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4 unusual facts about Hey Ricky


Hey Ricky

# Hey Ricky (You're A Low Down Heel) - 4:15 (Melissa Manchester, Bernie Taupin)

The other cuts on Hey Ricky included the 1981 "Race to the End" single, a duet with David Gates: "Wish We Were Heroes"; a new version of "Come in From the Rain" introduced by Manchester on her 1976 Better Days and Happy Endings album; and "Your Place or Mine" from the soundtrack of the feature film A Little Sex.

The lead single "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" radically reinvented Manchester as a synthpop dance artist and was heavily promoted by the singer who displayed a new image complementing the track; "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" accrued gradual interest entering the Top 40 of the "Billboard" Hot 100 in July 1982 proceeding to the Top Ten that August with a career best peak for Manchester at #5.

The album's title cut - written with Bernie Taupin - was issued as the followup to "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" but failed to chart.



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