| "Paint Me Down" | ||||
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| Single by Spandau Ballet | ||||
| from the album Diamond | ||||
| B-side | "Man with Guitar" | |||
| Released | 2 November 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 3:44 (7" version) 7:06 (12" version) 6:54 ("Re-Paint" (dub) version) 6:22 (Diamond box set version) | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Gary Kemp | |||
| Producer(s) | Richard James Burgess | |||
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"Paint Me Down" is a song by the English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released on 2 November 1981 as the second single from what would be their second album, Diamond. Their guitarist/songwriter Gary Kemp copied some of the elements of their previous hit, "Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)", and the conflict between producer Richard James Burgess and lead singer Tony Hadley that began with that song continued as they recorded the vocals for "Paint Me Down". A controversial music video for the song was rejected by the British music chart television programme Top of the Pops, and its number 30 peak position on the UK Singles Chart was not enough to justify airing the studio performance they had filmed for the show either.