Berlin was an American new wave band featuring lead singer Terri Nunn. Berlin was formed in Orange County, California in 1979. Their first single, "A Matter of Time," was relased in 1980 on I.R.S. Records and featured replacement vocalist Virginia Macolino on lead vocals after Nunn had temporarily left the band to pursue an acting career. Their first significant hit was the controversial synth-driven "Sex (I'm A...)" (1982), which was banned by some radio stations due to its graphic lyrics, but it was "Take My Breath Away" (from the movie Top Gun) that became their best-selling single in 1986. They had two other hits: "The Metro", which was later covered by System of a Down, as well as Alkaline Trio, and "No More Words", which saw Terri Nun and bandmates re-enact a Bonnie and Clyde style car chase and shoot-out.

Aside from Nunn, the core members of the band were John Crawford (primary songwriter, bass guitar & keyboards), and David Diamond (keyboards & guitar). Other members of the band included Ric Olsen (lead guitar), Matt Reid (keyboards), Rob Brill (drums) and Rod Learned (drums). Berlin officially disbanded in 1987 and Nunn retained the legal rights to usage of the band's name after legal wranglings with the founding member of the group, John Crawford.

Discography

• Information (1980)
• Pleasure Victim EP (1982, rereleased on Geffen Records in 1983)
• Love Life (1984)
• Count Three And Pray (1986)
• Dancing In Berlin (1987)
• Best Of Berlin 1979-1988 (1988)
• Master Series (1997)
• Fall Into Heaven (1999)
• Fall Into Heaven 2 (1999)
• Greatest Hits Remixed (2000)
• Sacred & Profane (2000)
• Voyeur (2002)
• 4play (2005)

Singles

• "A Matter of Time" (1980)
• "Sex (I'm A...)" (1983) #62 US
• "The Metro" (1983) #58 US
• "Masquerade" (1983) #82 US
• "No More Words" (1984) #23 US
• "Now It's My Turn" (1984) #74 US
• "Dancing In Berlin" (1984)
• "Take My Breath Away" (1986) #1 US, #1 UK
• "Like Flames" (1986) #82 US
• "You Don't Know" (1987) #39 UK

Trivia

• "No More Words" was also included as the B-side of Madonna's #1 hit of 1985, "Crazy For You". Both songs were part of the soundtrack for the film Vision Quest.
• Terri Nunn has said she was somewhat taken aback by the success of "Take My Breath Away" on Adult Contemporary radio stations, since none of Berlin's singles up to that point had been suitable for AC radio. She is quoted in The Billboard Book of Number One Hits by Fred Bronson as saying that the first radio station she heard playing it was "something my mom listens to."

See also

• List of bands named after places

External links

• The Berlin Fan Page
• Take My Breath Away
• Berlin's producer Giorgio Moroder complete Discography
• Producer Giorgio Moroder tribute Website

New Wave groups | American musical groups

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