Killer

Album: Liveandirect (1990)
Charted: 1
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Adam Paul Tinley, Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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  • Dave from Cardiff, WalesThe first of several big hits for Seal between 1990 and 1995 - the others included "Crazy", "A Prayer For The Dying" and "Kiss From A Rose". Adamski's only other big hit was club anthem "NRG", which actually preceded "Killer" and peaked at UK No.12 in March 1990 - a week later, "Killer" entered the UK Top 40, and less than a month after that it was Number 1. No-one knows what happened to Adamski after that, but Seal'r recording career has continued until the present day, though he's struggled in the last decade to equal those releases from the first half of the 1990s. German dance act ATB's (best known for 1999 No.1 "9PM ('Til I Come)" cover version returned the song to the UK Top 10 in 2000, exactly a decade after original...
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