| "Contenders" | ||||
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| Single by Heaven 17 | ||||
| from the album Pleasure One | ||||
| B-side | Excerpts From "Diary of a Contender" | |||
| Released | 6 October 1986 | |||
| Length | 4:28 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Heaven 17 | |||
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"Contenders" is a song by the British new wave and synth-pop band Heaven 17, released on 6 October 1986 as the first single from their fourth studio album, Pleasure One.[1] It was written and produced by Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware. The song reached No. 80 in the UK and spent four weeks on the chart.[2] It also reached No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard Dance/Club Play Singles Chart.
- ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 4 October 1986. p. 33. ISSN 0265-1548.
- ^ "Heaven 17 - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 January 2016.