Target Practice (song)

"Target Practice" is a song by British musician Belouis Some, released in 1984 and produced by Peter Schwier and Ian Little.[2] It is his first major label single after his 1981 debut "Lose It to You".

"Target Practice"
Single by Belouis Some
from the album Some People
Released21 May 1984[1] (1st version)
GenreNew wave, synthpop
Length4:16
LabelEMI, Parlophone
Songwriter(s)Belouis Some
Producer(s)Ian Little, Peter Schwier, Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero
Belouis Some singles chronology
"Lose It to You"
(1981)		 "Target Practice"
(1984)		 "Imagination"
(1985)

"Target Practice" was re-recorded in New York in early 1985, with Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero as the producers.[3] This new version was included on Some's 1985 debut album Some People. It was also released as a single and reached No. 16 in South Africa in 1986, which was his third consecutive top 20 hit there.[4]

Reception

Upon release, Paul Benbow of Reading Evening Post commented on the 1984 version: "The voice sounds not unlike David Bowie at first but there the similarity ends. Straight pop song with a catchy hook line but no classic."[5]

In a review of Some People, Voice of Youth Advocates described the re-recorded track as "electro power pop a la Power Station" and one that "sounds like a hit."[6] Billboard considered the song to be one of the album's best tracks and noted it being "rockier" than the title track.[7]

Track listing
UK 12" single
A. "Target Practice" (Extended)
B1. "Some People"
B2. "Target Practice" (Revisited)

References
  1. "Another news-corner". Music & Media. 15 May 1984.
  2. "Belouis Some - Target Practice". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  3. "Belouis Some - Target Practice". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  4. Brian Currin. "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (S)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
  5. Benbow, Paul (21 July 1984). "Singles". Reading Evening Post.
  6. "Voice of Youth Advocates: VOYA. - Google Books". 1985. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  7. "Billboard - Google Books". 1985-04-27. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
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