Between Two Fires (album)

Between Two Fires
Studio album by Paul Young
Released	20 October 1986
Recorded	1986
Studio	Lark Recording Studios (Carimate, Italy); Logic Studios (Milan, Italy).
Genre	Pop rock, soul
Length	44:45
Label	Columbia/CBS Records
Producer	Hugh Padgham Paul Young Ian Kewley
Paul Young chronology
The Secret of Association (1985) Between Two Fires (1986) Other Voices (1990)
Singles from Between Two Fires
"Wonderland" Released: 22 September 1986[1] "Some People" Released: November 1986 "Why Does a Man Have to Be Strong" Released: January 1987 "In the Long Run" Released: 1987 (Netherlands) "War Games" Released: 1987 (Canada)

Between Two Fires is the third solo album by English singer Paul Young. Released in October 1986, it reached No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart, and No. 77 on the US Billboard 200 album chart. The album has been certified Platinum (300,000 copies) by the British Phonographic Industry.^[3]

Between Two Fires follows the pattern of Young's first two albums combining cover versions with original songs written by Young and keyboard player Ian Kewley. However, after the numerous covers contained in the previous two works there were only two on this album with the Young/Kewley partnership contributing eight of the tracks, two co-written with bass player Pino Palladino.

Three singles were taken from the album; "Wonderland", "Some People", and "Why Does a Man Have to Be Strong", though none of these made the UK Top 20 unlike Young's previous singles. "Wonderland", written by Betsy Cook who also provided backing vocals on the album, reached No. 24 in the UK (Cook would later release her own version of the song on her 1992 album The Girl Who Ate Herself). "Some People" reached No. 56 in the UK and No. 65 in the US, while "Why Does a Man have to Be Strong" reached No. 63 in the UK.