Repairing one of his vintage analog synthesizers provided the impetus for Howard Jones’ new single, “Stand Up,” premiering exclusively below as the first taste of his next album, Global Citizen.
The Roland Jupiter-8 is the same instrument Jones used on Billboard Hot 100 hits such as “New Song,” “Things Can Only Get Better” and “What is Love?” “I decided to do a whole track based on sounds from my favorite synthesizer — that’s how (‘Stand Up’) came about, really,” the British singer and composer tells Billboard via Zoom from his home in Somerset, England. “My friend up in Leeds fixed…
