![]() ![]() ROBBIE GREY: We pretended that we were doing it live, but we weren’t. Was it hard to put this version together? And I thought, “Wow, if we can do that, that’s worth everything, really.” One guy wrote, he’d just come off a 12 hour shift in some sort of factory, and he went home and watched that, and he said he started dancing around the room, he felt so good. Some of the comments from people have been really, really nice, that I’ve cheered them up, so it’s really good. ROBBIE GREY: It’s going through the roof. What kind of feedback have you received since you released your new version of “I Melt With You” a couple of weeks ago? ![]() Calling from his home on the east coast of England, singer Robbie Grey discusses the band’s legacy – and future. During their lengthy career, the band have gone on to release eight studio albums, and they’ve recently reissued their first two, Mesh and Lace (1981) and After the Snow (1982). And it’s still relevant, as Modern English proved when they recently reworked the track as “I Melt With You (from Quarantine),” with an video showing each member performing it from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 40 years later, that song has become a cultural touchstone. Their previous work had been well-received, but “I Melt With You” quickly launched the band into the stratosphere, earning heavy airplay on both radio and the then-new MTV channel in the U.S., as well as around the world. In 1982, post-punk/New Wave band Modern English released the exuberant song “I Melt With You” as the second single from their second album. ![]()
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