I'm in the mood again
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I'm In The Mood Again is the 2009 comeback album
Album
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 by The Nolans
The Nolans
The Nolans are an Anglo-Irish all-female band consisting of a group of sisters. The group, best known for their song "I'm In the Mood for Dancing", gained prominence as guest performers on numerous television shows in the United Kingdom...

, an Irish
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 all-girl pop band most famous in the 1980s. Although eight people have been involved in the line up of the band only four, Coleen
Coleen Nolan
Coleen Patricia Nolan is an English born television presenter, author and singer of Irish descent. She was the youngest member of the girl group, The Nolans, in which she sang alongside her sisters...

, Linda, Maureen and Bernie, returned for the album. The album consists of many 'diva anthems' and also some of The Nolans' greatest hits.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Lead Vocals
1 I'm In the Mood for Dancing
I'm In the Mood for Dancing
"I'm In the Mood for Dancing" is a single by pop group, The Nolan Sisters. Originally released in November 1979, the song became a top three hit in the UK in February 1980. The song, a cross between pure pop and disco, has since become synonymous with the group and remains their biggest hit...

 
Findon/Myers/Puzey Bernie
2 Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction (song)
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Gibb/Gibb/Gibb Coleen
3 It's Raining Men
It's Raining Men
"It's Raining Men" is a song written by Paul Jabara and Paul Shaffer in 1979 originally for Dave Balfour's album Stars , and originally recorded by The Weather Girls in 1982...

 
Jabara, Shaffter The Nolans
4 Holding Out for a Hero
Holding Out for a Hero
"Holding Out for a Hero" is a song written by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford, originally recorded by Bonnie Tyler. It was released in 1984 on the soundtrack to the film Footloose. It later appeared on Tyler's Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire album. It hit #96 for the first time in UK in 1984,...

 
Steinman/Pitchford The Nolans
5 Chemistry Graham/Smith Coleen
6 Valerie  Payne/McCabe/Harding/Chowdhury/Pritchard Maureen
7 I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
I Don't Feel like Dancin'
"I Don't Feel Like Dancin" is the first single from the second album by the American pop band Scissor Sisters, Ta-Dah. It was written with Elton John, who provides piano for the song, and was the band's first top ten single in Australia and Canada. The song was written by Elton John, Scott Hoffman...

 
John/Hoffman/Sellards Maureen & Linda
8 Gotta Pull Myself Together Findon/Myers/Puzey Bernie
9 Mercy
Mercy (song)
"Mercy" is a soul song performed by Welsh blue-eyed soul singer Duffy, released as the second single from her debut album, Rockferry . Co-written by Duffy and Steve Booker and produced by Booker, it was released over 2008 worldwide to critical acclaim and unprecedented chart success...

 
Booker/Duffy Linda
10 The Promise
The Promise (Girls Aloud song)
"The Promise" is a pop song performed by British all-female pop group Girls Aloud, taken from their fifth studio album Out of Control . The song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania...

 
Higgins, Cooper, Resch, Williams, Jones, Coler, Powell The Nolans
11 So What
So What (Pink song)
"So What" is a song written by American pop rock singer Pink, Max Martin and Shellback. It was released as the first single from Pink's fifth studio album, Funhouse. Pink performed "So What" at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, on September 7, 2008, and the song was used to promote the 2008 MTV...

 
Moore/Martin/Schuster Bernie
12 Crashin' Down Findon/Myers/Puzey Coleen
13 Attention To Me Findon/Myers/Puzey Bernie
14 Eternal Flame
Eternal Flame (song)
"Eternal Flame" is a song by The Bangles from their 1988 album Everything. It became a hit single, when released in 1989, peaking at number one in the charts in nine countries, including Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was written by popular songwriters Billy Steinberg and...

 
Hoffs/Steinberg/Kelly Coleen
15 Giving Up, Giving In Moroder, Bellotte The Nolans
16 I Will Survive
I Will Survive
"I Will Survive" is a song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris...

 
Perren/Fekaris Coleen

Controversy

The reunion sparked a split in the family as Anne has appeared in the press stating that she has been excluded from the tour despite being a long-serving member of the group. She has also issued a statement on her official website
Website
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, which includes the comment: "they are not my sisters anymore".

Denise also issued a statement in support of Anne, claiming that the real reason for the reunion was due to some of the sisters being in financial difficulty. The other four sisters have said that the decision was made by Universal
Universal Music Group
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, who are sponsoring the tour, due to this being the line-up that enjoyed the most success back in the early 1980s. The Nolans released I'm in the Mood Again on 28 September 2009, and it reached No. 22 in the UK album charts. A live DVD
DVD
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 was released on 9 November 2009.

Tour

The Nolans announced in June 2009 that they were reforming for a UK
United Kingdom
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 and Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

tour. Four members - Coleen, Bernie, Linda and Maureen - undertook the tour, in October and November 2009. The two other sisters, Anne and Denise, were not involved.
The tour was later released on DVD.
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