| "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry" | ||||
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| Single by Heaven 17 | ||||
| from the album The Luxury Gap | ||||
| B-side | "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry (Part II)" | |||
| Released | 12 August 1983 | |||
| Genre | Funk-pop | |||
| Length | 3:43 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
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"Crushed by the Wheels of Industry" is a song by the British synthpop band Heaven 17, released on 12 August 1983 as the fifth and final single from their second studio album, The Luxury Gap (1983).[1] It was written by Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware, and produced by Marsh and Ware (as British Electric Foundation) and Greg Walsh. It reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart and would be the band's last top 20 hit in the UK until 1992's Brothers in Rhythm remix of "Temptation".[2]
- ^ "New Singles". Music & Video Week. 13 August 1983. p. 24. ISSN 0265-1548.
- ^ "Heaven 17 - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 January 2016.