"Trust Me" is the debut single written and recorded by the Australian band I'm Talking, released in November 1984.[1] The line-up was Zan Abeyratne on backing vocals, Kate Ceberano on lead vocals, Stephen Charlesworth on keyboards, Ian Cox on saxophone, Robert Goodge on lead guitar, Barbara Hogarth on bass guitar and Cameron Newman on drums. It peaked at number 10 on the Kent Music Report singles chart.[2] In May 1985 the song won Best Debut Single at the Countdown Awards of 1984.
| "Trust Me" | ||||
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| Single by I'm Talking | ||||
| A-side | "Trust Me" | |||
| B-side | "Take It to the Bridge" | |||
| Released | 26 November 1984[1] | |||
| Recorded | October 1984 | |||
| Studio | AAV, Melbourne | |||
| Genre | Synth-pop | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Regular | |||
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| Producer(s) | I'm Talking, Ross Cockle | |||
| I'm Talking singles chronology | ||||
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Background
edit"Trust Me" was recorded by Australian synth-pop band I'm Talking with the line-up of Zan Abeyratne on backing vocals, Kate Ceberano on lead vocals, Stephen Charlesworth on keyboards, Ian Cox on saxophone, Robert Goodge on lead guitar, Barbara Hogarth on bass guitar and Cameron Newman on drums.[3][4] It was issued in November 1984 as a non-album single with Ross Cockle (Glenn Shorrock, Real Life) co-producing for Regular Records – their first recording for that label.[3][5] It was co-written by band mates Ceberano, Charlesworth, Cox, Goodge, Hogarth and Newman.[6] They also co-wrote its B-side "Take It to the Bridge".[6]
Goodge later recalled how they had scrapped earlier efforts to record "Trust Me" when working with label co-owner Cameron Allan, "we just didn't see eye to eye. We didn't even reach the mix stage."[7] They found Cockle was "more egalitarian".[7] Goodge acknowledges influences from "Street Dance" by Break Machine and "Let the Music Play" by Shannon, while their own track was "a mix of Freestyle and the lighter Beat Street production sound".[7] For the 12" mix the group "set it out for the engineer in extended form and got them to add some delays etc. to the material."[7]
Reception
editPaul Gardiner of The Canberra Times described "Trust Me" as, "a piece of pulsating smokey funk with soul vocals that, if a deal short of perfection, is nevertheless extremely good and certainly better than anything else in that bag produced in Australia."[8]
Track listing
edit- 7" single (RRSP 744)
- Side A "Trust Me" - 3:41
- Side B "Take It to the Bridge" - 3:40
- 12" single (RRT 615)
- Side A "Trust Me" (Extended) - 5:40
- Side B "Take It to the Bridge" - 3:40
Charts
editWeekly charts
edit| Chart (1984/85) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[2][9] | 10 |
Year-end charts
edit| Chart (1985) | Position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[9] | 73 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Kent Music Report No 543 – 26 November 1984 > Singles: New Releases". Imgur.com (original document published by Kent Music Report). Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 145. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b McFarlane, Ian (2017). "Encyclopedia entry for 'I'm Talking'". The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Jenkins, Jeff (Foreword) (2nd ed.). Gisborne, VIC: Third Stone Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-9953856-0-3.
- ^ Holmgren, Magnus. "I'm Talking". Australian Rock Database. Archived from the original on 24 February 2004. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ Jesser, John (18 July 1985). "I'm Talking: an Unashamed Disco Group". The Canberra Times. Vol. 59, no. 18, 189. p. 14. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Song Catalogue Search Results for 'Trust Me' at APRA search engine". APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society). Retrieved 20 October 2022. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search and filter' and then input a title.
- ^ a b c d Goodge, Robert (23 March 2018). "Track by Track – I'm Talking – Bear Witness". Bloodlines. Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ Gardiner, Paul; Gardiner, Jane; Creswell, Toby (29 September 1985). "Arts & Showbiz: The Next Big Thing: 12 Rock Groups That Will Survive 5 Years". The Canberra Times. Good Weekend. Vol. 60, no. 18, 261. p. 68. Retrieved 30 August 2022 – via National Library of Australia. Note: links to rest of article – p. 69, p. 70, p. 72. Content on I'm Talking spans pp. 69–70.
- ^ a b "Kent Music Report No 599 – 30 December 1985 > National Top 100 Singles for 1985". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 23 January 2023 – via Imgur.
