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Interview: Mike Lindup on Level 42’s “Lessons in Love” and Their 80s Success

17 min • 28 december 2022
In 1986 Level 42 was coming off one of the best songs of the 80s in Something About You. which went to the top ten on both sides of the Atlantic and the double platinum album World Machine. The trick now was figuring out how to do it again. the struggle for every musician. Repeating success in the 80s wonderland of blissful and magnetic rock and pop spectacles was not an easy feat. Fortunately singer bassist Mark King and falsetto singer and keyboardist Mike Lindup were up to the task coming up with a song that nearly matched its success in America and actually bettered it every where else including going to #1 in 5 other countries. the story of the 80s classic Lessons in Love from the album Running in the Family . Up next co-founding member Mike Lindup shares the in depth story of this undeniable 1987 hit that you may’ve forgotten about but will be delighted to rediscover.

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