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