Black Man Ray

"Black Man Ray"
Single by China Crisis
from the album Flaunt the Imperfection
Released4 March 1985 (1985-03-04)
StudioParkgate Studio (Battle, East Sussex)
Genre
Length3:39
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)
  • Gary Daly
  • Eddie Lundon
  • Gazza Johnson
Producer(s)Walter Becker
China Crisis singles chronology
"Hanna Hanna"
(1984)
"Black Man Ray"
(1985)
"King in a Catholic Style"
(1985)
Music video
"Black Man Ray" on YouTube

"Black Man Ray" is a song by English new wave band China Crisis. Released as the first single from their third studio album Flaunt the Imperfection (1985), it is one of the band's most successful singles. It spent 13 weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 14 in April 1985.[1] It was also the band's biggest hit single in Australia, reaching number 30.[2]

  1. ^ "CHINA CRISIS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.