Visions in Blue
| "Visions in Blue" | ||||
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| Single by Ultravox | ||||
| from the album Quartet | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | 11 March 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Studio | AIR (Salem, Montserrat) | |||
| Length | 4:13 (single edit) 4:38 (album version) | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie, Midge Ure | |||
| Producer(s) | 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.[1][2][3] 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.[3]
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".[3]
Critical reception
David Hepworth of Smash Hits reviewed the song negatively, saying it "sounded awfully dirge-like."[4]
Track listing
7" version
- "Visions in Blue" [single edit] – 4:13
- "Break Your Back" – 3:31
12" version
- "Visions in Blue" - 4:38
- "Reap the Wild Wind (live 6 Dec 82 at Hammersmith Odeon) " – 3:53
- "Break Your Back" – 3:31
Covers
The track has been covered by UK ebm/synthpop act Stok:holm and appears on their 2013 album City Lights.
References
- ^ Betts, Graham (2006). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2006, HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-720077-3
- ^ "The Official Charts Company - Ultravox - Visions in Blue". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
- ^ a b c "Ultravox discography, Vladimir Kruglov". Archived from the original on 15 November 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
- ^ Hepworth, David (17–30 March 1983). "Singles: Ultravox – "Visions in Blue" review" (PDF). Smash Hits. Vol. 5, no. 6. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 29. ISSN 0260-3004. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2022 – via World Radio History.
