Bananarama – The Runner
Posted in Bananarama on May 17th, 2010 by hbradley
Viva is the tenth studio album recorded by the British vocal duo Bananarama. It was released by Fascination Records on 14 September 2009 in the UK.Viva is Bananarama’s fifth album as a duo of Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward, and their first new album since 2005′s Drama. It contains the singles “Love Comes” ,”Love Don’t Live Here” and other new tracks co-written by Dallin and Woodward, as well as three cover versions – “Rapture” (originally by iiO), “The Runner” (originally a 1979 hit for The Three Degrees) and “S-S-S-Single Bed”" (originally by Fox).Four additional cover versions are available on download format: “Run to You” (originally by Bryan Adams), “The Sounds of Silence” (originally by Simon and Garfunkel), “Voyage Voyage” (originally by Desireless) and “Tokyo Joe” (originally by Bryan Ferry).Three of these four bonus tracks were only available until the album’s release date.The album charted on the UK Albums Chart at number 87.
