Biography:
Smokie is an English pop rock band from Bradford who found success in Europe and the U.S. in the 70s. They formed in 1966 in Yorkshire, England and did some early records under the name "Smokey". The band broke into the mainstream after teaming up with songwriters Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, artists known for also working with Pat Benatar and Sweet among others. Smokie is perhaps best known for "Living Next Door to Alice", one of their top hits that was a U.K. top 5 single.
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Other songs:
- Don't Play Your Rock And Roll To Me
- Living Next Door To Alice
- Aint It Funny How It Works
- Babe Its Up To You
- Baby Its You
- Back To Bradford
- Belinda
- Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
- Changing All The Time
- Daydreamin
- Do To Me
- Dont Play Your Rock And Roll To Me
- Dont Play Your Rock N Roll To Me
- For A Few Dollars More
- Give It To Me
- Going Tomorrow
- Have You Ever Seen The Rain
- Hold On For The Night
- I Cant Stay Here Tonight
- I Feel Love
- If You Think You Know How To Love Me
- Ill Meet You At Midnight
- It Makes Me Money
- It Never Rains In Southern California
- Its Your Life
- Jet Lagged
- Julia
- Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone
- Little Lucy
- Little Town Flirt
- Looking Daggers
- Maybe I Just Dont Know
- Mexican Girl
- Mr Tambourine Man
- My Heart Is True
- Naked Love Baby Love Me
- Needles And Pins
- Now You Think You Know
- Number On My Wall
- Oh Carol
- Oh Well Oh Well
- Pass It Around
- Poor Lady Midnight Baby
- Rock Away Your Teardrops
- Romeo And Juliet
- Rose A Lee
- Run To Me
- Sallys Song
- San Francisco Bay
- Somethings Been Making Me Blue
- Stranger
- Sunshine Avenue
- Take Good Care Of My Baby
- Umbrella Day
- Were Flying High
- What Can I Do Acoustic
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Jet lagged, whipped out
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Jet lagged, whipped out
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Criticised, a model life
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See me shaped before your eyes
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All I need is a little moderation.
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Jet lagged, whipped out
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Criticised, a model life
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See me shaped before your eyes
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Can you sense the situation
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It's getting hard to work it out
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All I need is a little moderation.
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Jet lagged, whipped out
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It's getting harder to work it out
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All I need is a little moderation.
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Photographed, want to shout
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Criticised, a model life
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See me shaped before your eyes
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Look at me mamma
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Can you sense the situation
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It's getting hard to work it out
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All I need is a little moderation.
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Jet legged, let it out
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Don't know what's it all about
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Patronized, adolized
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It's getting harder to improvise
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Look at me mamma
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Can you sense the situation
B7
Sitting on a roundaboud
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And searching for a piece of inspiration.
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Well sitting in the backroom
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Waiting for a doll to come
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Hmm, if there's a population waiting
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I see you in the county hall
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But I ain't even got the time
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To telephone a friend of mine
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For usefull information
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And help my situation
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I get the feeling that they're telling me a lie.
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Jet lagged, whipped out
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Criticised, a model life
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See me shaped before your eyes
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Can you sense the situation
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It's getting hard to work it out
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All I need is a little moderation.
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Sneaking out the backdoor
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Wandering which way to go
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Standing on the side line
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Just waiting for a man to show
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But I ain't even got the time
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To telephone a friend of mine
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For usefull information
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And help my situation
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I get the feeling that they're telling me a lie.
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Jet lagged, whipped out
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Photographed, want to shout
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Criticised, a model life
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See me shaped before your eyes
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Look at me mamma
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Can you sense the situation
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It's getting hard to work it out
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All I need is a little moderation.
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Jet lagged, whipped out
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Photographed, want to shout
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It's getting harder to work it out
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All I need is a little moderation.
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