"Shout to the Top" | ||||||||||
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Single by The Style Council | ||||||||||
from the album Our Favourite Shop and Vision Quest Soundtrack | ||||||||||
B-side | Ghosts of Dachau | |||||||||
Released | October 1984 | |||||||||
Format | 7", 12" vinyl | |||||||||
Recorded | August/September 1984 | |||||||||
Genre | Pop | |||||||||
Label | Polydor | |||||||||
Writer(s) | Paul Weller | |||||||||
Producer(s) | Paul Weller for Solid Bond Productions Ltd. | |||||||||
The Style Council singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"Shout to the Top!" | |
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Single by Fire Island, featuring Loleatta Holloway | |
Released | 1998 |
"Shout to the Top!" is a song by the English band The Style Council which was their seventh single to be released. It was composed by lead singer Paul Weller, and was released in 1984. It appears on the Vision Quest soundtrack in the United States.
The song also appears on the deluxe edition of Our Favourite Shop (1985), and features in the film Billy Elliot (2000) and on its soundtrack. Paintings representing the 1984 miners strike feature in the video.
As well as the song's single release, it has featured on various compilation albums released by The Style Council. The song was included on The Singular Adventures of The Style Council, The Complete Adventures of The Style Council, and Greatest Hits.
In 1998, "Shout to the Top!" was covered by and remixed by Fire Island, featuring Loleatta Holloway. This version went to number one on the US dance charts.