| 词条 | Black Stations/White Stations | ||||||||||||
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| name = Black Stations/White Stations | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = M+M | album = Mystery Walk | released = 1984 | format = 12" Vinyl | recorded = 1984 | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = 5:06 (Album) | label = Current/RCA Victor | writer = Mark Gane Martha Johnson | producer = Daniel Lanois Mark Gane Martha Johnson | prev_title = Danseparc | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = Cooling The Medium | next_year = 1984 }} "Black Stations/White Stations" is a song recorded by the Canadian group Martha and the Muffins in 1984 from the album Mystery Walk under the shortened name M+M. The track was the first single to be released after the act became a duo consisting of lead singer Martha Johnson and group founder Mark Gane (hence the shortened name, with the first letter of their first names). The single is a departure from the new wave genre, with emphasis this time around on a dance/funk direction, which featured brothers Randy & Michael Brecker and Wayne Mills on horns. BackgroundThe song's title deals with the subject of racism in the radio industry, at a time when more cutting-edged songs and the radio stations in general were starting to open up to newer formats like rhythmic contemporary, which genre this song predates. It also took on how station policies dictates what can or can not be played on air. This was evidenced by Johnson, who recalled how a radio station refused to play a song about an interracial relationship. That experience prompted Johnson and Gane to write about their feelings over this practice by recalling the events, in which they use lyrics like "I dream in Black and White" and call for stations in general to "Stand Up and Face the Music/This Is 1984!"{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} The single was also controversial in its own right, as radio stations avoided playing the single because of the song's title and lyrics{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} despite being a modest hit in Canada, where it reached No. 26. In the United States, the single peaked at No. 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 2 on the Dance/Disco chart, where it reached number 2 in 1984.[1] Charts
References1. ^{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=167}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=3268 | title=Chart Stats - Martha And The Muffins| publisher=chartstats.com| accessdate=2008-10-03}} 3. ^1 {{Allmusic |class=artist |tab=charts-awards/billboard-singles |id=p26681 |label=Martha and the Muffins > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles |publisher=Billboard |accessdate={{date|2011-11-02}} }} External links
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