guitarist Bill Laswell, and synthesizer/drum machine programmer Michael Beinhorn.-History:...
"), Go West
Go West (band)
Go West is an English pop duo, formed in 1982 by lead vocalist and drummer Peter Cox ; and guitarist and vocalist Richard Drummie...
("We Close Our Eyes
We Close Our Eyes
"We Close Our Eyes" is a song by British pop band Go West, composed by both members Peter Cox and Richard Drummie. It was the first single from their debut album Go West...
"), Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood were a British dance-pop band popular in the mid-1980s. The group was fronted by Holly Johnson , with Paul Rutherford , Peter Gill , Mark O'Toole , and Brian Nash .The group's debut single "Relax" was banned by the BBC in 1984 while at number six in the charts and...
("Two Tribes
Two Tribes
"Two Tribes" is the second single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the UK by ZTT Records in May 1984 . The song was later included on the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome....
", "The Power of Love
The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)
Holly Johnson, former singer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, recorded his own version of "The Power of Love" which was released on his 1999 album Soulstream and was released as a single which made #56 in the UK. The single stayed in the charts for 2 weeks...
"), Sting ("If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" is the first single released from Sting's solo debut album The Dream of the Blue Turtles. It is also the opening track of the album, and is featured on Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994 as well as The Very Best of Sting & The Police...
" "Fields of Gold"), and Wang Chung
Wang Chung (band)
Wang Chung are an English New Wave musical group.The group found their greatest success in America, with five Top 40 hits in the US, all charting between 1983 and 1987, including "Dance Hall Days" , "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" and "Let's Go!" .-Pre-history: The Intellektuals and 57 Men :Jeremy...
("Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Everybody Have Fun Tonight
"Everybody Have Fun Tonight" is a song by Wang Chung from their album Mosaic. It was released as a single in 1986, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart....
"), among many others, up to Godley's video for the 1996 single from The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, "Real Love", featured in the Beatles Anthology.
Of their "Wrapped Around Your Finger" video, which featured The Police performing amid hundreds of burning candles, film maker Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl (cinematographer)
Daniel Pearl A.S.C. is an American cinematographer who has worked on many feature films, over 400 music videos and more than 250 commercials. His best known work is probably The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and its 2003 remake....
recalled: "Directors Godley and Creme communicated from their homes in London that we would require 1000 candles for the shoot. Trying to stay on top of things and get information for the art department, producer Fiona Fitzherbert requested a diagram of what they wanted. Several days passed without any fax. She finally insisted she be given some advance information, and received a drawing of a candle.
"... A big part of the mission was to make "Wrapped" for as little as possible...
As we neared the end of our 12-hour day, the producers declared us wrapped. Sting protested, saying that he felt we were doing something very innovative, and that he would pay personally for us to continue shooting. The producers, mindful of the stigma of the price of "Every Breath" refused to allow him to throw more money at it, and in the end it was agreed that we would do one more take and then wrap.
"Godley and Creme took Sting off for a brief chat, which I was purposely excluded from, while I was instructed to build the camera hand held. The stage was cleared of everyone except Sting, myself, and my focus puller. Their parting words to me were to follow Sting where ever he went on the stage, and to keep rolling no matter what happened. About halfway through the track Sting started knocking the candles over and molten wax was flying everywhere. I definitely was shocked as I started to get hit, but fortunately we weren't burned too badly, and we did capture some amazing footage."
The pair's innovation extended to their videos for their own songs, notably "Wide Boy" and "Cry". "Cry"'s groundbreaking and very popular 1985 video featured faces blended into each other using analog cross-fading
Dissolve (film)
In the post-production process of film editing and video editing, a dissolve is a gradual transition from one image to another. The terms fade-out and fade-in and are used to describe a transition to and from a blank image. This is in contrast to a cut where there is no such transition. A dissolve...
, anticipating the digital effect of morphing
Morphing
Morphing is a special effect in motion pictures and animations that changes one image into another through a seamless transition. Most often it is used to depict one person turning into another through technological means or as part of a fantasy or surreal sequence. Traditionally such a depiction...
, later used in a very similar way in Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
's 1991 video, "Black or White
Black or White (song)
"Black or White" is a single by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. The song was released by Epic Records on November 11, 1991 as the first single from Jackson's eighth studio album, Dangerous...
". The "Cry" video was memorable enough that in 1993, it was shown in an episode of MTV's Beavis and Butt-head
Beavis and Butt-Head
Beavis and Butt-head is an American animated television series created by Mike Judge. The series originated from Frog Baseball, a 1992 short film by Judge. After seeing the short, MTV signed Judge to develop the concept. Beavis and Butt-head originally aired from March 8, 1993 to November 28, 1997...
.
Today
Creme joined the avant-gardeAvant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
group Art of Noise in 1998. Godley continued to direct music videos. In 2006, he once again teamed up with Graham Gouldman as they released six new tracks under the name GG06.
"Cry" appears on an in-game radio station in Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games is a major video game developer and publisher based in New York City, owned by Take-Two Interactive following its purchase of UK video game publisher BMG Interactive. The brand is mostly known for Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, L.A...
' Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV is a 2008 open world action video game published by Rockstar Games, and developed by British games developer Rockstar North. It has been released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles, and for the Windows operating system...
, released on 29 April 2008.
A cover of the song "Cry" appears on the album Relayted by Minneapolis indie band Gayngs
Gayngs
Gayngs is a Midwest indie band with a 1980s soft rock-inspired sound. Founded by Ryan Olson, the group consists of over 25 musicians, including Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, Rhymesayers rapper P.O.S, Har Mar Superstar and members of Solid Gold and The Rosebuds....
. The video for the song is a remake of the "Cry" video and features a cameo by Godley.
