02
1987

Simply RedMen And Women

Men and Women, Simply Red’s second album released in March 1987 established the band as an important global act. They toured the world with Men and Women, performing 120 shows in 9 months, including performing to 40,000 fans in Rio de Janeiro and 80,000 in Sao Paulo.

1987

Tracklist

1. The Right Thing

In the middle of the night, when the time is right
Sexily right, I’m gonna do the right thing
Gonna move you slow, much harder though
Sexily so, I’m gonna do the right thing
Feelin’ hot, I ain’t never gonna stop
To get what you got, you better take what I bring
Feel it now, much harder now
More than any old how, say you feel the pain

Feel I’m getting harder now, get off your back four
Get on top more owww!
Feel I’m sinking farther down, get off your back four
Get on top more

I told you to stop, “You’re sleeping out a lot”
You told me get lost, where’s your understanding
I feel it now much harder than I’ve ever done now
I’d better do the right thing

I’m gonna do the right thing
I’m gonna do the right thing

Feel I’m getting harder now, get off your back four
Get on top more owww!
Feel I’m sinking farther down, get off your back four
Get on top more

In the middle of the night, when the time is right
Sexily right, I’m gonna do the right thing
Gonna move you slow, much harder than I’ve ever done now
I’m gonna do the right thing

I’m gonna do the right thing
I’m gonna do the right thing

I’m on fire
I’m on fire
You know I told you that I would never dream of leaving
If I did it right
I’m gonna do the right thing

Words and music Mick Hucknall
CBS Songs Ltd/So What Ltd

2. Infidelity

When a man just can’t be trusted
And again he’s gone and lost it

Your call has been registered
It’ll be returned when I get back home
I’ve been out loving all night long
I can’t help it, that love it makes me strong

When a man just can’t be trusted
And again he’s gone and lost it

Ask me all the questions you need
I don’t tell lies, my conscience don’t bleed
You’ll get all the time I can give
As long as you respect my freedom to live

When a man just can’t be trusted
And again he’s gone and lost it

I just can’t be trusted

A kick in the ribs for the arrival late at night
So late in the evening you could see the morning light
When you’re sat up alone and you wonder where I’ve been
You can pick up my belongings and tell me where I can take them

When a man just can’t be trusted
And again he’s gone and lost it

I just can’t be trusted

Infidelity

Words and music Hucknall/Dozier/Hucknall
CBS Songs Ltd/So What Ltd/Warner Bros Music Ltd

3. Suffer

Something deep inside of me
That when it comes it won’t bring too much prolong
I don’t know how hard it’ll be when I suffer
Affection is a start for me, I hope it’s gonna move on
This time it’s gonna be hard for me, I don’t wanna suffer

I fight it hard when it tears my heart
Oh when I want someone I gotta have someone
And when I come to the conclusion
So scared I don’t want to fall

Please don’t make me suffer
Please don’t make me suffer

Did he break his broken heart for you
Oh no mother, he never loved a single other person
This time it’s gonna be hard for me, I don’t want to suffer

I fight it hard when it tears my heart
Oh when I want someone I gotta have someone
And when I come to the conclusion
So scared I don’t want to fall

Please don’t make me suffer
Please don’t make me suffer
I’m not hard enough, I’m not strong enough
Don’t make me suffer

Words and music Hucknall/Dozier/Hucknall
CBS Songs Ltd/So What Ltd/Warner Bros Music Ltd

4. I Won’t Feel Bad

If I said you were evil
You’d knock me off my feet
If I said you’re a good girl
You’d bore me off my seat
You’ll never see me walking
Down a guilty middle-class street
I’m frequently appalled
By them pretending to be poor men

I’d give you all I can now
I don’t have enough arms for you
Ask the people with the real cash
Institutions who are taking yours and mine

I won’t feel guilty, I won’t feel bad
I won’t feel guilty, I won’t feel bad

It’s written in the books
In the literature that I’ve read
Temporary blindness
Breezing through the fog again
You’ll never see me walking
Down a guilty middle-class street
I’m frequently appalled
By them pretending to be poor men

I’d give you all I can now
I don’t have enough arms for you
Ask the people with the real cash
Institutions who are taking yours and mine

I won’t feel guilty, I won’t feel bad
I won’t feel guilty, I won’t feel bad

I never get enough of it

I won’t feel guilty, I won’t feel bad
I won’t feel guilty, I won’t feel bad

Bad Bad Bad!!!

Words and music Mick Hucknall/Simply Red
CBS Songs Ltd/So What Ltd

5. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye

Ev’ry time we say goodbye I die a little
Ev’ry time we say goodbye I wonder why a little
Why the Gods above me who must be in the know
Think so little of me they allow you to go

When you’re near there’s such an air of spring about it
I can hear a lark somewhere waiting to sing about it
There’s no love song finer
But how strange The change from major to minor
Ev’ry time we say goodbye.

