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: Rain in the Summertime - #2: Sold Me Down the River - #3: Sixty Eight Guns - #4: Spirit of '76 - #5: Strength
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  1983
1.
04/1983

The Stand
The Alarm greentick

from Declaration   Declaration
6 pts








86
UK
written by Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald & Mike Peters
Sixty Eight Guns
2.
09/1983

#3  Sixty Eight Guns
The Alarm greentick

from Declaration   Declaration
57 pts
106
US


39
rock


17
UK
[I.R.S. 9924]
written by Eddie MacDonald & Mike Peters
  1984
3.
01/1984

Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke
The Alarm greentick

from Declaration   Declaration
40 pts








22
UK
written by Eddie MacDonald, Mike Peters, David Kitchingman & Nigel Twist
4.
03/1984

The Deceiver
The Alarm greentick

from Declaration   Declaration
16 pts
104
US






51
UK
[I.R.S. 9929]
written by Eddie MacDonald, Mike Peters, David Kitchingman & Nigel Twist
5.
11/1984

The Chant Has Just Begun
The Alarm greentick

14 pts








48
UK
written by Eddie MacDonald, Mike Peters, David Kitchingman & Nigel Twist
  1985
6.
03/1985

Absolute Reality
The Alarm greentick

from Strength   Strength
23 pts








35
UK
written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
7.
09/1985

#5  Strength
The Alarm greentick

from Strength   Strength
40 pts
61
US


12
rock


40
UK
[I.R.S. 52736]
written by Mike Peters, Eddie MacDonald, Dave Sharp & Nigel Twist
  1986
8.
01/1986

#4  Spirit of '76
The Alarm greentick

from Strength   Strength
48 pts




29
rock


22
UK
written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
9.
04/1986

Knife Edge
The Alarm greentick

from Strength   Strength
18 pts








43
UK
written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
  1987
Rain in the Summertime
10.
10/1987

#1  Rain in the Summertime
The Alarm greentick

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


18
UK
[I.R.S. 53219]
written by Mike Peters, Eddie MacDonald, Dave Sharp & Nigel Twist
11.
12/1987

Rescue Me
The Alarm greentick

from Eye of the Hurricane   Eye of the Hurricane
17 pts




35
rock


48
UK
live
written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
  1988
12.
02/1988

Presence of Love
The Alarm greentick

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


16
rock


44
UK
[I.R.S. 53259]
written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
  1989
Sold Me Down the River
13.
09/1989

#2  Sold Me Down the River
The Alarm greentick

from Change   Change
76 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
14.
11/1989

A New South Wales / The Rock
The Alarm greentick

from Change   Change
26 pts








31
UK
featuring The Morriston Orpheus Male Voice Choir
written by Mike Peters, Eddie MacDonald, Dave Sharp & Nigel Twist
15.
11/1989

Devolution Workin Man Blues
The Alarm greentick

from Change   Change
22 pts




9
rock
11
alt.


written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
  1990
16.
02/1990

Love Don't Come Easy
The Alarm greentick

from Change   Change
19 pts




33
rock


48
UK
written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
17.
10/1990

Unsafe Building 1990
The Alarm greentick

from Standards   Standards
13 pts








54
UK
written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
18.
11/1990

The Road
The Alarm greentick

from Standards   Standards
23 pts




16
rock
7
alt.


written by Eddie MacDonald & Mike Peters
  1991
19.
04/1991

Raw
The Alarm greentick

from Raw   Raw
28 pts




29
rock
15
alt.
51
UK
written by Eddie MacDonald, Mike Peters, Nigel Twist & Dave Sharp
  2004
45 RPM
20.
02/2004

45 RPM
The Alarm greentick

from In the Poppyfields   
34 pts








28
UK
as The Poppyfields
written by Mike Peters & Steve Grantley
21.
07/2004

New Home New Life
The Alarm greentick

from In the Poppyfields   
17 pts








45
UK
written by Mike Peters
  2006
22.
02/2006

Superchannel
The Alarm greentick

from Under Attack   Under Attack
40 pts








24
UK
as The Alarm MMVI
written by Craig Adams, James Stevenson, Mike Peters & Steve Grantley


See also...

Dave Sharp • Eddie MacDonald • Mike Peters • Nigel Twist


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