The Alarm

The Alarm Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

The Alarm are a Welsh rock band that formed in Rhyl in 1981. Initially formed as a punk band, the Toilets, in 1977 under lead vocalist Mike Peters, the group soon embraced arena rock and included marked influences from Welsh language and culture. By opening for acts such as U2 and Bob Dylan, they became a popular new wave pop band of the 1980s. The Alarm's highest-charting single in Britain is 1983's "Sixty Eight Guns", which reached number 17 on... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Sold Me Down the River - #2: Rain in the Summertime - #3: The Road - #4: Devolution Workin Man Blues - #5: Raw
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  1983
Sixty Eight Guns
1.
09/1983

Sixty Eight Guns
The Alarm greentick

from Declaration   Declaration
66 pts
106
US


39
rock


17
UK
[I.R.S. 9924]
written by Eddie MacDonald & Mike Peters
  1985
2.
09/1985

Strength
The Alarm greentick

from Strength   Strength
109 pts
61
US


12
rock


40
UK
[I.R.S. 52736]
written by Mike Peters, Eddie MacDonald, Dave Sharp & Nigel Twist
  1986
3.
01/1986

Spirit of '76
The Alarm greentick

from Strength   Strength
66 pts




29
rock


22
UK
written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
  1987
Rain in the Summertime
4.
10/1987

#2  Rain in the Summertime
The Alarm greentick

from Eye of the Hurricane   Eye of the Hurricane
200 pts
71
US
27
dance
6
rock


18
UK
[I.R.S. 53219]
written by Mike Peters, Eddie MacDonald, Dave Sharp & Nigel Twist
5.
12/1987

Rescue Me
The Alarm greentick

from Eye of the Hurricane   Eye of the Hurricane
43 pts




35
rock


48
UK
live
written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
  1988
6.
02/1988

Presence of Love
The Alarm greentick

from Eye of the Hurricane   Eye of the Hurricane
89 pts
77
US


16
rock


44
UK
[I.R.S. 53259]
written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
  1989
Sold Me Down the River
7.
09/1989

#1  Sold Me Down the River
The Alarm greentick

from Change   Change
379 pts
50
US


2
rock
3
alt.
43
UK
charted as Sold Me Down The Ruver/Yn Cymraeg in the UK
[I.R.S. 73002]
written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
8.
11/1989

#4  Devolution Workin Man Blues
The Alarm greentick

from Change   Change
182 pts




9
rock
11
alt.


written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
  1990
9.
02/1990

Love Don't Come Easy
The Alarm greentick

from Change   Change
39 pts




33
rock


48
UK
written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
10.
11/1990

#3  The Road
The Alarm greentick

from Standards   Standards
188 pts




16
rock
7
alt.


written by Eddie MacDonald & Mike Peters
  1991
11.
04/1991

#5  Raw
The Alarm greentick

from Raw   Raw
114 pts




29
rock
15
alt.
51
UK
written by Eddie MacDonald, Mike Peters, Nigel Twist & Dave Sharp


See also...

Dave Sharp • Eddie MacDonald • Mike Peters • Nigel Twist


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