Incommunicado (song)

"Incommunicado"
Single by Marillion
from the album Clutching at Straws
B-side"Going Under"
Released11 May 1987 (1987-05-11)[1]
GenreRock
Length
  • 6:44 (7-inch single)
  • 13:58 (12-inch, CD single)
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Derek Dick, Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley, Steve Rothery, Pete Trewavas
Producer(s)Chris Kimsey
Marillion singles chronology
"Lady Nina"
(1986)
"Incommunicado"
(1987)
"Sugar Mice"
(1987)
Audio sample

"Incommunicado" is a song by British neo-prog band Marillion. It served as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Clutching at Straws (1987).[2] Released on 11 May 1987, it reached number six on the UK singles chart, becoming the band's third top 10 hit and their last until 2004's "You're Gone". It also became a top 40 hit in Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and West Germany, as well as on the US Album Rock Tracks chart.

  1. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 9 May 1987. p. 27.
  2. ^ AllMusic