Animotion “Obsession” 1984. B-side “Turn Around.”  “Obsession” hit #6 on the US charts in early 1985 and #5 in the UK, and that’s about the time that I got this 45 rpm single as I was obsessed (haha) with this song, in all its synth pop new wave gloriousness. It was originally written and recorded by Holly Knight and Michael Des Barres in 1983 but failed to chart, even after appearing on the soundtrack to the film “A Night in Heaven.”

I always thought that Animotion were British but they are actually from L.A. and the B-side track “Turn Around” sounds much more Cali than Side A; honestly this is the first time I’ve probably ever even listened to the flip side, and the song is fairly unremarkable, very generic 80s pop.