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"You're the Voice"
You're The Voice (Single).jpg
Single by John Farnham
from the album Whispering Jack
B-side "Going, Going, Gone"
Released15 September 1986 (1986-09-15) [1]
Recorded1985–1986
Genre
Length5:04
Label Wheatley
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Ross Fraser
John Farnham singles chronology
"Break the Ice"
(1986)		"You're the Voice"
(1986)		"Pressure Down"
(1986)
Music video
"You're the Voice" by John Farnham on YouTube

"You're the Voice" is a song recorded by the British-born Australian singer John Farnham released in 1986, which became an immediate hit in Australia as well as several European countries, his native country the United Kingdom, and Ireland. It was released as a single in September 1986 ahead of his album Whispering Jack , and was written by Andy Qunta, Keith Reid, Maggie Ryder, and Chris Thompson.

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In the United States, the song is perhaps best known for a charting version issued in 1991 by the band Heart. It was also recorded by the Alan Parsons band, featuring Chris Thompson on vocals, and performed by them at the World Liberty Concert in the Netherlands in May 1995. It climbed the charts in Australia again in 2012 after being used in a TV advert.

From early September 2023, Farnham's song was used in a video advert to advocate for the unsuccessful "Yes" campaign in the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum.

Background

"You're The Voice" was composed by British songwriters Chris Thompson, Andy Qunta and Maggie Ryder in response to an anti-nuclear demonstration in London's Hyde Park in 1985. [2] [3] More than 100,000 people attended the rally, but Thompson overslept. As an act of penance, he decided to express his remorse by composing a song that emphasised the importance of invoking personal agency when it comes to effecting political change. Thompson was initially doubtful if Farnham was able to do the song justice, as he only knew the singer from the novelty song "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)", which Farnham had performed about 18 years prior as a teenager. Thompson later admitted in an interview that his reaction to Farnham was "You've got to be joking. He's not doing it." [4]

Farnham, who was in considerable debt due to a series of "very bad business decisions", heard the demo and knew this was a make-or-break moment for his career. Having sold his house and car to pay down debts, Farnham went to the basement of the house he was renting and recorded the song. Farnham made the decision to swap out the bass in the demo for bagpipes, which turned out to be a masterstroke. Thompson said, "They changed one note on the bass and put in this brilliant bagpipe solo." [4]

Despite the song going through the chain of command and being improved at every juncture, they hit a wall when it came to securing a deal for Farnham. Wheatley said, "Every label passed on it. I had to release it on Wheatley Records because I couldn't get anyone to take the punt. I knew people at radio would still have a problem playing a John Farnham song [;] they'd still think you of him as Johnny Farnham." Even when the single was released, radio stations were resistant to play it due to the "Johnny Farnham" image.[ citation needed ]

The song, however, became hugely successful, revived Farnham's career, and significantly helped Whispering Jack go 24× Platinum, with sales of 1.68 million in Australia alone. To date, Whispering Jack is the third-highest-selling album of all time in Australia as well as the highest of any Australian artist.[ citation needed ]

Music video

The music video was recorded with celebrities (Derryn Hinch and Jacki Weaver) and musicians (James and Vince Leigh of Pseudo Echo, Greg Macainsh), none of whom are on the original audio recording; and were assembled by Farnham's talent manager, Glenn Wheatley. [5] Wheatley later recalled, "[it] was done on a shoestring budget. I called in Derryn and Jacki, some of the guys from Pseudo Echo (James and Vince Leigh) and Greg Macainsh from Skyhooks are in the band, it was pretty much anyone who'd do me a favour". [5]

Chart reception

"You're the Voice" was released as a single in September 1986 ahead of Farnham's album Whispering Jack . It was written by Andy Qunta, Keith Reid, Maggie Ryder, and Chris Thompson. [6] [7]

The song was one of the biggest hits of 1986 in Australia, topping the Kent Music Report singles chart for seven weeks from 3 November to 21 December. [8] At the ARIA Music Awards of 1987 it won Single of the Year. [9]

It re-entered the Australian singles chart more than 25 years after its original release (reaching No. 64), due to its appearance in a 2012 Ford TV commercial to advertise the company's SYNC voice control system. [10]

The power ballad [11] is also one of Farnham's biggest successes in Europe, charting at No. 1 in Germany and Sweden and reaching the Top 10 in Austria, Ireland, Switzerland, and the UK. Although "You're the Voice" was also successful in Canada (reaching the Top 20), in the United States the track performed relatively poorly, missing the chart on its initial 1987 issue. BMG/RCA re-released the song in the US in February 1990 after Farnham made the Adult Contemporary chart with "Two Strong Hearts". Farnham's version eventually spent eight weeks on the US charts, peaking at No. 82, but in the US the song is perhaps best known for a charting version issued in 1991 by the band Heart.[ citation needed ]

In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100" of the "most Australian' songs of all time", the song was ranked number 6. [12]

Chart history

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "You're the Voice"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [33] 8× Platinum560,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [34] Gold45,000‡
Sweden (GLF) [35] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [36] Gold400,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

The song has been featured in numerous TV and film productions, including the film Hot Rod , the BBC series Merlin and comedian Peter Kay's Car Share . [37]

The Australian Electoral Commission has used the song in advertisements surrounding Australian State and Federal elections since 2001. [38]

It is also featured in the original release of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City (2009) in in-game radio station Vice City FM, but it was removed following the game's 10-year anniversary.[ citation needed ]

