The Communards

The Communards

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The alliance of classically trained instrumentalist Richard Coles and energetic, falsetto-voiced singer Jimmy Somerville was an unusual one, but it produced a strikingly successful hi-NRG pop-dance act; who had two massive hits in the 1970s with dance covers of soul classics "Don't Leave Me This Way" and "Never Can Say Goodbye". Jimmy Somerville, a queer icon who'd already gained fame with Bronski Beat, had met Richard Coles when he played clarinet on Bronski's hit "It Ain't Necessarily So", and they were joined by ex-Bronski Beat bass player Dave Renwick to form The Communards. They had their first Top 30 hit in 1985 with the piano-based "You Are My World" before the big breakthrough with "Don't Leave Me This Way" (featuring Sarah Jane Morris) and "Never Can Say Goodbye". Other hits included "So Cold The Night", and they released two albums, Communards (1985) and Red (1987), both of which were UK Top 10 albums. However, The Communards split in 1988 with Jimmy Somerville pursuing a solo career and Richard Coles devoting his time to journalism and religion, going on to become chaplain at the Royal College of Music.

Top tracks

02
Don't Leave Me This Way (with Sarah Jane Morris)
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards
04:31
Writer: Cary Gilbert - Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff / Composers: Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff
06
Never Can Say Goodbye
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards
04:25
Writer: Clifton Davis / Composers: Clifton Davis
06
Never Can Say Goodbye
The Communards
Red
04:51
Writer: Clifton Davis / Composers: Clifton Davis
05
Disenchanted
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards
04:12
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
07
So Cold the Night
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards
04:39
Composers: Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles
01
Don't Leave Me This Way (35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
06:27
Writer: Cary Gilbert - Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff / Composers: Cary Gilbert - Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff
07
Lovers and Friends
The Communards
Red
04:15
Composers: R.Coles - Richard Coles
05
For A Friend
The Communards
Red (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
05:02
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville
10
Never Can Say Goodbye (Shep Pettibone Extended Remix)
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards (Collector's Edition)
07:50
Writer: Clifton Davis / Composers: Clifton Davis
03
Disenchanted (35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
06:14
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
06
You Are My World (35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
08:01
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
11
You Are My World
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards
04:27
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
09
There's More to Love (Than Boy Meets Girl)
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards
03:49
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
01
Tomorrow
The Communards
Red (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
04:47
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville
02
La Dolarosa (35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
02:43
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
05
Never Can Say Goodbye (Shep Pettibone Extended Mix)
The Communards
Red (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
11:12
Writer: Davis / Composers: Clifton Davis
04
Reprise (35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
05:22
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
02
T.M.T. Love T.B.M.G.
The Communards
Red (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
04:35
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville
01
So Cold the Night (Live on Janice Long, 23rd October 1985)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
03:46
Composers: Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - The Communards
07
Don't Leave Me This Way ("Ruff" Mix, 35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
08:28
Writer: Cary Gilbert - Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff / Composers: Cary Gilbert - Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff
08
Don't Slip Away
The Communards
Communards
02:59
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
11
Don't Leave Me This Way (Gotham City Mix Pt. 2 35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
11:38
Writer: Cary Gilbert - Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff / Composers: Cary Gilbert - Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff
10
Forbidden Love (35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
05:04
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
07
Lover Man (35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
03:52
Composers: Davis - Jimmy Davis - Jimmy Sherman - Ramirez - Roger Ramirez - Sherman - The Communards
09
Heavens Above (35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
03:59
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
05
So Cold the Night (35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
06:48
Composers: Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - The Communards
06
Tomorrow (Extended 12" Remix)
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards (Collector's Edition)
07:17
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville
02
Don't Slip Away (Live on Janice Long, 23rd October 1985)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
02:33
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
03
Don't Leave Me This Way / Sanctify (feat. Sarah Jane Morris) (Gotham City Mix)
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards (Collector's Edition)
11:08
Writer: Cary Gilbert - Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff / Composers: Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff - The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris
03
Matter of Opinion
The Communards
Red (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
04:26
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville
04
Victims
The Communards
Red (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
04:31
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville
11
Breadline Britain
The Communards
Communards
02:31
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards

