Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
Appearance
"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" | ||||
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Single by Ultravox | ||||
from the album Lament | ||||
B-side | "Building" | |||
Released | May 1984 | |||
Genre | Synth-pop[1][2] | |||
Length | 4:10 | |||
Label | Chrysalis | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Ultravox | |||
Ultravox singles chronology | ||||
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"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" is a 1984 song by British new wave band Ultravox and is the second single from their seventh studio album Lament. It went to number 2 in Belgium, number 3 in the United Kingdom, number 6 in the Netherlands and Poland, number 7 in Germany, number 8 in Ireland, number 16 in Switzerland, number 36 in France and number 38 in New Zealand. It failed to chart in the United States.
Track listing
[change | change source]7" vinyl
[change | change source]- UK: Chrysalis – UV 1
- Germany: Chrysalis – 106 449
- US: Chrysalis – VS4 42781
- Canada: Chrysalis – CHS – 42781
Side one | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
1. | "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" | 4:10 |
Side two | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
1. | "Building" | 3:11 |
12" vinyl (UK and Europe)
[change | change source]- UK: Chrysalis - UVX 1
- Germany: Chrysalis - 601 322
Side one | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
1. | "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (Special Re-Mix) | 10:00 |
Side two | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
1. | "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" | 4:10 | |||||||
2. | "Building" | 3:11 |
12" vinyl (North America)
[change | change source]- US: Chrysalis – 4V9 42783
- Canada: Chrysalis – CS 42783
Side one | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
1. | "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (Extended) | 7:44 |
Side two | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | |||||||
1. | "One Small Day" (Club Version) | 7:48 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Pain, Andrew (24 May 2013). "Midge Ure at the ARC in Stockton – An intimate evening with pop legend". Gazette Live. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
the likes of Vienna, Reap the Wild Wind and Dancing with Tears in My Eyes becoming instant synth-pop classics.
- ↑ "Ultravox tours Germany in November". Sixth Sense. 21 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
After a string of synthpop hits, including Dancing with Tears in My Eyes, the band split in 1986, with lead singer Midge Ure going on to solo success.