Pulling Punches

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"Pulling Punches"
David Sylvian - Pulling Punches.jpg
Single by David Sylvian
from the album Brilliant Trees
B-side "Backwaters" (remix)
Released22 October 1984 (1984-10-22) [1]
Recorded1983–1984
Studio
Genre
Length5:02
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s) David Sylvian
Producer(s)
David Sylvian singles chronology
"The Ink in the Well"
(1984)		"Pulling Punches"
(1984)		"Words with the Shaman"
(1985)
Music video
"Pulling Punches" on YouTube

"Pulling Punches" is a song by the English singer-songwriter David Sylvian. It was released on 22 October 1984 by Virgin Records as the third single from his debut solo studio album Brilliant Trees . The single peaked at No. 56 on the UK singles chart. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

In Sylvian's 2012 biography by Martin Power, the song was described as "a jarring, and at times barbed funk work-out". [3]

Track listings

7"

  1. "Pulling Punches" – 3:02
  2. "Backwaters" – 4:49

12"

  1. "Pulling Punches" – 5:01
  2. "Backwaters" – 4:49

Chart positions

Chart (1984)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [4] 56

References

  1. ↑ "News". Record Mirror : 6. 20 October 1984. Retrieved 14 December 2020– via Flickr.
  2. ↑ "Pulling Punches". Official Charts Company . 3 November 1984. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  3. ↑ Power, Martin (10 April 2012). David Sylvian: The Last Romantic. Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-0-85712-820-1.
  4. ↑ "David Sylvian: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
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