Target Practice (song)

"Target Practice" is the debut single by British musician Belouis Some, released in 1984 and produced by Peter Schwier and Ian Little.[2]

"Target Practice"
Single by Belouis Some
from the album Some People
Released	21 May 1984[1] (1st version)
Genre	New wave, synthpop
Length	4:16
Label	EMI, Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Belouis Some
Producer(s)	Ian Little, Peter Schwier, Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero
Belouis Some singles chronology
"Target Practice" (1984) "Imagination" (1985)

The track 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 his 1985 debut album Some People. It was also released as a single and reached #16 in South Africa in 1986, which was his third consecutive Top 20 hit there.[4]

Reception

Upon release, Paul Benbow of Reading Evening Post commented on 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."[5]

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".[6] Billboard considered the song to be one of the album's best tracks and noted it being "rockier" than the title track.[7]

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. Benbow, Paul (21 July 1984). "Singles". Reading Evening Post.
6. "Voice of Youth Advocates: VOYA. - Google Books". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
7. "Billboard - Google Books". Books.google.co.uk. 1985-04-27. Retrieved 2019-06-10.