"Turn Your Back On Me" continued the downward trend, barely scraping into the UK top fifty. Great song though -- and there's a great US mix I'll link another time:
I don't usually approve of the mix format but this 1984 "flipped disc mix" of "Turn Your Back On Me", with the "dub mix" on the flip, is pretty cool (Kajagoogoo became Kaja one album earlier in the US):
"These US mixes were by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero and represent a much more interesting 12" mix than what the UK got. The band created a lurching, almost sinister dance-funk here with Beggs doubling on popping funk bass as well as the grinding funk grooves proffered by his Stick. The synths were PPG Wave as favored by Dolby at the time. The sampled percussion breakdowns were fairly innovative here, while the sample flute highlights were the only featherlight thing about this darker, much more muscular sound. This song sounded like the cream of Level 42 [think 'Hot Water'] touched with King Crimson at their dancefloor best [think 'Sleepless']. I had been waiting way too long to have this luxuriant 7:00 mix of this dynamic song."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykuArX_4BGsSource:
postpunkmonk.com/2018/12/13/dr-strangebass-or-how-i-stopped-worrying-and-learned-to-love-kajagoogoo/
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