History Music / TheOutfield

Unsurprisingly from this overseas success, and as you can tell by both of their names, John Spinks, who was the principal songwriter for most of their songs, preferred American sports such as baseball as well as American football ([[PraisingShowsYouDontWatch without even really being familiar with the sport, being British]]), and even referred to soccer ([[UsefulNotes/SeparatedByACommonLanguage which is known as "football" in most places that are not America or Canada]]) with that exact term.

Their style mostly is straightforward power pop and pop rock, but with some elements of NewWaveMusic. They are [[SignatureSong most well-known for]] their song "Your Love" (not "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love", which is actually a different song by Crystal Gayle), which reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. They're often mistakenly seen as a OneHitWonder, as this is the only song of theirs that still plays on the radio, but they actually had many hits during the '80s in the U.S., [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff despite being obscure in the UK,]] which was the result of [[ExploitedTrope them being marketed more towards an American audience]] because of their "American-sounding" genre (Their mixture of NewWaveMusic and PowerPop had previously been done by [[Music/TheCars the American Cars]]). A few of their other hit songs include "All the Love in the World", "Since You've Been Gone", "Voices of Babylon", and "For You".

[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Alan Jackman, Tony Lewis, John Spinks]]
->''Josie's on a vacation far away''\\
''Come around and talk it over''\\
''So many things that I wanna say''\\
''You know I like my girls a little bit older''\\
''I just wanna use your love tonight!''\\
''I don't wanna lose your love tonight!''
-->--'''"Your Love"'''

''I just wanna use your love tonight''\\
''I don't wanna lose your love tonight''

Their style mostly is straightforward power pop and pop rock, but with some elements of NewWaveMusic. They are [[SignatureSong most well-known for]] their song "Your Love" ([[RefrainFromAssuming not "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love"]], which is actually a different song by Crystal Gayle), which reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. They're often mistakenly seen as a OneHitWonder, as this is the only song of theirs that still plays on the radio, but they actually had many hits during the '80s in the U.S., [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff despite being obscure in the UK,]] which was the result of [[ExploitedTrope them being marketed more towards an American audience]] because of their "American-sounding" genre (Their mixture of NewWaveMusic and PowerPop had previously been done by [[Music/TheCars the American Cars]]). A few of their other hit songs include "All the Love in the World", "Since You've Been Gone", "Voices of Babylon", and "For You".

* PowerTrio: Featuring John Spinks on guitar, Tony Lewis on bass and lead vocals, and Alan Jackman on drums. Strangely, the music video for "Your Love" prominently features additional musicians (including blind keyboardist Reg Webb) who played on the song but were never official band members.

Their style mostly is straightforward power pop and pop rock, but with some elements of NewWaveMusic. They are [[SignatureSong most well-known for]] their song "Your Love" ([[RefrainFromAssuming not "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love"]], which is actually a different song by Crystal Gayle), which reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. They're often mistakenly seen as a OneHitWonder, as this is the only song of theirs that still plays on the radio to this day, but they actually had many hits during the '80s in the U.S., [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff and were obscure in the UK,]] which was actually the result of [[ExploitedTrope them being marketed more towards an American audience]] because of their "American-sounding" genre (Their mixture of NewWaveMusic and PowerPop had previously been done by [[Music/TheCars the American Cars]]). A few of their other hit songs include "All the Love", "Since You've Been Gone", "Voices of Babylon", and "For You".

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!!Studio Discography:

The Outfield was a British rock band formed in London in 1984. For most of its life, its lineup consisted of bassist and lead singer Tony Lewis, guitarist John Spinks, and drummer Alan Jackman. The three previously formed a band of a similar style known as "Sirius B" during the late '70s, but their sound was largely overshadowed by the popularity of PunkRock during that time. When they got back together, the band was initially known as "The Baseball Boys", but later changed their name [[ExecutiveMeddling at their manager's insistence]].