"Reap the Wild Wind" | ||||
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Single by Ultravox | ||||
from the album Quartet | ||||
B-side | "Hosanna (In Excelsis Deo)" | |||
Released | 17 September 1982 | |||
Recorded | 1982 | |||
Studio | AIR Studios (London and Montserrat) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:44 | |||
Label | Chrysalis | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | George Martin | |||
Ultravox singles chronology | ||||
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"Reap the Wild Wind" is Ultravox's first single from their sixth studio album Quartet , recorded in Air Studios, in London and Montserrat and released on Chrysalis Records on 17 September 1982. [1]
It reached no.12 on the UK singles chart and is the only single by Ultravox that charted on the US Billboard Hot 100. [2]
Chart (1982–1983) | Position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [3] | 69 |
Irish Singles Chart | 10 |
UK Singles Chart [4] | 12 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] | 71 |
US Cash Box Top 100 [6] | 58 |
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