In 2012 the song was used in a Ford TV commercial to advertise the company's SYNC voice control system. [10]

The song was used by anti-lockdown protesters who rallied in Melbourne, Victoria, during the COVID-19 pandemic. On 21 September 2020, it was reported by Seven News that the song had become a common theme at rallies around the city as Stage 4 lockdowns continued. Farnham's manager described the unauthorised use of the song as "offensive" to Farnham and the manager himself. [39]

From 3 September 2023, the song was used to advocate for the "Yes" campaign in the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum, a vote to change the Australian Constitution to enshrine a Voice to Parliament for Indigenous Australians. [40] The song played as a soundtrack for a video advert directed by filmmaker Warwick Thornton, which was released on social and other digital media and television. [41] [42] [43]

Heart version

"You're the Voice"
Single by Heart
from the album Rock the House Live!
B-side "Wild Child" (live)
Released2 September 1991 (1991-09-02) [44]
RecordedNovember 1990
Genre Rock
Length5:05
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Richie Zito
Heart singles chronology
"Secret"
(1991)		"You're the Voice"
(1991)		"Black on Black II"
(1993)
Music video
"You're The Voice" by Heart on YouTube

As a lead promotion for their first live album, Rock the House Live! , in 1991, US rock band Heart released their live version of "You're the Voice" as a single. It was recorded during the US leg of their Brigade world tour in November 1990. Commercially, the single reached No. 20 on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. In the UK, the single peaked at No. 56. A music video was released that includes footage shot from the tour while coverage of the then-ongoing Gulf War intervene.

The song was released in multiple limited-edition formats in different territories. A studio version of the track had been recorded in late 1989 as part of the sessions for the Brigade album, though it did not make the album track list. This studio version would not see release until July 2000, when it was included on the greatest hits package, Greatest Hits: 1985–1995 .

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "You're the Voice"
Chart (1991)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [45] 65
UK Singles (OCC) [46] 56
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [47] 20

Alan Parsons and Chris Thompson versions

"You're the Voice"
Single by Alan Parsons
B-side "White Dawn"
Released1995 (1995)
RecordedFebruary 1995
Studio Parsonics, Santa Barbara, California
Genre
Length4:14 (radio edit)
Label CNR Music
Songwriter(s) Andy Qunta, Keith Reid, Maggie Ryder, Chris Thompson
Producer(s) Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons singles chronology
"Luciferama (live)"
(1994)		"You're the Voice"
(1995)		"Brother up in Heaven"
(1996)
Audio
"You're the Voice" by Alan Parsons on YouTube

Chris Thompson had joined Alan Parsons' band for his first solo album after the split of The Alan Parsons Project and was also one of the two frontmen on the ensuing tour, which was captured on the album Alan Parsons Live . For the US release of this album in 1995 (retitled The Very Best Live), the band added three new studio recordings, recorded in February 1995. One of these was "You're the Voice", which marked the first time a version featuring the original songwriter had been released. Alan Parsons produced the song. [48]

"You're the Voice" was then performed at the World Liberty Concert in May 1995 by The Alan Parsons Band, Chris Thompson, and Metropole Orkest. The only official release associated with the concert was a single featuring a radio edit of the live version (faded out after four minutes). The B-side was a live recording of "White Dawn", which was performed by the Metropole Orkest and Gelders Opera and Operetta Gezelschap (GOOG) choir. The song was arranged by Andrew Powell and conducted by Dick Bakker. During the performance of "White Dawn", a battle was simulated that included gunfire, which can be heard around the middle of the recording. This track has not been issued on any other release.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

  1. "You're the Voice (Radio Edit)" – (Qunta, Thompson, Reid, Ryder) – 4:14 Lead Vocals Chris Thompson
  2. "White Dawn" – (Parsons) – 4:50 instrumental

Thompson has continued singing the song live in concert, e.g. with Mandoki Soulmates as recorded on the live album BudaBest [49] as well as recording several more studio versions, e.g. with Mads Eriksen on the album Rediscovery. [50] The original demo by Andy Qunta and Chris Thompson appeared on the deluxe reissue of Qunta's album Legend in a Loungeroom. [51]

Other covers and uses

The London Symphony Orchestra

In 1987, The London Symphony Orchestra released a cover version of the song on the album Classic Rock: Countdown.

David Foster and Jeffrey Pescetto

In 1990, "You’re the Voice" was re-arranged and released as a cover version by David Foster with vocalist Jeff Pescetto.

Blind Guardian

In 2010, the German power metal band released a cover version of the song on the second disc of their album At the Edge of Time as a bonus track.

Jorn

In 2016, the Norwegian heavy metal band released a cover version of the song on their album Heavy Rock Radio.

Planet Rock Allstars

In November 2019, a single in support of the mental health charity MIND was curated by Planet Rock DJ Wyatt Wendels in conjunction with a 2000-mile charity cycle ride The Road to Rockstock. The limited release CD was then made available from the ride's support vehicle, during late November/early December. [52] The CD features three versions, the main version featuring many rock artists including Alice Cooper, Joe Elliott, Justin Hawkins, Bruce Dickinson and Dan Reed and also covered by Cilla Black. The other versions include the original backing track with Toby Jepson on vocals, and a version with vocals by Joe Elliott. The song was released as a digital download on 6 December 2019. [53]

Leo

In 2020, the Norwegian metal musician and producer who is known for his metal covers of popular songs on YouTube, released his version on his album Metal Covers Volume 27.

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