Square Rooms
Square Rooms is a song by Al Corley of 1984, which he wrote with Harold Faltermeyer and Peter John Woods.
History
After two seasons Dynasty as a gay son Steve Carrington and a visit to an opera Al Corley came up with the idea to try as a singer. So he wrote to Harold Faltermeyer and Peter John Woods his first single Square Rooms.
On the album cover Corley mimicked the Stars after that were mapped in the Gentlemen's Quarterly: With appropriate hairstyle, dark look and tousled hair. This achieved the desired effect is best in France, where he gained popularity through his live performances on television. However, according to the journalist Elia Habib Corleys success was based not only on its physical appearance. In fact, the design of the song gained popularity and was designed as a danceable Europop. Previously, Faltermeyer was involved in the production of the Laura Branigan - version of Self Control, therefore, there are also some similarities between the songs. A year later, Harold Faltermeyer was also successful with his composition of his instrumentals Axel F.
Success
Square Rooms was published on September 9, 1984 around the world, from then on it was in France a number -one hit (a total of five weeks from March 9 to 29 and from 6 to 19 April 1985).
In the countries of Germany ( 13th), Austria (No. 15), Switzerland ( # 6 ) and Italy ( 12th place), the song became a top 15 success.
In the United States Square Rooms achieved moderate success on the Billboard Hot 100 ended the song at number 80, and in the U.S. dance charts, it reached number 26
Music Video
The music video was filmed in France, at the beginning you can see the Eiffel Tower. Then Al Corley sitting on a bed where his wife lies beside him. This wakes up and leaves Corley in the bedroom. He gets up, looks out the window, a train passes. Under the Drawbridge sits Corley and sees two young lovers kissing, in another scene, he drummed in the bedroom on two drums, which were shown earlier. The scene in which the woman wakes up and gets dressed, repeats itself. Later, the people dancing in a park in Paris. There Corley sees his wife and then he runs into a section of the park, where old people are. After the walk, he kisses his wife in the park, and at the end of the clip Corley is back in the bedroom, where he opens the blinds of the window.