I Hear You Now

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"I Hear You Now"
Jon and Vangelis I Hear You Now.jpeg
Single by Jon and Vangelis
from the album Short Stories
B-side "Thunder"
Released21 December 1979
Genre Electronic
Length
  • 5:13 (Album version)
  • 4:12 (Single - long version)
  • 3:37 (Single - short version)
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Vangelis
Jon and Vangelis singles chronology
"I Hear You Now"
(1979)
"The Friends of Mr Cairo"
(1981)

"I Hear You Now" is a song by Jon and Vangelis released in December 1979 [1] and is their debut single from their first album Short Stories . It peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Charts, making it the duo's second biggest hit in that country. [2]

Contents

Use in other media

The song was featured prominently in the fifth episode of the Max Original Series Fired on Mars (2023).

Track listing

  1. "I Hear You Now" – 5:12
  2. "Thunder" – 2:12

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Germany (GfK) [3] 69
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [4] 3
France (IFOP) [5] 53
Ireland (IRMA) [6] 12
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [7] 7
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8] 9
UK Singles (OCC) [2] 8
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 58

Year-end charts

Chart (1980)Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [10] 56
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [11] 77
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [12] 79
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [13] 100

References

  1. "Great Rock Discography". p. 865.
  2. 1 2 "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. "Jon and Vangelis – I Hear You Now" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  4. "Jon and Vangelis – I Hear You Know" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  5. "InfoDisc : Les Tubes de chaque Artiste commençant par J" (in French). InfoDisc. Select "Jon & Vangelis" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  6. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Hear You Now". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  7. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Jon and Vangelis" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  8. "Jon and Vangelis – I Hear You Now" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  9. "I Hear You Now (song by Jon & Vangelis) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  10. "Jaaroverzichten 1980". Ultratop. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  11. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1980". www.top40.nl. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  12. "Jaaroverzichten - Single 1980". www.dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  13. "Top 100 1980 - UK Music Charts". www.uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2020-06-25.