When Howard Jones wrote No One Is to Blame, he must've been so pleased with the result that he included it on three consecutive albums.
The song was written for the artist's second album, Dream into Action, dated 1985.
After three singles, Things Can Only Get Better, Look Mama, and Life in One Day, Jones decided to rearrange No One Is to Blame to make it more radio-friendly and propose it as the fourth single in March 1986.
He chose Hugh Padgham and Phil Collins as producers; the latter also played drums and sang backing vocals.
The result? Great success in Europe and in the United States where, with its fourth position in the charts, it became Howard Jones's most successful song.
At that point, Action Replay was released (in Canada and the United States, but was later imported into Europe too) as an EP of six songs, including No One Is to Blame.
And then came October 1986.
In the spirit of "striking while the iron is hot", Jones released his third album, One to One, and guess what song was included on it? Yep! No One Is to Blame (single version, of course).
If a job is good, why not make the most of it?
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