Precious Little Diamond

"Precious Little Diamond" is a 1983 song by the Dutch Euro disco group Fox the Fox. It's the sixth track on the album In The Dark Of The Nite. Playing at 5:12 the album version is the longest song produced by Fox the Fox.[1] The single peaked as number 11 on the Dutch singles Chart, staying on the chart for 7 weeks.[2]

The track

"Precious Little Diamond" has been cited by the German synthpop band Modern Talking as the inspiration for using falsetto choruses.[3] In 2013, song was sampled in The Weeknd's song "Wanderlust", that can be found on his record Kiss Land. The Weeknd samples the melody, the original chorus and a part of the original lyrics.

Chart performance

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Dutch Singles Chart[4] 28

References

  1. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Fox-The-Fox-In-The-Dark-Of-The-Nite/master/103323
  2. ↑ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Fox+The+Fox&titel=Precious+Little+Diamond&cat=s
  3. ↑ Modern Talking
  4. ↑ http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Fox+The+Fox&titel=Precious+Little+Diamond&cat=s
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