#46: Let Me go by Heaven 17
City: Montreal, PQ
Radio Station: CKGM
Peak Month: June 1983
Peak Position in Montreal ~ #3
Peak position in Vancouver ~ did not chart
Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ #74
YouTube: “Let Me Go”
Lyrics: “Let Me Go”
Heaven 17 was formed in 1980 by trio Martyn Ware, Glenn Gregory, and Ian Craig Marsh. Ware was born in 1956 in Sheffield, England. Initially, he worked in the computer industry and saved money to purchase an electronic keyboard. In 1977, he co-founded Human League along with Ian Craig Marsh. After the first two albums meeting with little commercial success, Martyn Ware was ejected from the band. Ian Marsh quit Human League in protest and formed the British Electric Foundation. Ian Craig Marsh was born in Sheffield, England, in 1956. In the early seventies he was part of a community theatre group Meatwhistle. Inspired by Alice Cooper, Marsh formed Musical Vomit in 1973, performing stunts like vomiting soup on stage, and singing songs about masterbation. For his antics, Ian Marsh was expelled from school. Another member of Musical Vomit was Glenn Gregory, who was born in Sheffield in 1958. Gregory went on to work as a photographer in London, and with the band 57 Men. In 1981, he was asked by Martyn Ware to join the newly forming Heaven 17.