"Romeos" | ||||
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Single by Alphaville | ||||
from the album The Breathtaking Blue | ||||
A-side | "Romeos" | |||
B-side | "Headlines" | |||
Released | March 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1987–1988 | |||
Studio | Lunapark Studios, Berlin | |||
Genre | Synth-pop | |||
Length | 5:29 (album version) 3:58 (7" version) 8:37 (maxi version) | |||
Label | WEA / Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Marian Gold Bernhard Lloyd Ricky Echolette | |||
Producer(s) | Klaus Schulze and Alphaville | |||
Alphaville singles chronology | ||||
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"Romeos" is the first single from Alphaville's 1989 album The Breathtaking Blue . It was released a month ahead of the album and was the first single by Alphaville to be released as a CD single, previous singles having preceded the format's rise in popularity.
Graeme Kay of Q Magazine praised singer & songwriter Marian Gold's "booming, Blancmange-ish balladry". [1]
A short film was made for the song, it was included in the 1989 compilation Songlines , the "Romeos" segment was directed by Australian film director Ian Pringle and starred English actor Noah Taylor.
"Romeos" reached #45 on Germany's pop charts when it was released in 1989.
Music and lyrics for the single and B-side are credited to Marian Gold/Bernhard Lloyd/Ricky Echolette.
This song was released on a variety of other official Alphaville releases, including:
The German 12" mix and the unaltered b-side appear on 2014's so80s presents Alphaville .