What version do you like best? (Italodisco song.)

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This is the original:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgJml5mnFhY[/youtube]

Then a little bit later, Laura Brannigan made a cover of it:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8-pP4VboBk[/youtube]

I can't even decide which one. They're both very good. I lean towards the Laura Branigan version as it seems a bit more polished, but I might like the RAF vocals better. Hmm...

So what do other people here think?

I think I prefer Branigan's version. I prefer the higher pitch, and I like what they did with the production on the beat.

Raf probably doesn't mind either way that Branigan's version became the bigger hit, since he co-wrote the song, and the royalties for it flow into his bank account as well.

Branigan's version is such a classic 80s standard, even I as a 90s kid feel nostalgic about it. "I! I live among the creatures of the night!"

Also reminds of German Sandra's hit 'Maria Magdalena'. 'I'll never be! Maria Magdalena! You're a creature of the night! Give me love! Promise me delight! Give me loooohohove!'

Exactly, I also thought of this song by Sandra:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnVkI1QV7hg[/youtube]

I was even unsure if what you posted was the same, need to my research on the 80s classics.

The second version is the one I recognise but the original also has its charm.