Just Missed My Top 200: Dresden China - We Are Wise

Dresden China was formed in 1984 in Hamburg, Germany by Uli Werdin and Werner Littau. The duo saw Alphaville perform live and were inspired to start their own new wave band. They wrote songs and began to rent studio time to produce the demo tracks that would become their first (self-titled) album. In October of that year, RCA heard their demo material and offered them a record deal.

"We Are Wise" hit #63 on the German charts in late 1985 as the second single off the LP. It's always been my favorite Dresden China song, and just missed making the Top 200.

Dresden China continued to release material, on and off, until they finally called it quits in 2012.

Bonus! Here's the band's biggest hit, "Come Back", which charted on Top 40 lists throughout much of Europe in mid 1985.

See you next week with another song that almost made it.