"Spanish Eddie" was the lead single from Laura Branigan

Laura Branigan

Laura Ann Branigan was an American singer-songwriter and actress of Italian and Irish ancestry. She is best known in the United States for her 1982 Platinum-certified hit "Gloria" and in Europe for the number-one single "Self Control"...

's fourth album, Hold Me. The single was produced by Jack White

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 and arranged by Harold Faltermeyer

Harold Faltermeyer

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. A moody black-and-white photo appeared on the picture sleeve and the single was promoted by a music video

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. Released in July 1985, the record became Branigan's sixth Top 40 hit in the U.S. in two and a half years, peaking at #40 on the Billboard Hot 100

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 and #37 on the Cash Box singles chart. A 12" dance version featuring an extended remix of the Branigan-penned B-side, "Tenderness", as well, gave her her highest U.S. peak for the song, at #26. The Billboard Adult Contemporary

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 chart peak for "Spanish Eddie" was #29.

Branigan's single fared better overseas. "Spanish Eddie" achieved Top Ten status in South Africa (#6) and Austria (#8), and was a sizable hit in Sweden (#11) while hitting the Top 40 in Australia (#24), Canada (#34) and Germany (#36). The song also charted in France (#73) and the UK (#87).

"Spanish Eddie" was also recorded by Tony Christie

Tony Christie

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 and rendered in German as "Die Nacht als der Himmel Feuer fing" by Wencke Myhre

Wenche Myhre

Wenche Synnøve Myhre , in some countries known as Wencke Myhre, is a Norwegian singer and actress who has had a great number of hit songs since the 1960s in the Norwegian, German as well as the Swedish markets and languages.She got her first recording contract with composer and producer Arne...

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