Red Frame/White Light

"Red Frame/White Light"
Single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
from the album Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
B-side	"I Betray My Friends"
Released	1 February 1980 (1980-02-01)
Recorded	The Gramophone Suite, Liverpool, 1979
Genre	Synth-pop[1][2] electropop[2]
Length	3:15
Label	Dindisc
Songwriter(s)	Paul Humphreys, Andy McCluskey
Producer(s)	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Chester Valentino
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark singles chronology
"Electricity" (1979) "Red Frame/White Light" (1980) "Messages" (1980)
Music video
"Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Red Frame/White Light" on YouTube

"Red Frame/White Light" is the second single by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD). The song is about a red telephone box in Meols, on the Wirral peninsula in Merseyside, that was used by the group to make calls to organise their gigs in the late 1970s.^[3][4] The track is composed of two alternating major/minor sections, each built around a synthesizer hook. Lyrical content is minimal, comprising mostly brief, spoken word utterances. It was the band's first single to chart.

The song had previously never been included in any of the group's compilation albums (except for the promo video being included on the DVD of Messages - OMD Greatest Hits in 2008) until 2019, when it appeared as part of Souvenir: The Singles Collection 1979-2019.^[5]