Hymn (Ultravox song)

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"Hymn"
Single by Ultravox
from the album Quartet
B-side "Monument"
"The Thin Wall (Live)"
Released November 19, 1982
Format 7" single, 12" single
Recorded Air Studios, London, 1982
Genre Synthpop, New Wave
Length 04:46
Label Chrysalis Records
Writer(s) Midge Ure, Chris Cross, Warren Cann, Billy Currie
Producer(s) George Martin
Ultravox singles chronology

"Reap the Wild Wind"
(1982)		 "Hymn"
(1982)		 "Visions in Blue"
(1983)

"Hymn" is a 1982 hit single from Ultravox's sixth studio album Quartet (the third studio album recorded with vocalist Midge Ure) that reached #11 on the UK Top 40 singles chart and #6 in Switzerland.[1]

History

The song was written by Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie and Midge Ure and produced by George Martin. The cover art depicts certain symbols of Freemasonry, most notably the compass and the square.

Lyrically, the song is more of a sermon than a hymn (or, at the very least, a psalm), with Midge Ure taking his lesson broadly from the Bible.

Musically, the chords are reminiscent of the National Anthem of the Soviet Union, known in Russian as "Hymn of the Soviet Union" ("Государственный гимн СССР").[2]

Track listing

7" version

  1. "Hymn" [single edit] – 4:24
  2. "Monument" – 3:16

12" version

  1. "Hymn" – 5:46
  2. "Monument" – 3:16
  3. "The Thin Wall (Live)" – 5:54

Covers

The song has been covered by numerous acts including Magna Charta (1990), Cabballero (1994), Cosmo (1994), German electro project Music Instructor (1995), Supporters (1997), The Stunned Guys (1998), Edguy (1999), DJ Jaxx (2000), 4 clubbers (2002) Gigi D'Agostino (2003), Lunatica (2004), Tina Cousins (2004), Polish DJ Psychophaze (2005), Mägo de Oz (under the name "Mañana Empieza Hoy") (2005), Raz Ohara (2005), Age Pee (2006), Trancemission (2006), Parasytic (2008), PROXIMITY (2010), Kirlian Camera (2011) and Mägo de Oz again (2013)

References

  1. ↑ Hymn - finnishcharts.com
  2. ↑ Gamboa, Glenn (7 January 2013). "Midge Ure's five best songs". Newsday.com. Newsday. Retrieved 15 August 2013. 

External links

Ultravox
Studio albums
Live albums
  • Live In Concert 1981
  • Monument
  • Future Picture
  • Return to Eden: Live at the Roundhouse
Compilations
Extended Plays
Singles
Related
Book:Ultravox


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