Target Practice (song)

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"Target Practice"
Belouis Some Target Practice 1984 Single Cover.jpg
Single by Belouis Some
from the album Some People
Released21 May 1984[1] (1st version)
GenreNew wave, synthpop
Length4:16
LabelEMI, Parlophone
Songwriter(s)Belouis Some
Producer(s)Ian Little, Peter Schwier, Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero
Belouis Some singles chronology
"Lose It to You"
(1981) 		"Target Practice"
(1984) 		"Imagination"
(1985)

"Target Practice" is a song by British singer and musician Belouis Some, which was released in 1984 as his first major label single after his 1981 debut "Lose It to You". The song was written by Some, and produced by Peter Schwier and Ian Little.[2]

"Target Practice" was re-recorded in New York in early 1985, with Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero as the producers.[3] This new version was included on Some's 1985 debut album Some People. It was also released as a single in 1986 and reached No. 16 on South Africa Springbok Chart in 1986, which was his third consecutive top 20 hit there.[4] A music video for the 1986 release was directed by Brian Travers and produced by Annie Croft for PMI.[5]

Critical reception[]

On its release, Paul Benbow of Reading Evening Post said of the 1984 version, "The voice sounds not unlike David Bowie at first but there the similarity ends. Straight pop song with a catchy hook line but no classic."[6]

In a review of Some People, Voice of Youth Advocates described the re-recorded track as "electro power pop a la Power Station" and one that "sounds like a hit."[7] Billboard considered the song to be one of the album's best tracks and noted it being "rockier" than the title track.[8]

Track listing[]

UK 12" single
A. "Target Practice" (Extended)
B1. "Some People"
B2. "Target Practice" (Revisited)

References[]

  1. ^ "Another news-corner". Music & Media. 15 May 1984.
  2. ^ "Belouis Some - Target Practice". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  3. ^ "Belouis Some - Target Practice". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  4. ^ Brian Currin. "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (S)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  5. ^ "Music on Video - Promos" (PDF). Music Week. 1 February 1986. p. 29. Retrieved 10 July 2021 – via World Radio History.
  6. ^ Benbow, Paul (21 July 1984). "Singles". Reading Evening Post.
  7. ^ "Voice of Youth Advocates: VOYA. - Google Books". 1985. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  8. ^ "Billboard - Google Books". 1985-04-27. Retrieved 2019-06-10.


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