Other People's Songs

Not to be confused with Other People's Songs (Owen album).

Other People's Songs
Studio album by Erasure
Released	27 January 2003
Recorded	2001–2002
Studio	37B (Chertsey, Surrey) [1]
Genre	Synth-pop
Length	41:17
Label	Mute
Producer	Erasure Gareth Jones Dave Bascombe
Erasure chronology
Loveboat (2000) Other People's Songs (2003) Nightbird (2005)
Singles from Other People's Songs
"Solsbury Hill" Released: 6 January 2003 "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" Released: 7 April 2003

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	47/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Alternative Press	[4]
Blender	[5]
Drowned in Sound	7/10 [6]
The Guardian	[7]
Playlouder	[8]
Q	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Uncut	2/10 [11]
URB	[12]

Other People's Songs is a cover album by English synth-pop duo Erasure released on 27 January 2003.

The album was originally conceived as a solo project for singer Andy Bell. Once Vince Clarke, the other member of Erasure, became involved, it was released as Erasure's tenth studio album. The tracks were handpicked by Clarke and Bell as ones that influenced them as musicians.^{[ citation needed ]} It was released in the UK and the US by Mute Records in 2003, and was a Top 20 success in their home country and in Germany.

Other People's Songs gave Erasure their first Top 10 on the UK singles chart in nine years with their cover of Peter Gabriel's song "Solsbury Hill". ^[13] The album was produced by Erasure with Gareth Jones and Dave Bascombe. Because of Bell's resistance to remaking the classic "Video Killed the Radio Star", the verses are "sung" synthetically by a computer. ^[14]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original Artist	Length
1.	"Solsbury Hill"	Peter Gabriel	Peter Gabriel	4:20
2.	"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"	James Warren	the Korgis	3:20
3.	"Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"	Steve Harley	Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel	3:56
4.	"Everyday"	Norman Petty/Buddy Holly	Buddy Holly	1:59
5.	"When Will I See You Again"	Gamble and Huff	the Three Degrees	2:58
6.	"Walking in the Rain"	Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil/Phil Spector	the Ronettes	2:47
7.	"True Love Ways"	Holly/Petty	Buddy Holly	3:06
8.	"Ebb Tide"	Robert Maxwell/Carl Sigman	the Righteous Brothers	3:06
9.	"Can't Help Falling in Love"	George David Weiss/Hugo & Luigi	Elvis Presley	3:27
10.	"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"	Mann/Weil/Spector	the Righteous Brothers	3:58
11.	"Goodnight"	Cliff Eberhardt	Cliff Eberhardt	4:08
12.	"Video Killed the Radio Star"	Geoff Downes/Trevor Horn/Bruce Woolley	the Buggles	3:49
Total length:				41:17

2016 "Erasure 30" 30th anniversary BMG reissue LP

Subsequent to their acquisition of Erasure's back catalogue, and in anticipation of the band's 30th anniversary, BMG commissioned reissues of all previously released UK editions of Erasure albums up to and including 2007's Light at the End of the World . All titles were pressed and distributed by Play It Again Sam on 180-gramme vinyl and shrinkwrapped with a custom anniversary sticker.

Charts

Chart performance for Other People's Songs

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [15]	48
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [16]	31
European Albums ( Music & Media ) [17]	30
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18]	17
Scottish Albums (OCC) [19]	17
UK Albums (OCC) [20]	17
US Billboard 200 [21]	138
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [22]	3
US Top Dance Albums (Billboard) [23]	1

References

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3. [Other People's Songs at AllMusic
4. Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" loosens up into a glittery anthem, while the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" should have stayed a karaoke favorite. [March 2003, p.94]
5. Showcases the melodramatic but never overstated croon of a showman who, in another era, might've been a Las Vegas legend. [#14, p.135]
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9. So ill-conceived and shoddily executed it could well finish them off altogether. [Feb 2003, p.102]
10. Sheffield, Rob (20 February 2003). "Erasure - Other People's Songs". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 23 November 2025.
11. The results are risible but the joke is no longer funny. [Feb 2003, p.77]
12. The results have a better chance of ending up in mom's Volvo than your iPod. [Jan 2003, p.76]
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