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  • Discography
Albums
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
â„— 2021 London Records Ltd
17-12-2021
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
01
Don't Leave Me This Way (35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
06:27
Writer: Cary Gilbert - Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff / Composers: Cary Gilbert - Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff
02
La Dolarosa (35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
02:43
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
03
Disenchanted (35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
06:14
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
04
Reprise (35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
05:22
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
05
So Cold the Night (35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
06:48
Composers: Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - The Communards
06
You Are My World (35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
08:01
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
07
Lover Man (35 Year Remaster)
The Communards
Communards (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
03:52
Composers: Davis - Jimmy Davis - Jimmy Sherman - Ramirez - Roger Ramirez - Sherman - The Communards
Access the complete album info (30 songs)
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards
â„— 2002 London Records Ltd
03-09-2001
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards
01
Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards
04:59
Writer: Jimmy Somerville - Larry Steinbachek / Composers: Bronski Beat - Jimmy Somerville - Larry Steinbachek - Lawrence Cole - Steve Bronski
02
Don't Leave Me This Way (with Sarah Jane Morris)
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards
04:31
Writer: Cary Gilbert - Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff / Composers: Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff
03
Why ?
Bronski Beat
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards
04:03
Writer: Jimmy Somerville - Larry Steinbachek / Composers: Bronski Beat - Jimmy Somerville - Larry Steinbachek - Richard Coles - Steve Bronski
04
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Jimmy Somerville
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards
03:55
Composers: Dip Warrick - James 'Dip' Wirrick - Jimmy Somerville - Sylvester James
05
Disenchanted
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards
04:12
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
06
Never Can Say Goodbye
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards
04:25
Writer: Clifton Davis / Composers: Clifton Davis
07
So Cold the Night
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards
04:39
Composers: Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles
Access the complete album info (17 songs)
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards (Collector's Edition)
â„— 2002 London Records Ltd
03-09-2001
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards (Collector's Edition)
01
Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards (Collector's Edition)
04:59
Writer: Jimmy Somerville - Larry Steinbachek / Composers: Bronski Beat - Jimmy Somerville - Larry Steinbachek - Lawrence Cole - Steve Bronski
02
Don't Leave Me This Way (with Sarah Jane Morris)
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards (Collector's Edition)
04:31
Writer: Cary Gilbert - Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff / Composers: Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff
03
Ain't Necessarily So
Bronski Beat
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards (Collector's Edition)
04:06
Composers: Bronski Beat - George Gershwin - Heyward
04
Never Can Say Goodbye
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards (Collector's Edition)
04:25
Writer: Clifton Davis / Composers: Clifton Davis
05
You Are My World
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards (Collector's Edition)
04:27
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
06
There's More to Love (Than Boy Meets Girl)
The Communards
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards (Collector's Edition)
03:49
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
07
Why ?
Bronski Beat
The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards (Collector's Edition)
04:03
Writer: Jimmy Somerville - Larry Steinbachek / Composers: Bronski Beat - Jimmy Somerville - Larry Steinbachek - Richard Coles - Steve Bronski
Access the complete album info (27 songs)
Red (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
â„— 2022 London Records Ltd
12-07-1987
Red (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
01
Tomorrow
The Communards
Red (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
04:47
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville
02
T.M.T. Love T.B.M.G.
The Communards
Red (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
04:35
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville
03
Matter of Opinion
The Communards
Red (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
04:26
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville
04
Victims
The Communards
Red (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
04:31
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville
05
For A Friend
The Communards
Red (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
05:02
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville
06
Never Can Say Goodbye
The Communards
Red (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
04:51
Writer: Clifton Davis / Composers: Clifton Davis
07
Lovers and Friends
The Communards
Red (35 Year Anniversary Edition)
04:15
Composers: R.Coles - Richard Coles
Access the complete album info (32 songs)
Red
â„— 1987 London Records Ltd
01-01-1987
Red
01
Tomorrow
The Communards
Red
04:47
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville
02
T.M.T. Love T.B.M.G.
The Communards
Red
04:35
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville
03
Matter of Opinion
The Communards
Red
04:26
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville
04
Victims
The Communards
Red
04:31
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville
05
For a Friend
The Communards
Red
05:03
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville
06
Never Can Say Goodbye
The Communards
Red
04:51
Writer: Clifton Davis / Composers: Clifton Davis
07
Lovers and Friends
The Communards
Red
04:15
Composers: R.Coles - Richard Coles
Access the complete album info (10 songs)
Communards
â„— 1986 London Records Ltd
01-01-1986
Communards
01
Don't Leave Me This Way (with Sarah Jane Morris)
The Communards
Communards
04:31
Writer: Cary Gilbert - Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff / Composers: Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff
02
La Dolarosa
The Communards
Communards
02:44
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
03
Disenchanted
The Communards
Communards
04:12
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
04
Reprise
The Communards
Communards
05:24
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
05
So Cold the Night
The Communards
Communards
04:39
Composers: Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles
06
You Are My World
The Communards
Communards
04:27
Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
07
Lover Man
The Communards
Communards
03:52
Composers: Davis - Jimmy Davis - Jimmy Sherman - Ramirez - Roger Ramirez - Sherman - The Communards
Access the complete album info (12 songs)
Singles
There's More To Love (Jalapeno Mix)
â„— 2022 London Records Ltd
14-09-2022
There's More To Love (Jalapeno Mix)
01
There's More To Love (Jalapeno Mix)
The Communards
There's More To Love (Jalapeno Mix)
07:48
Writer: Coles - Sommerville / Composers: Coles - Jimmy Somerville - Richard Coles - Somerville - The Communards
Never Can Say Goodbye (The 2 Bears Remixes)
â„— 2022 London Records Ltd
14-07-2022
Never Can Say Goodbye (The 2 Bears Remixes)
01
Never Can Say Goodbye (The 2 Bears Remix Edit)
The Communards
Never Can Say Goodbye (The 2 Bears Remixes)
04:28
Composers: Clifton Davis
02
Never Can Say Goodbye (The 2 Bears Remix)
The Communards
Never Can Say Goodbye (The 2 Bears Remixes)
09:59
Composers: Clifton Davis
03
Never Can Say Goodbye (The 2 Bears Remix Instrumental)
The Communards
Never Can Say Goodbye (The 2 Bears Remixes)
09:59
Composers: Clifton Davis
Don't Leave Me This Way (7th Heaven Club Mix)
â„— 2021 London Records Ltd
03-11-2021
Don't Leave Me This Way (7th Heaven Club Mix)
01
Don't Leave Me This Way (7th Heaven Club Mix)
The Communards
Don't Leave Me This Way (7th Heaven Club Mix)
08:25
Writer: Cary Gilbert - Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff / Composers: Cary Gilbert - Kenneth Gamble - Leon Huff