Always the Sun

"Always the Sun"
Single by The Stranglers
from the album Dreamtime
B-side"Norman Normal"
Released6 October 1986 (1986-10-06)
Recorded1985
Genre
Length4:51 (Album Version)
4:05 (Single Version)
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)The Stranglers
The Stranglers singles chronology
"Nice in Nice"
(1986)
"Always the Sun"
(1986)
"Big in America"
(1986)
Music video
"Always the Sun" on YouTube

"Always the Sun" is a song by English rock band the Stranglers, first released as a single on 6 October 1986, the second single from the band's ninth studio album Dreamtime (1986). A remixed version was released as a single on 24 December 1990. Both versions were Top 30 hits in the United Kingdom.[1] "Always the Sun" was released in October 1986 in four different formats: a seven-inch single, shaped seven-inch picture disc, twelve-inch single, and as a double seven-inch single pack.[2]

  1. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 535. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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