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27: 264:" - failed to reach the charts, and the album was eventually scrapped. Two years later, another complete track, "She's Back Again", appeared on the soundtrack to the German TV show "Blaues Blut" in 1989. Two of the album's lost recordings, "Make Believe" and "Big Brother", surfaced as Bobby Kimball duets on Farian artist Jayne (Collins)'s 298:; included on the album was a cover of the 21 Guns song "Just a Wish". Mostly assembled in honour of Farian's 25 years anniversary as a producer, the album failed to repeat the success of "Stairway to Heaven". 642: 632: 627: 464: 274: 637: 256:
was completed for a 1987 release, heralded by the new single "One by One". Both this as well as the second single - a cover of
91: 172:". Contrary to public perception, Far Corporation was actually the first group to make the singles charts with this song as 63: 278:(1991). The rest, bar "One by One", were recycled along with a few new recordings on the group's second release, 1994's 70: 549: 500: 141:. The name was shortened from "Frank Farian Corporation", which was originally put together to record a cover of the 110: 149:" as a charity record and reached the top 10 in several European countries. That group's lineup included members of 44: 416: 372: 257: 215:. It also reached #9 in Ireland and the following year peaked at #16 in South Africa and number 23 in Australia. 77: 580: 48: 169: 59: 612: 176:
had never released it as a single. In fact, it was the only version of the song that charted on the US
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in 1985 on IMP/ATCO Records and their cover of "Stairway to Heaven" reached #8 on the
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making the impression of FAR Corporation performing the Opus hit.
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The band was promoted by a full playback performance at German TV
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for his great performance. Some rehearsal shots were used for
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Far Corporation's primary claim to fame is their cover of "
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in the show "Rockpop". The show was also attended by
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This time they were joined by former 620: 332:"Live Inside Your Dreams" – 3:32 241:sportswear commercials underlyied by " 633:Musical groups disestablished in 1994 191:and Peter Bold, and three members of 536: 49:adding citations to reliable sources 20: 13: 628:Musical groups established in 1985 530: 348:"No One Else Will Do" – 3:30 187:, vocalist Henry Gorman, drummers 14: 654: 597: 462: 439:"You Change My Life" – 3:55 329:"One of Your Lovers" – 3:44 493:British Hit Singles & Albums 326:"You Are the Woman" – 4:33 25: 542:Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 403:"She's Back Again" – 4:18 381:"She's Back Again" – 4:18 36:needs additional citations for 638:British rock music supergroups 573: 558: 509: 456: 433:"Hole in the Air" – 3:38 301: 233:, who backstage congratulated 1: 449: 613:Far Corporation @ MusicMight 417:Rikki Don't Lose That Number 7: 517:"SA Charts 1965–March 1989" 245:" hit of the Austrian band 10: 659: 400:"Rainy Days" – 4:40 364:"One by One" – 4:24 359:(1987) - Unreleased album 570:, 14 December 1985, p. 3 412:"Full Moon" – 4:05 147:Mother and Child Reunion 133:, who created the bands 491:Roberts, David (2006). 406:"Solitude" – 4:52 151:Barclay James Harvest 45:improve this article 430:cover) – 4:15 423:cover) – 4:10 375:cover) – 6:03 342:cover) – 3:55 323:cover) – 9:34 275:The Moment of Truth 266:Ambush in the Night 338:"Fire and Water" ( 317:Stairway to Heaven 170:Stairway to Heaven 16:British cover band 268:album (1989) and 121: 120: 113: 95: 60:"Far Corporation" 650: 591: 590: 577: 571: 562: 556: 555: 534: 528: 527: 525: 523: 513: 507: 506: 488: 482: 481: 479: 477: 460: 272:'s second album 252:A second album, 213:UK Singles Chart 203:, and guitarist 116: 109: 105: 102: 96: 94: 53: 29: 21: 658: 657: 653: 652: 651: 649: 648: 647: 618: 617: 604:Far Corporation 600: 595: 594: 579: 578: 574: 563: 559: 552: 535: 531: 521: 519: 515: 514: 510: 503: 489: 485: 475: 473: 461: 457: 452: 426:"Just a Wish" ( 304: 128:record producer 124:Far Corporation 117: 106: 100: 97: 54: 52: 42: 30: 17: 12: 11: 5: 656: 646: 645: 640: 635: 630: 616: 615: 610: 599: 598:External links 596: 593: 592: 572: 557: 550: 529: 508: 501: 483: 454: 453: 451: 448: 447: 446: 443: 440: 437: 434: 431: 424: 413: 410: 407: 404: 401: 397: 396: 389: 388: 385: 384:"Make Believe" 382: 379: 376: 365: 361: 360: 353: 352: 349: 346: 343: 336: 333: 330: 327: 324: 312: 311: 303: 300: 205:Steve Lukather 199:, keyboardist 119: 118: 33: 31: 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 655: 644: 641: 639: 636: 634: 631: 629: 626: 625: 623: 614: 611: 609: 605: 602: 601: 588: 587: 582: 576: 569: 568: 561: 553: 551:0-646-11917-6 547: 543: 539: 533: 518: 512: 504: 502:1-904994-10-5 498: 494: 487: 472: 471: 466: 463:Trust, Gary. 459: 455: 444: 441: 438: 435: 432: 429: 425: 422: 418: 414: 411: 408: 405: 402: 399: 398: 394: 391: 390: 387:"Big Brother" 386: 383: 380: 377: 374: 373:Cockney Rebel 370: 366: 363: 362: 358: 355: 354: 350: 347: 344: 341: 337: 334: 331: 328: 325: 322: 318: 314: 313: 309: 306: 305: 299: 297: 293: 289: 285: 281: 277: 276: 271: 270:Milli Vanilli 267: 263: 259: 258:Cockney Rebel 255: 250: 248: 244: 240: 236: 235:Robin McAuley 232: 228: 223: 221: 216: 214: 210: 206: 202: 198: 197:Bobby Kimball 194: 190: 186: 185:Robin McAuley 182: 180: 175: 171: 166: 164: 163:Force Majeure 160: 156: 152: 148: 144: 140: 139:Milli Vanilli 136: 132: 129: 125: 115: 112: 104: 93: 90: 86: 83: 79: 76: 72: 69: 65: 62: –  61: 57: 56:Find sources: 50: 46: 40: 39: 34:This article 32: 28: 23: 22: 19: 584: 575: 565: 560: 541: 532: 520:. 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