Suddenly (Angry Anderson song)

"Suddenly" is a power ballad by Angry Anderson from his first solo album, Beats From a Single Drum. Released in Australia in July 1987 and in the UK in late-1988, the song became Anderson's biggest hit, reaching number 2 in the ARIA Singles Chart, and number 3 in the UK Singles Chart.

There were two music videos made in 1987 for this song:

1. Black & White version. Features a bald Australian model at the time with intermingled close ups of her vs Angry's tattoos and ends in a close up of all three of them, standing with a child (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DnwnW_d81U).
2. Colour version. Features Angry Anderson singing this song and switches to shots of a bald woman in different poses, in different parts of an urban city (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgpJJ7yYKWU).

Part of the song's chart success is attributed to it being used in the Australian soap Neighbours ("Episode 523"), during the wedding of the characters Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell, which was viewed by 20 million viewers in the UK. The ballad, which is played over the ceremony, was also chosen by Kylie Minogue, who played Charlene, as the song to be played at her own future wedding.

"Suddenly" was denied the UK number 2 spot by the release of the Kylie and Jason Donovan duet, "Especially for You".

This song has been used in the season 3 final of the award winning UK sitcom Gavin and Stacey at the wedding of Vanessa Jenkins and Dave Coaches. It was also used in the first episode of Sirens on Channel 4 in the UK for the opening scene and throughout the episode. More recently, the song has regularly been played for nostalgia purposes at social and university reunions.