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Branigan went on to release four more albums-culminating with 1993’s Over My Heart-and notch two more Top 40 pop hits: “Spanish Eddie” (1985) and “Power of Love” (1987).MTV requested the video be edited due to its sexual imagery. The “Self Control” music video was one of the first videos to be directed by an Oscar winner-William Friedkin, director of The French Connection and The Exorcist.The title track was Branigan’s biggest international hit, topping the charts in several countries and reaching No. Her 1984 album Self Control became the most successful of her career, earning platinum sales.She also contributed to the soundtracks for Flashdance and Ghostbusters.
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Branigan signed with Atlantic Records in 1979.In 1976, Branigan performed as one of Leonard Cohen's backup singers on a European tour. Meadow released one album, 1973’s The Friend Ship, before splitting up.They later formed a folk-rock group called Meadow along with Daniels’ future wife Sharon Storm. In 1972, Branigan met guitarists Walker Daniels and Chris Van Cleave while attending Manhattan’s American Academy of Dramatic Arts.Laura Branigan was a Grammy-nominated pop singer and actress who’s best remembered for her 1982 platinum smash “Gloria.”