Highly Strung (song)

"Highly Strung"
Single by Spandau Ballet
from the album Parade
B-side"Version" version (dub mix)
Released8 October 1984
RecordedSpring 1984
GenreNew wave
Length
  • 4:10 (single/album/video version)
  • 4:05 ("Version" version (dub mix))
  • 5:27 ("Highly Re-strung" 12" version)
  • 5:17 (extended version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Gary Kemp
Producer(s)
Spandau Ballet singles chronology
"I'll Fly for You"
(1984)
"Highly Strung"
(1984)
"Round and Round"
(1984)

"Highly Strung" is a song by English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released as the third single from the 1984 album Parade. In their native UK, the song reached number 15 on the UK Singles Chart, and critics had a variety of responses to it. The music video used the population density of Hong Kong to demonstrate the song's emotional themes.