Over You (Roxy Music song)

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"Over You"
Over You.jpg
Single by Roxy Music
from the album Flesh and Blood
B-side
  • "Manifesto (Remake)" (UK)
  • "Eight Miles High" (UK promo) [1]
  • "My Only Love" (Canada promo) [2]
  • "Many Kisses" (Italy promo) [3]
  • "Prendimi, Fratello" (Italy promo) [4]
Released9 May 1980
Recorded1980
Genre Synth-pop [5]
Length3:27
Label Atco / Polydor / EG
Songwriter(s) Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera
Producer(s) Rhett Davies  & Roxy  Music
Roxy Music singles chronology
"Angel Eyes"
(1979)
"Over You"
(1980)
"Oh Yeah"
(1980)

"Over You" is a song by English rock band Roxy Music which was released as the lead single from their album Flesh and Blood. "Over You" entered the UK Singles Chart at No.18 before going on to reach a peak of No.5 on June 14, 1980. The song spent a total of nine weeks on the UK Singles Chart, of which seven were in the top 20. [6] Over you was given a silver certification from the BPI in June 1980 for sales of over 200,000 copies in the UK. [7]

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Over You was also the third and final single by Roxy Music to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. It entered the Hot 100 at No.84 on August 6, 1980 and peaked at No. 80 the following week. [8]

Phil Manzanera recalls: "In 1979, I had just built my first recording studio and I rang up Bryan and asked if he’d like to check it out. We decided to have a jam together, Bryan on bass and me on guitar with a rhythm box. Within five minutes we had written this track and it reached number three [sic] in the charts." [9]

In most European countries, the B-side release on the single was a re-recording of the title track of their 1979 LP Manifesto . The new version was a new arrangement with a shorter intro, and the lyrics were broken up into several verses, while the original was continuous. This new version was re-released on the Thrill of It All boxset as Manifesto (Remake).

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [10] 45
Germany (Official German Charts) [11] 31
Ireland (IRMA) [12] 6
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [13] 17
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [14] 24
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [15] 24
UK Singles (OCC) [16] 5
US Billboard Hot 100 [17] 80

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References

  1. Discogs - Over You / Eight Miles High - 1980 promo-single, Polydor (POSPX 93) UK
  2. Discogs - Over You - 1980 promo-single, Atco Records (AT 7301) Canada
  3. Discogs - Many Kisses / Over You - 1980 promo-single, Polydor (AS 5000 572) Italy
  4. Discogs - Over You / Prendimi, Fratello - 1980 promo-single, Polydor / Philips (AS 5000 570) Italy
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