Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman were the producers who came, SAW and conquered the UK charts in the 1980s, spinning the music scene right round like a record with their instantly recognisable brand of disco floor-filling pop hits. The trio divided the nation between those who loved their Hi-NRG sound and the singers they transformed into tabloid sensations, and a music press that loathed them for turning record producing into a production line. Today, many of SAW’s most memorable hits are considered classics of their time, and the very best of them are celebrated in this new selection, featuring such artists as Rick Astley, Dead or Alive, Donna Summer, Bananarama, Mel & Kim and, of course, Kylie and Jason
Production
The actual mixing desk that birthed a thousand bangers.
Writing
Stock's deadpan defense of 'I Should Be So Lucky' as poetry.
Director
George Scott
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Waterman once claimed they could write and record a hit in a day—a boast they regularly proved true.
The NME's 1980s war on SAW essentially created the 'guilty pleasure' concept; this doc argues they won anyway.
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