
Billboard #1 Hits: #590: ‘Kyrie”- Mr. Mister. March 1, 1986. #1 for 2 weeks in Billboard Hot 100.
- Single: ‘Kyrie’- Mr. Mister
- Record Company-RCA
- Genre: Pop
- Written by Richard Page, Steve George and John Lang
- Time: 4:10
- B-side:”Run To Her’
- Album-Welcome To The Real World
- Grade: C
- Peaked at #1 2 weeks in Billboard Hot 100. #11 in UK Singles Chart, #1 in Canada and Norway.
Like their #1 hit near the end of 1985- ‘Broken Wings’- this at best to me always seemed like background music. I still don’t see the appeal of either hit. Deducted half a grade for the bands name. They couldn’t do better than Mr. Mister? But I decided to give that half a grade back when I read that they wrote this while on tour with Adam Ant.
Now that is funny.
Also Christian Rock sneaking on the pop charts because most people don’t know “Kyrie eleison” is Greek for “Lord have mercy.”
I didn’t know that either..
Yep:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrie
Not that Wiki is a bastion of truth but…
They also had a minor charted song in 1984. I remember it well because of rotation on video shows (not MTV):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunters_of_the_Night
Just commented. I am being a link monster…😈
Hey! I forgot that I did a post on the origins of the song:
https://cosmic-observation.com/2020/02/10/music-monday-messe-de-nostre-dame-1360s/