The Damned Don't Cry (song)

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"The Damned Don't Cry"
Visage Damned Don't Cry.jpg
Single by Visage
from the album The Anvil
B-side "Motivation"
Released5 March 1982 (1982-03-05) [1] [2]
Recorded Mayfair Studios, 1981
Genre Electropop [3]
Length3:52
Label Polydor
Songwriters Steve Strange, Midge Ure, Billy Currie, Rusty Egan, Dave Formula
Producers Midge Ure, Visage
Visage singles chronology
" Visage "
(1981)		"The Damned Don't Cry"
(1982)		"Night Train"
(1982)
12" single cover
Visage "The Damned Don't Cry" 12".jpg

"The Damned Don't Cry" is a song by British synth-pop group Visage, released as a single by Polydor Records on 5 March 1982.

Contents

Background

Named after the 1950 Joan Crawford film, "The Damned Don't Cry" was the first single from Visage's second album, The Anvil . The cover art of the 7" single differed from that of the 12" single. It was a chart success, becoming Visage's second-highest charting single in the UK (No. 11) and the band's last international hit.

Music video

"The Damned Don't Cry" was the second Visage video directed by Midge Ure. It was shot at Tenterden Town railway station in Kent, and recreates the 1930s atmosphere and mood of the Orient Express. [4] The clip was included on the band's 1986 video release Visage .

Track listing

  1. "The Damned Don't Cry" – 3:52
  2. "Motivation" – 3:35
  1. "The Damned Don't Cry" (Dance Mix) – 5:43
  2. "Motivation" – 3:46

Personnel

Chart performance

ChartPeak
position
Germany [7] 39
United Kingdom [8] 11

References

  1. ↑ "New Singles" (PDF). Record Business . March 1, 1982. p. 18. Retrieved 23 October 2025– via World Radio History.
  2. ↑ "Merchandising" (PDF). Record Business . March 8, 1982. p. 4. Retrieved 22 October 2025– via World Radio History.
  3. ↑ Evans, Richard (August 6, 2024). "1982.4". Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983. Omnibus Press. p. 390. ISBN   978-1-915841-45-2.
  4. ↑ Strange, Steve (2002). Blitzed! The Autobiography of Steve Strange. London: Orion Publishing Group. p. 72. ISBN   0-75284-936-0.
  5. ↑ "Visage - The Damned Don't Cry (Vinyl) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  6. ↑ "Visage - The Damned Don't Cry (Vinyl) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  7. ↑ "Visage Single-Chartverfolgung". www.musicline.de (in German). Archived from the original on January 8, 2005. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  8. ↑ "The Official Charts Company - The Damned Don't Cry by Visage Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.
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