When you’re near there’s such an air of spring about it
I can hear a lark somewhere waiting to sing about it
There’s no love song finer
But how strange The change from major to minor
Ev’ry time we say goodbye.

Words and music Cole Porter
Chappell Music Ltd

6. Let Me Have It All

You have turned into a prayer
I can feel I’m almost there
Closer closer to the top
Looking down is quite a drop

Let me have it all
Let me have it all

You set up a barrier
Don’t you know I’d marry ya
Can’t explain how you make me feel
Looking down is mighty real
Make me feel like a king
Everything is everything

Let me have it all
Let me have it all

You set up a barrier
Don’t you know I’d marry ya
Just to be near you is to be
Just so you can give it to me

Let me have it all
Let me have it all

Words and music Sylvester Stewart
Warner Bros Music Ltd

7. Love Fire

Fire fire
Fire fire
Fire fire fire fire
Can’t put it out with water

Keeps on burning
Keeps on burning
Keeps on burning burning burning
In my soul

Your love is like a burning fire
It keeps on burning burning burning
In my soul
This love of mine it’s my one desire
It’s gonna set my soul on fire
It’ll never grow cold

Fire fire fire
Fire fire fire
Keeps on burning burning burning
In my soul

Your love is so kind to I
So good good
It’ll never grow cold
This love of mine it’s my one desire
It’s gonna set my soul on fire
It’ll never grow cold

Fire fire
Fire fire
Fire fire fire fire
Can’t put it out with water

Keeps on burning
Keeps on burning
Keeps on burning burning burning
In my soul

Words and music Bunny Wailer
Solomonic Music Publishing Ltd

8. Move on Out

So you tell me you’re certain about it
Sure to tell me you’re rid of me
How cool can you be
Shrugging you’re shoulders saying you’re rid of me
That’s the way it is
So sickly sweet and oh so candy
No matter which way it is
I’ll live in the flat the council gave me

You’d better move on out now
Leave town and get on out now

Living with each other only for the sake of it
Living in a shack they said was “handy”
Your good looks blew you out and now you want no part of it
Suffice to tell me you’re rid of me
That’s the way it is
I’ll live in the flat that the housing gave me

Look uh get outa here!
get outa here!

You’d better move on out now
Leave town and get on out now

Poisoned letters from snakes who died to make it
Hung out drying in the cemetery
My personality always is a problem
Always was and always will be
That’s the way it is
You don’t need to understand me
No matter which way it is
I’ll live in the flat that the housing gave me

Look uh get outa here!
get outa here!

Words and music Mick Hucknall
CBS Songs Ltd/So What Ltd

9. Shine

Ooh I remember those old love letters
Plagued with memories, I can’t forget us
Trying to fight it, trying to hide it

Rekindled flames are not recommended
But it never went out boy, it never ended
Trying to fight it, trying to hide it
But your love it shines

In a cruel hard world
It’s a miracle to find
Someone good, someone whose love it shines
Your love it shines

Here in this apartment with oh too many rooms
Pearls once meant something, they brought me only gloom
Trying to fight it, trying to hide it
Rekindled flames they’re not recommended
But it never went out boy, it never ended
Crime can fight it, lies can hide it
But your love it shines

In a cruel hard world
It’s a miracle to find
Someone good, someone whose love it shines
Your love it shines

You’d better shine your love, shine your love, shine it up
You’d better shine your love, shine your love, shine it up

In a cruel hard world
It’s a miracle to find
Someone good, someone whose love it shines
Your love it shines

Words and music Mick Hucknall
CBS Songs Ltd/So What Ltd

10. Maybe Someday

I’ve been a fool, talking to myself and no-one else
I play it cool, so cool that no-one ever understands me

Maybe one day someone will come
Now! Now

I didn’t do the things I was supposed to do
You didn’t move, you used me and I used you too

Maybe one day someone will come
Maybe one day someone will come

Why it’s killing you, is a reason for yourself and no-one else
I couldn’t move, you used it and it used you too

Maybe one day someone will come
Maybe one day someone will come

Words and music Mick Hucknall
CBS Songs Ltd/So What Ltd

Album Credits

Mick Hucknall – Vocals
Chris Joyce – Drums & Percussion
Tony Bowers – Bass & Percussion
Tim Kellett – Keyboards, Trumpet, Flugelhorn & Percussion
Fritz McIntyre – Keyboards & Vocals
Sylvan – Guitars
With
Janette Sewell – Vocals
Ian Kirkham – Tenor & Baritone Sax

