Skyscraping (song)

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"Skyscraping"
Skyscaping single.jpg
Single by ABC
from the album Skyscraping
B-side "Light Years", "Skydubbing"
Released12 May 1997
Recorded1997
Genre New wave
Label Blatant
Songwriter(s) Martin Fry, Glenn Gregory, Keith Lowndes
Producer(s) Martin Fry, Glenn Gregory, Keith Lowndes
ABC singles chronology
"Stranger Things"
(1997)
"Skyscraping"
(1997)
"Rolling Sevens"
(1997)

"Skyscraping" is a song by new wave group ABC, released as the second single from their album Skyscraping .

Contents

Track listing

UK CD single

  1. "Skyscraping"
  2. "Light Years"
  3. "Skydubbing"
  4. "Stranger Things" (Live)

UK promo CD single

  1. "Skyscraping" (Radio edit)

Chart performance

Chart (1997)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart [1] 93

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References

  1. "ABC | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com .