Looking for this song for years.......help!

[ajskydiver]

Ok, my memory is hazy here with the lyrics...

"...don't answer me, don't break the silence..."

I saw the video a long long long time ago (early, mid-80s)...it's animated/cartoonish...girl with jerk, hero comes and rescues her in his car after fight with jerk (I believe it was a yellow convertible).

I can hear the melody, for some reason I think of alan parson's proj...but I'm pretty sure they didn't do it.

I know this info is a little sketchy, but hey...I was a little kid!

Thanks,
AJ

 

[ChrichtonsGirl]

"Don't answer me, don't break the silence, don't let me win...don't answer me, stay on your island, don't let me in" (or something close to that) ....crap, now I've got the song running through my mind. I think it's by one of those 80's groups, I think the Alan Parsons Project.

*Edit - duh, I just read through your post completely and saw you had already guessed that band. I definitely remember the video now, and it definitely was the Alan Parsons Project. Couldn't help with the title, although it's probably a no-brainer and called "Don't Answer Me".

 

[ChrichtonsGirl]

And the final word:

Don't Answer Me
The Alan Parsons Project
Lead Vocal: Eric Woolfson
(Written by Eric Woolfson & Alan Parson)

If you believe in the power of magic,
I can change your mind
And if you need to believe in someone,
Turn and look behind
When we were living in a dream world,
Clouds got in the way
We gave it up in a moment of madness
And threw it all away

Don't answer me, don't break the silence
Don't let me win
Don't answer me, stay on your island
Don't let me in

Run away and hide from everyone
Can you change the things we've said and done?

If you believe in the power of magic,
It's all a fantasy
So if you need to believe in someone,
Just pretend it's me
It ain't enough that we meet as strangers
I can't set you free
So will you turn you back forever on what you mean to me?

Don't answer me, don't break the silence
Don't let me win
Don't answer me, stay on your island
Don't let me in

Run away and hide from everyone
Can you change the things we've said and done?

 

[DataFly]

I used Gigabeat and got the song "Dont Answer Me," and, yes, it's by Alan Parsons Project.

🙂

 

[yllus]

Three possibilities as output by searching for "don't answer me, don't break the silence" on the International Lyrics Server:

"Don't Answer Me" by Alan Parsons Project
"The Right To Reply" by Conflict
"Give And Take" by Yes

 

[billandopus]

Alan Parsons Project - great video. Ahead of it's time.

 

[Cerb]

Yeah, but the song ain't that great (probably why it got a video made for it). I think I'll bring Winamp up here and listen to ToM&I:EAP now (And hop on napster)...

 

[ajskydiver]

Hey Thanks Guys! I'm excited to check it out...hopefully my memory doesn't make the song out to be better than it really is!!!

~AJ