Produced by Alex Sadkin
Engineered by Barry Mraz
Assistant Engineer Chris Dickie
Mixed by Alex Sadkin with Barry Mraz, Chris Dickie, Nick Launay and Joe Barbaria

Except Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
Produced by Yvonne Ellis and Mick Hucknall
Engineered by Yvonne Ellis

Mastering Engineer Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, New York

Derek Wadsworth – Trombone on Love Fire
Eleanor Morris – Cello on Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
Steve Rainford – Keyboard programming

Robert Erdmann – Photography
Paul Smith – Clothes
Representation:
Worldwide – So What Arts Ltd
USA – In association with Burton Management
All tracks used by kind permission of the publishers.

Five singles were released from the Men and Women album, including the hit ‘The Right Thing’, and a stunning cover of the Cole Porter ballad ‘Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye’. The album reached number 2 in the UK charts and went triple platinum.

Listen

Men and Women (Expanded Version)

The Right Thing

Montreux Jazz Festival, 1992

Videos

View a mix of live and official Simply Red videos

Ev’ry Time We Say GoodbyeMontreux Jazz Festival 1992
The Right ThingLive In Hamburg, 1992
Maybe SomedayOfficial Video
The Right ThingLive at The Lyceum Theatre London 1998
Come To My Aid & InfidelityLive at Montreux Jazz Festival 1992
Ev’ry Time We Say GoodbyeOfficial Video
I Won’t Feel BadOfficial Video
Ev'ry Time We Say GoodbyeLive in Manchester, 1990
InfidelityOfficial Video
I Won't Feel BadLive In Hamburg, 1992
The Right ThingOfficial Video

The Story of Simply Red

Part 1 – Picture Book / Men And Women

Single Artwork

Maybe Someday
Maybe Someday Single Artwork
Infidelity
Infidelity Single Artwork
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Single Artwork
I Won't Feel Bad
I Won't Feel Bad Single Artwork
The Right Thing
The Right Thing Single Artwork

