Reap the Wild Wind (song)

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"Reap the Wild Wind"
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Single by Ultravox
from the album Quartet
B-side "Hosanna (In Excelsis Deo)"
Released17 September 1982 (1982-09-17)
Recorded1982
Studio
Genre Synth-pop [1]
Length3:44
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) George Martin
Ultravox singles chronology
"The Voice"
(1981)		"Reap the Wild Wind"
(1982)		"Hymn"
(1982)

"Reap the Wild Wind" is Ultravox's first single from their sixth studio album Quartet , recorded at the AIR Studios in London and Montserrat and released on Chrysalis Records on 17 September 1982. [2]

Contents

It reached no.12 on the UK singles chart and is the only single by Ultravox that charted on the US Billboard Hot 100. [3]

Track listing

7" version

  1. "Reap the Wild Wind" – 3:44
  2. "Hosanna (In Excelsis Deo)" – 4:21

12" version

  1. "Reap the Wild Wind" (Extended Version) – 4:43
  2. "Hosanna (In Excelsis Deo)" – 4:21

Chart performance

Chart (1982–1983)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 69
Irish Singles Chart 10
UK Singles Chart [5] 12
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 71
US Cash Box Top 100 [7] 58

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Richard (6 August 2024). "1982.4". Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983. Omnibus Press. p. 391. ISBN   978-1-915841-45-2.
  2. ↑ "discog".
  3. ↑ "officialcharts". Official Charts .
  4. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  5. ↑ "Reap the Wild Wind (Song by Ultravox) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".
  6. ↑ "Reap the Wild Wind (Song by Ultravox) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".
  7. ↑ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending MAY 7, 1983". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2013.. Cash Box magazine.


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