| "Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)" | ||||
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| Single by Spandau Ballet | ||||
| from the album Diamond | ||||
| B-side | "Feel the Chant" | |||
| Released | 10 July 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Studio | Utopia Studios (London) | |||
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| Length | 3:58 (7" version) 6:01 (12" version) 8:03 (Diamond box set version) | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Gary Kemp | |||
| Producer(s) | Richard James Burgess | |||
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| "Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)" (album version) by Spandau Ballet on YouTube | ||||
"Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)" is a song by the English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released on 10 July 1981 as the first single from their second album, Diamond. The band's guitarist/songwriter, Gary Kemp, wanted to pay homage to the latest London hotspot, Le Beat Route, by emulating the funk music that was popular there and even using the club as the location for the music video, all in order to show that the band was still part of the trendy Soho scene. Except for the remix of the song from the album's box set, "Chant No. 1" received good reviews, and the 7-inch single became their third top ten hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.
- ^ "Spandau Ballet rings 'True' in L.A. return". Los Angeles Daily News. 25 January 2015.
- ^ "Chants Craze". Smash Hits. No. 68. 9 July 1981. p. 13. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ Evans, Richard (6 August 2024). "1981.1". Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983. Omnibus Press. p. 254. ISBN 978-1-915841-45-2.