Album Artwork

Men and Women

Tour Dates

04 March 1987
Galway, Ireland : Leisureland

05 March 1987 06 March 1995
Dublin, Ireland : SFX

07 March 1987
Belfast, N. Ireland : King Georges Hall

09 March 1987
Glasgow, UK : Scottish Exhibition Centre

10 March 1987
Edinburgh, UK : Playhouse Theatre

11 March 1987
Newcastle, UK : City Hall

13 March 1987 14 March 1987
Manchester, UK : Apollo

15 March 1987
Bradford, UK : St Georges Hall

17 March 1987
Brighton, UK : Brighton Centre

18 March 1987
Portsmouth, UK : Guildhall

19 March 1987
Cardiff, UK : St Davids Hall

21 March 1987
Swindon, UK : Oasis Leisure Centre

23 March 1987 26 March 1987
London, UK : Hammersmith Odeon

28 March 1987
Birmingham, UK : Odeon

29 March 1987
Liverpool, UK : Empire Theatre

30 March 1987
Nottingham, UK : The Royal Court

01 April 1987 02 April 1987
London, UK : Kilburn National Ballroom

04 April 1987
Birmingham, UK : Odeon

05 April 1987
Leicester, UK : De Montfort Hall

06 April 1987
Sheffield, UK : City Hall

08 April 1987
Bournemouth, UK : Bournemouth International Centre

09 April 1987
St Austell, UK : Colliseum

10 April 1987
Bristol, UK : Hippodrome

06 May 1987
Copenhagen, Denmark : Saga

08 May 1987 09 May 1987
Stockholm, Sweden : Concerthause

10 May 1987
Oslo, Norway : Concerthouse

12 May 1987
Montreux, Switzerland : Golden Tulip

14 May 1987
Hamburg, Germany : Sportshalle

15 May 1987
Berlin, Germany : Tempodrom

17 May 1987
Dortmund, Germany : Westfalenhalle

18 May 1987
Koln, Germany : Sportshalle

19 May 1987
Offenbach, Germany : Stadhalle

21 May 1987
Mannheim, Germany : Rosengarten

22 May 1987
Frankfurt, Germany : Alte Oper

23 May 1987
Saarbruecken, Germany : Saarlandhalle

25 May 1987
Nuremberg, Germany : Stadhalle

26 May 1987
Stuttgart, Germany : Liederhalle

27 May 1987
Munich, Germany : Circuskrone

29 May 1987
Munich, Germany : Rudi-Sedmayler Sportshalle

31 May 1987
Padua, Italy : Palazzo Dello Sport

01 June 1987
Bologna, Italy : Palazzo Dello Sport

02 June 1987
Rome, Italy : Teatrotenda Pianeta

04 June 1987
Rome, Italy : Teatrotenda Pianeta

05 June 1987
Florence, Italy : Palazzo Della Sport

06 June 1987
Milan, Italy : Palatrussardi

08 June 1987
Nice, France : Theatre De Verdure

09 June 1987
Lyon, France : Bourse Du Travail

10 June 1987
Toulouse, France : Small Palais De Sport

13 June 1987
Paris, France : Zenith

14 June 1987
Antwerp, Belgium : Queen Elizabeth Theatre

15 June 1987
Brussels, Belgium : Cirque Royale

17 June 1987 18 June 1987
Rotterdam, Holland : Ahoy

31 July 1987 01 August 1987
Tokyo, Japan : Koseinenkin Kaikan

03 August 1987
Tokyo, Japan : Osaka Koseinenkin Kaikan

04 August 1987
Tokyo, Japan : Nagoya Bunka Kodoh

06 August 1987 07 August 1987
Tokyo, Japan : Sun Plaza

11 August 1987
Auckland, New Zealand : Logan Campbell Centre

12 August 1987
Wellington, New Zealand : Town Hall

14 August 1987
Christchurch, New Zealand : Town Hall

17 August 1987 20 August 1987
Sydney, Australia : Entertainment Centre

22 August 1987
Brisbane, Australia : Festival Hall

24 August 1987 26 August 1987
Melbourne, Australia : Entertainment Centre

27 August 1987
Adelaide, Australia : Thebarton Theatre

29 August 1987 30 August 1987
Perth, Australia : Perth Entertainment Centre

01 September 1987 02 September 1987
Perth, Australia : Entertainment Centre

18 September 1987
Quebec City, Canada : Albert Rousseau

20 September 1987
Ottawa, Canada : National Arts Centre

21 September 1987
London, Canada : Centennial Hall

22 September 1987
Waterloo, Canada : University Of Waterloo

25 September 1987 26 September 1987
Montreal, Canada : Le Spectrum

29 September 1987
Calgary, Canada : Jubilee Auditorium

30 September 1987
Edmonton, Canada : Convention Centre

02 October 1987
Vancouva, Canada : Expo Theatre

03 October 1987
Seattle, USA : Paramount Theatre

04 October 1987
Eugene, USA : Hult Centre

06 October 1987
Santa Rosa, USA : Sanoma State University

07 October 1987
San Francisco, USA : Fox Warfield

09 October 1987
San Diego, USA : University Of San Diego

10 October 1987 11 October 1987
Los Angeles, USA : Wiltern Theatre

13 October 1987
Santa Barbara, USA : Arlington Theatre

16 October 1987
Denver, USA : Paramount Theatre

18 October 1987
Dallas, Texas, USA : The Arcadia

19 October 1987
Houston, USA : Tower Theatre

20 October 1987
New Orleans, USA : McAlister Auditorium

22 October 1987
Nashville, USA : Memorial Gym

23 October 1987
Cincinnati, USA : Bogart’s

24 October 1987
Chicago, USA : The Riviera Ballroom

26 October 1987
Milwaukee, USA : Riverside Theatre

27 October 1987
Detroit, USA : Ford Theatre

28 October 1987
Cleveland, USA : Agora Metropolitan Theatre

30 October 1987
Philadelphia, USA : Tower Theatre

31 October 1987
Northampton, USA : John Green Hall

01 November 1987
Boston, USA : Orpheum Theatre

03 November 1987
Washington, USA : Lisner Auditorium

04 November 1987
Fredricksburg, USA : Dodd Auditoriim

06 November 1987
New York, USA : Beacon Theatre

06 December 1987
Manchester, UK : The Ritz

12 December 1987 13 December 1987
London, UK : Brixton Academy

15 December 1987 16 December 1987
Birmingham, UK : NEC

17 December 1987
Brighton, UK : Brighton Centre

19 December 1987
Manchester, UK : G-Mex

21 December 1987 22 December 1987
London, UK : Wembley Arena

28 October 1988
Zaragoza, Spain : Palacio De Los Deportes

29 October 1988
Lerida, Spain : Pabellon Nou

31 October 1988
Bilbao, Spain : Pabellon De La Casilla

01 November 1988
San Sebastian, Spain : Velodromo De Anoeta

03 November 1988 04 November 1988
Barcelona, Spain : Palacio Municipal

06 November 1988 07 November 1988
Madrid, Spain : Palicio De Los Deportes

08 November 1988
Valencia, Spain : Pacha

10 November 1988
Lisbon, Portugal : Pavilhao Dramatico

11 November 1988
Seville, Spain : Palacio Municipal

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