Visions in Blue
| "Visions in Blue" | ||||
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| File:Ultravox Visions in Blue single cover.jpg | ||||
| Single by Ultravox | ||||
| from the album Quartet | ||||
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| Released | 11 March 1983[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Studio | AIR (Salem, Montserrat) | |||
| Genre | Synth-pop[2] | |||
| Length | 4:13 (single edit) 4:38 (album version) | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Songwriters | Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie, Midge Ure | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
| Ultravox singles chronology | ||||
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"Visions in Blue" is Ultravox's third single from the Quartet album, recorded in AIR Studios in Montserrat and released on Chrysalis Records on 11 March 1983. The single peaked at #15 in the UK charts on 26 March.[3][4][5] A video was produced, but was banned by the BBC and MTV due to brief nudity; an edited version was later provided for broadcast on Top of the Pops.[5]
The track also appears in live form on the CD version of Ultravox's 1983 in-concert album, Monument. The 12" version of "Visions in Blue" also contains an edited version of the same Monument performance of "Reap the Wild Wind".[5]
Critical reception
[edit | edit source]David Hepworth of Smash Hits reviewed the song negatively, saying it "sounded awfully dirge-like."[6]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]7" version
[edit | edit source]- "Visions in Blue" [single edit] – 4:13
- "Break Your Back" – 3:31
12" version
[edit | edit source]- "Visions in Blue" - 4:38
- "Reap the Wild Wind (live 6 Dec 82 at Hammersmith Odeon) " – 3:53
- "Break Your Back" – 3:31
Covers
[edit | edit source]The track has been covered by UK ebm/synthpop act Stok:holm and appears on their 2013 album City Lights.
References
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