In 2011- A new "Cry" video was added produced & filmed by John C. Massaria of Good Pixel Productions, Entitled "Cry" by Godley and Creme, The Beauty and The Beast. Featured on youtube and vimeo with the searchable title- "Cry" Godley & Creme - The Beauty & The Beast.
Discography
The discography of Godley & Creme contains 7 studio albums, one of which Consequences, is a treble album and another The History Mix Volume 1The History Mix Volume 1
The History Mix Volume 1 is the sixth album by British pop band Godley & Creme. The album was a remix of songs spanning the career of Godley & Creme and their earlier bands, 10cc, Doctor Father and Hotlegs....
is a hybrid album that is part studio, remix and compilation album. The duo have released four compilation albums, two of which feature material from their former band 10cc
10cc
10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...
. 16 singles were also released by the partnership, though only 5 can be deemed commercially successful. Godley and Creme directed a large number of music videos, 8 of which were for their group.
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart Positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK |
U.S Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
||
| 1977 | Consequences
|
52 | – |
| 1978 | L
|
47 | – |
| 1979 | Freeze Frame
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| 1981 | Ismism Ismism Ismism is the fourth album by English band Godley & Creme. The album was released in the US under the name Snack Attack.The album cover originally was in white with the title spelt out via holes in the cover which showed a contrasting colour beneath. Later versions used coloured dots instead of holes... Ismism Ismism is the fourth album by English band Godley & Creme. The album was released in the US under the name Snack Attack.The album cover originally was in white with the title spelt out via holes in the cover which showed a contrasting colour beneath. Later versions used coloured dots instead of holes... in US. |
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| 1983 | Birds of Prey Birds of Prey (album) Birds of Prey is the fifth album by English band Godley & Creme. It was recorded at Lymehouse Studios, Leatherhead and engineered and re-mixed at Nigel Gray's Surrey Sound Studios... |
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| 1985 | The History Mix Volume 1 The History Mix Volume 1 The History Mix Volume 1 is the sixth album by British pop band Godley & Creme. The album was a remix of songs spanning the career of Godley & Creme and their earlier bands, 10cc, Doctor Father and Hotlegs.... |
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| 1988 | Goodbye Blue Sky Goodbye Blue Sky (album) Goodbye Blue Sky was the final album by Godley & Creme. Released in 1988, the album generated two singles, "Little Piece of Heaven" and "10,000 Angels" as well as videos for those two singles.... |
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Compilation albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
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| U.K | U.S Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
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| 1979 | Music from Consequences
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| 1987 | Changing Faces - The Very Best of 10cc and Godley & Creme Changing Faces - The Very Best of 10cc and Godley & Creme Changing Faces – The Very Best of 10cc and Godley & Creme was the first compilation that included all the hits from 10cc and Godley & Creme. The album featured sixteen tracks including a remixed version of "Snack Attack" by Godley & Creme, that originally featured on their 1981 album Ismism... |
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| 1991 | The Very Best Of 10cc (And Godley & Creme)
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| 1993 | Images
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Singles
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| UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
DEU Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
IRL Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
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US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
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| 1977 | "5 O'Clock in the Morning" | Consequences | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1978 | "Sandwiches of You" | L | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1979 | "An Englishman in New York An Englishman in New York "An Englishman in New York" is a single released by Godley and Creme, from their 1979 album Freeze Frame. It is memorable for an innovative self-produced music video which involved Godley singing in front of Creme, as Creme conducted mannequins dressed up as members of a 1930s big band orchestra.... " |
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| 1980 | "Submarine" | — | – | – | – | – | – |
| "Wide Boy" | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1981 | "Under Your Thumb" | Ismism | 3 | – | 7 | 13 | – |
| "Wedding Bells" | 7 | – | 13 | 44 | – | ||
| 1982 | "Snack Attack" | – | – | – | – | – | |
| "Save a Mountain for Me" | Birds of Prey | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1983 | "Samson" | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1984 | "Golden Boy" | The History Mix Volume 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1985 | "Cry Cry (Godley & Creme song) "Cry" is a song released by the British music duo Godley & Creme in 1985. It was included on the duo's album The History Mix Volume 1.The song peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Godley & Creme's lone Top 40 hit in the US apart from their former band, 10cc... " |
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| 1986 | "Cry (Remix)" | 66 | – | – | – | – | |
| 1987 | "Snack Attack (Remix)" | Changing Faces | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1988 | "A Little Piece of Heaven" | Goodbye Blue Sky | – | 26 | – | 17 | – |
| "10,000 Angels" | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Music videos
Godley & Creme music videos- "An Englishman in New YorkAn Englishman in New York"An Englishman in New York" is a single released by Godley and Creme, from their 1979 album Freeze Frame. It is memorable for an innovative self-produced music video which involved Godley singing in front of Creme, as Creme conducted mannequins dressed up as members of a 1930s big band orchestra....
" (1979) - "Wide Boy" (1980)
- "Wedding Bells" (1982)
- "Save A Mountain For Me" (1983)
- "Golden Boy" (1984)
- "CryCry (Godley & Creme song)"Cry" is a song released by the British music duo Godley & Creme in 1985. It was included on the duo's album The History Mix Volume 1.The song peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Godley & Creme's lone Top 40 hit in the US apart from their former band, 10cc...
" / "History Mix 1" (1985) - "A Little Piece of Heaven" (1987)
- "10,000 Angels" (1988)
Partial list of music videos directed by Godley and Creme
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External links
- Page devoted to Consequences album interesting Uncut interviews with both gentlemen
- VH1 Artist Profile - includes video clip from "Cry" (requires WindowsMicrosoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
operating system) - Minestrone (10cc/Godley & Crème fansite)
- Music Video Database - Godley & Creme videography
- 2007 Rock N Roll Universe Kevin Godley Interview