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This depiction also helped spark the song's unusual space-like lyrics. [6] "I Ran (So Far Away)" was recorded at Battery Studios in London with producer Mike Howlett. [7] It is a new wave [8] [9] and synth-pop song, [10] with a run time of five minutes and seven seconds. [7] According to the sheet music, the song moves at a quick tempo of
The album contains Mike Score's new versions of the band's songs that were specially recorded for use on Cleopatra Records remix album Greatest Hits Remixed. The album also contains two remixes taken from that album ("Space Age Love Song (KMFDM Remix)" here being retitled as the Günter Schulz Remix) together with three additional new remixes ...
The group had a string of international hit singles including "I Ran (So Far Away)" (1982), "Space Age Love Song" (1982), "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" (1982), and "The More You Live, the More You Love" (1984). Their video for "I Ran (So Far Away)" received airplay on MTV during the Second British Invasion. [6]
The album includes the single "I Ran (So Far Away)", which reached the top 10 in the United States and New Zealand, as well as No. 1 in Australia. "Space Age Love Song" also reached the US top 40. On February 17, 2023, a 3CD deluxe edition of A Flock of Seagulls was released to commemorate its 40th anniversary.
[2] [3] The group's popularity soared in the early 1980s with the release of "(It's Not Me) Talking," and in 1982 the song "I Ran (So Far Away)" was a hit in the US and at home. By the time he was 21, the band had released an album, won a Grammy Award , got two more hit singles, and had embarked on a worldwide tour. [ 4 ]
"Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" is a song written by Artie Zwirn and Harry Giosasi and produced and arranged by LeRoy Holmes. The single was performed by New York-based doo-wop group The Impalas. It reached #2 on the U.S. pop chart, behind both The Happy Organ by Dave "Baby" Cortez and Kansas City by Wilbert Harrison. [2]
Ascension is the sixth studio album by English New wave band A Flock of Seagulls, released on 6 July 2018 by August Day Recordings. [1] [2] It is the band's first album since 1984's The Story of a Young Heart that features all four original members.
The Impalas were an American doo-wop group in the late 1950s, best known for their hit, "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)".. The group formed in 1958 in Brooklyn, New York, and was composed of lead singer Joe "Speedo" Frazier (September 5, 1943 – April 1, 2014), Richard Wagner, Lenny Renda and Tony Carlucci. [1]