Song:Tom's Diner
Album:Hearts Of Gold: The Pop Collection
This dance remix of the Suzanne Vega song Tom's Diner was a top five hit in 1990. Suzanne was already a successful singer songwriter but this was a fluke windfall for her. The two guys behind this were British DJs Nick Batt and Neal Slateford. Tom's Diner was on Suzanne's 1982 album Solitude Standing. It was released as a single but it wasn't a hit. She wrote it about a New York restaurant she frequented. The exterior of the restaurant was used in the sitcom Seinfeld. In 1990, Batt and Slateford remixed Tom's Diner with a Soul To Soul dance beat. The remix was only supposed to be for DJs in London clubs. But the record found its way to Suzanne's label A&M Records. They could have sued DNA because they didn't have permission to use Tom's Diner. But A&M spoke to Suzanne and she liked the record. So they bought it and released it. It reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Afterwards, so many Tom's Diner remixes were done that A&M released a CD of them in 1991. Unfortunately that is out of print. But you can get Tom's Diner on this Capitol Records various artists budget comp. It also appears on the Suzanne Vega comp CD Retrospective. DNA had one other hit single, a remix of Lily Was Here by Dave Stewart of The Eurythmics with sax player Candy Dulfer. And they have had success in England. Batt owns the company Sonic State and he still produces artists, most significantly Goldfrapp. Slateford owns the sex toys shop Lovehoney in Bath, England. Suzanne Vega was always amazed by the success of Tom's Diner. After all, it was only a song about eating breakfast. It sure made her a lot of money. Here's the video for Tom's Diner by DNA featuring Suzanne Vega.
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