The Voice (Ultravox song)

"The Voice"
Single by Ultravox
from the album Rage in Eden
B-side "Paths and Angles"
"Private Lives (Live)"
"All Stood Still (Live)"
Released 29 October 1981
Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl
Recorded Conny’s Studio, Cologne, Germany, 1981
Genre Synthpop, Electronic, New Wave
Length 4:23
Label Chrysalis
Writer(s) Midge Ure, Chris Cross, Warren Cann, Billy Currie
Producer Conny Plank, Ultravox
Ultravox singles chronology
"The Thin Wall"
(1981)		 "The Voice"
(1981)		 "Reap the Wild Wind"
(1982)

"The Voice" is Ultravox's second single from the Rage in Eden album, recorded in Conny Plank's Studio in Cologne, Germany and released on 29 October 1981. It peaked at #16 in the UK singles chart,[1] and #27 in the Irish Singles Chart.[2]

Contents

Track listings

7" vinyl

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "The Voice" (single edit) 4:23
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Paths and Angles"   4:19

12" vinyl

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "The Voice"   5:59
2. "Paths and Angles"   4:19
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Private Lives" (recorded live at Crystal Palace) 4:51
2. "All Stood Still" (recorded live at Crystal Palace) 4:19

Videos

There were two different videos made for the single. One has the band miming a performance in a slanted room; the band members appear to be standing at an unnatural angle. The other video is more elaborate, contains war imagery, single-word slogans in knock-out text, features Billy Currie appearing as a radio announcer, and Midge Ure as a soldier.

References

  1. ^ "Chart Stats - Ultravox - The Voice". http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=9649. Retrieved 9 January 2009 (2009-01-09). 
  2. ^ "irishcharts.ie search results for Ultravox". http://www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 9 January 2009 (2009-01-09). 
Ultravox
Studio albums
Live albums
Live In Concert 1981 • Monument • Future Picture • Return to Eden: Live at the Roundhouse
Compilations
Three into One • The Collection • Slow Motion • Rare, Vol. 1 • Rare, Vol. 2 • The Voice: The Best of Ultravox • Dancing with Tears in My Eyes • Extended Ultravox • The Island Years • The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox • The Best of Ultravox • Finest
Extended Plays
Retro • Moments from Eden
Singles
"Dangerous Rhythm" • "Young Savage" • "ROckWrok" • "Quirks" • "Frozen Ones" • "Slow Motion" • "Quiet Men" • "Sleepwalk" • "Passing Strangers" • "Vienna" • "All Stood Still" • "New Europeans" • "The Thin Wall" • "The Voice" • "Reap the Wild Wind" • "Hymn" • "Visions in Blue" • "We Came to Dance" • "One Small Day" • "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" • "Lament" • "Heart of the Country" • "Love's Great Adventure" • "Same Old Story" • "All Fall Down" • "All in One Day" • "Vienna 92" • "I Am Alive" • "There Goes a Beautiful World"
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