Only After Dark
| "Only After Dark" | ||||
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| Single by The Human League | ||||
| from the album Travelogue | ||||
| B-side | "Toyota City" | |||
| Released | May 1980 | |||
| Format | 7" Vinyl Single | |||
| Recorded | Monumental Studios, Sheffield, England | |||
| Genre | Synthpop, new wave | |||
| Length | 3:51 | |||
| Label | Virgin Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Ronson/Richardson | |||
| Producer(s) | Colin Thurston | |||
| The Human League singles chronology | ||||
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"Only After Dark" is a song by the British synthpop group The Human League. Taken from the band's second album, Travelogue, in 1980, it is a cover version of the Mick Ronson song originally found on his 1974 debut album Slaughter On 10th Avenue. The Human League's version was produced by Colin Thurston.[1]
The song was pressed as a single by Virgin Records following the release of the Travelogue album, but it was then decided to re-release the song "Empire State Human" (from the band's first album) instead and include "Only After Dark" as a free single to be given away with the first 15,000 copies of "Empire State Human". This was perceived by the band as a total lack of faith in their newer material, causing great resentment and anger, [2] and would be one of the issues that contributed to the split of this line-up of The Human League some months later. As a free single it wasn't included in the UK chart mechanism, though the re-release of "Empire State Human" to which it belonged peaked at #62.[3] [4]
References
External links
- http://www.the-black-hit-of-space.dk/only_after_dark.htm
- http://www.blindyouth.co.uk/
- Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics