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 released 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 and a huge international hit. They had two other hits: "The Metro and "No More Words", whose subsequent video saw Terri Nunn and bandmates re-enact a Bonnie and Clyde style car chase and shoot-out. Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government Type mayor-council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D)  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area    - City  498. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group. ... Terri Nunn (born June 26, 1961 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress and singer. ... John Crawford (born John Buckner Crawford on January 17, 1960) is a musician, singer and songwriter whose efforts with the band Berlin were an essential part of their rise to fame in the early 1980s. ... Anberlin is an alternative rock band that was formed in 2002. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Terri Nunn (born June 26, 1961 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress and singer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... I.R.S. Records was a record label, started in the US in 1979 by Miles Copeland III along with Jay Boberg and Carl Grasso. ... Take My Breath Away is a song from the film Top Gun composed by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock and performed by the band Berlin. ... Top Gun is a 1986 American film directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer in association with Paramount Pictures. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Metro is a song originally sung by Berlin. ...

Aside from Nunn, the core members of the band were founding member John Crawford (primary songwriter, bass guitar & Synthesizer), and David Diamond (Synthesizer & guitar). Other members of the band included Ric Olsen (lead guitar), Matt Reid (Synthesizer), Rob Brill (drums: 1982-1987) and Rod Learned (drums: 1979-1982). Berlin officially disbanded in 1987, partly due to the lack of success of their album Count Three and Pray despite its major hit "Take My Breath Away"; 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. Terri Nunn recreated Berlin (with a new lineup of musicians) in 1999. John Crawford (born John Buckner Crawford on January 17, 1960) is a musician, singer and songwriter whose efforts with the band Berlin were an essential part of their rise to fame in the early 1980s. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The classic version of Berlin was featured recently on the VH1 show, Bands Reunited where all members (except for Rob Brill) agreed to not only reunite as friends but as a band. They played one show at The Roxy in California to a sold-out crowd. VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division... Bands Reunited was a television program produced by VH1 in 2004. ...

Discography

• Information (1980)
• Pleasure Victim (EP) (1982, rereleased on Geffen Records in 1983)
• Love Life (1984) #28 US
• 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)
• LIVE: Sacred & Profane (2000)
• Voyeur (2002)
• 4Play (2005)

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Singles

From Information :

• "A Matter of Time" (1980)
• "Fascination" (1980)

From Pleasure Victim :

• "Tell Me Why" (1981)
• "Sex (I'm A...)" (1982) #62 US
• "The Metro" (1983) #58 US
• "Masquerade" (1983) #82 US

From Love Life : The Metro is a song originally sung by Berlin. ...

• "No More Words" (1984) #23 US
• "Now It's My Turn" (1984) #74 US
• "Dancing In Berlin" (1984)
• "Touch" (1985)

From Count Three and Pray :

• "Take My Breath Away" (1986) #1 US, #1 UK, #2 Australia, #4 Austria, #2 France, #3 Germany, #1 Ireland, #5 Italy, #1 Netherlands, #4 Norway, #2 South Africa, #2 Sweden, #2 Switzerland
• "Like Flames" (1986) #82 US, #47 UK, #36 Germany
• "You Don't Know" (1986) #39 UK
• "Pink and Velvet" (1986)

From Voyeur :

• "Blink of an Eye" (2002)
• "With a Touch" (2003)

In the UK, "Take My Breath Away" was re-released twice: in 1988, it charted at #52, and in 1990, it reached #3.

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 a station her mother listened to. "Take My Breath Away" peaked at #3 on the Billboard AC chart and was the only Berlin single to enter that chart. However, Terri Nunn recorded a duet with Paul Carrack, "Romance," for the soundtrack of the 1989 film Sing, and it reached #14 on the AC chart while missing the pop charts.
• The band also appeared on a Marilyn Manson tribute album, contributing a cover of "The Dope Show"
• Terri Nunn auditioned for the role of Princess Leia Organa in the film "Star Wars."

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See also

• List of bands named after places

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External links

• The Berlin Fan Page
• Berlin Founder John Crawford's Page w/Berlin History
• Berlin Guitarists Ric Olsen's Page dedicated to original Berlin
• Take My Breath Away
• Berlin's producer Giorgio Moroder complete Discography
• Producer Giorgio Moroder tribute Website