The Voice (The Moody Blues song)

"The Voice"
Single by The Moody Blues
from the album Long Distance Voyager
B-side"22,000 Days"
Released23 July 1981
Recorded25 April 1980
GenreProgressive rock, new wave
Length5:16 (album version)
4:13 (single version)
LabelThreshold
Songwriter(s)Justin Hayward
Producer(s)Pip Williams
The Moody Blues singles chronology
"Gemini Dream"
(1981)
"The Voice"
(1981)
"Talking Out of Turn"
(1981)

"The Voice" is a song written by Justin Hayward that was first released on the Moody Blues' 1981 album Long Distance Voyager and also as its second single. The song continued the success of previous single "Gemini Dream", becoming a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at No. 15 in October 1981. The song had previously topped the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart for four weeks during June–July 1981.[1] The song also reached No. 9 in Canada.

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 436.