That makes the band even better in my eyes. They never again reunited and never again touched the Billboard Hot 100 charts.īy the way, Double is correctly pronounced Doo-Blay. Meanwhile keyboard player Felix Haug sadly died of a heart attack in 2004. Lead singer Kurt Maloo released four solo records.
By late 1987, after a follow-up record failed to recapture the glory of “The Captain of Her Heart,” the boys from Double went solo. That turned Double into an international one-hit wonder. “The Captain of Her Heart” reached #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early fall of 1986. Mister meets the pianist from Johnny Hates Jazz and stole Branford Marsalis saxophone from late-1980s Sting records.Ĭlick to read The Captain of Her Heart Lyrics It’s a gentle pop song that to my ears always sounded like Mr. While some peg “The Captain of Her Heart” as a heaping slab of Swiss cheese, we beg to differ. It’s the kind of song you don’t hear on the radio in the 2000s when pop music is dominated by either pop-punk or Disney channel princesses.ĭouble was a duo (clever, eh?).
But we’re fairly certain you’ve heard “The Captain of Her Heart.” It’s a breezy blast of 80s piano pop. Last week a friend suggested I write a list of “Best Songs for a Trip to the Dentist.” Or “Best 80s Hits You Would Hear in a Dentist’s Office.” A clever suggestion and while you won’t get that list today, you will get his number-one choice for the list: “The Captain of Her Heart” by Swiss band Double.ĭouble.
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