B-side "Again My Love" Format 7" single | Released 1975 Label Bell Records | |
Genre Glam rock, progressive rock Writer(s) Bill Martin, Phil Coulter and Jim McGinlay (B-Side) | ||
"Forever and Ever" is a UK number-one single by Scottish glam rock band Slik, released in 1975. It was number one for one week in February 1976. It knocked Mamma Mia by ABBA off the Number One position in the British charts. It was also a hit in Ireland, reaching number two on the charts there. It was written by the well established songwriting partnership of Bill Martin and Phil Coulter who had recently split from writing for the Bay City Rollers.
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Slik's previous and first released single Boogiest Band in Town was unsuccessful in the spring of 1975. The song Forever And Ever, originally recorded by Kenny and appearing on their 1975 debut LP, The Sound Of Super K, was recognized having hit potential if a more heavy arrangement would be added. The band to provide such was to be Slik, after the Bay City Rollers refused the song, wanting a more heavy and progressive image and instead choosing Money Honey as their potential UK's Christmas 1975 Number One single.
Forever And Ever was Slik's one and only UK number-one 1 single, although lead singer and songwriter Midge Ure went on to have two more number ones in the UK as a member of Band Aid with Do They Know It's Christmas? in 1984 and as a solo artist in 1985 with If I Was.
The success of Forever And Ever saw the band appear on Top of the Pops. It was guitarist and singer Midge Ure's first TV appearance. The single was backed with Again My Love.
The single also reached the Top 30 in Germany. In 1976, EMI Electrola released a German edition of the single. In the Netherlands it reached number 2.
The success of the song was followed by another hit, Requiem which made the UK top 30 and the Dutch top 10. Their last single was to be The Kid's A Punk which flopped later in 1976. The band disbanded in early 1977.