Dancing with Tears in My Eyes

For other uses, see Dancing with Tears in My Eyes (disambiguation).

"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"
Single by Ultravox
from the album Lament
B-side"Building"
Released11 May 1984
Genre
Length4:10
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Ultravox
Ultravox singles chronology
"One Small Day"
(1984) 		"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"
(1984) 		"Lament"
(1984)

"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" is the second single from Lament, Ultravox's seventh studio album, released on 11 May 1984.[4]

The single effectively put Ultravox back on the map, peaking at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart,[5] and reaching the top 10 in several European countries. The song also entered the Australian and Canadian top 75 but failed to chart in the US.

"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" was the second song that Ultravox performed during the Live Aid charity event at the old Wembley Stadium, on 13 July 1985, for which Ure also played the lead guitar.[6]

A 2004 cover of the song by Novaspace went to No. 11 in Germany[7] and No. 6 in Austria.[8]

  1. ^ Pain, Andrew (24 May 2013). "Midge Ure at the ARC in Stockton – An intimate evening with pop legend". Gazette Live. Retrieved 7 May 2014. the likes of Vienna, Reap the Wild Wind and Dancing with Tears in My Eyes becoming instant synth-pop classics.
  2. ^ "Ultravox tours Germany in November". Sixth Sense. 21 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2013. After a string of synthpop hits, including Dancing with Tears in My Eyes, the band split in 1986, with lead singer Midge Ure going on to solo success.
  3. ^ "MUSICBIRD ACQUIRES THE CATALOGUE OF MIDGE URE". MusicBird.
  4. ^ Ure, Midge (2004). If I Was... The Autobiography. Virgin Books. p. 271. ISBN 9781852271442.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference UK was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Interview: Ultravox and Live Aid singer Midge Ure reveals what embarrasses him". North Devon Journal. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/titel-details-6351
  8. ^ https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Novaspace&titel=Dancing+With+Tears+In+My+Eyes&cat=s