More than a decade ago, as a precursor to performing the song concerned live, Richard Marx astonished a sold-out audience at his London’s Royal Albert Hall show by describing the 1992 worldwide chart-topper Hazard as “the dumbest, lamest thing” that he’d ever written. He then went on to add: “The only reason I recorded it was to prove that my now ex-wife – who along with many of my friends believed it would be a smash – was wrong.”
The motto of this tale is simple: if in doubt, always listen to your wife. The song Hazard went on to become a career-defining moment for the Chicago-born singer-songwriter.
