Universal Daddy

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"Universal Daddy"
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Single by Alphaville
from the album Afternoons in Utopia
B-side "Next Generation"
ReleasedJune 1986
RecordedMarch 1986
Studio Hansa Tonstudio, Berlin
Genre Synth-pop
Length3:57 (7" version)
6:01 (Aquarian Dance Mix)
Label Atlantic / WEA
Songwriters Marian Gold
Bernhard Lloyd
Ricky Echolette
Producer Peter Walsh
Alphaville singles chronology
"Dance With Me"
(1986)		"Universal Daddy"
(1986)		"Jerusalem"
(1986)

Universal Daddy is the sixth single by Alphaville, and the second from their album Afternoons in Utopia . It was released only in Europe.

Contents

Reviews

This song was described as one of the album's best songs and reminiscent of the kind of music that their contemporaries the Pet Shop Boys might produce. [1] Despite the praise, the song is one of singer Marian Gold's least favorite Alphaville songs ever, saying simply that "the lyrics are the most embarrassing ones I've ever written". [2]

Track listings

7" single
  1. "Universal Daddy" — 3:57
  2. "Next Generation" — 3:58
12" single
  1. "Universal Daddy (Aquarian Dance Mix)" — 6:16
  2. "Next Generation" — 3:58
US Promotional 12" single (PR-978)
  1. "Universal Daddy (Vocal/Extended Remix)" — 6:15
  2. "Universal Daddy (Vocal/LP Version)" 3:54

Charts

ChartPeak position
Switzerland Singles Chart26 [3]

Other releases

One demo of this song was released on the album Dreamscapes, and another on the fan-only release History.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Afternoons in Utopia". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ so80s presents Alphaville (CD liner notes). Alphaville. Blank & Jones (So 80s). 2014. SC0344.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ Australian Charts (Alphaville: Universal Daddy (Song)) , retrieved 23 October 2013
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