| "Instinction" | ||||
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| Single by Spandau Ballet | ||||
| from the album Diamond | ||||
| B-side | "Gently" | |||
| Released | 2 April 1982 | |||
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| Length | 3:36 (7- & 12" single versions) 4:48 (album version) 6:57 (Diamond box set version) | |||
| Label | Chrysalis Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gary Kemp | |||
| Producer(s) | Richard James Burgess Trevor Horn | |||
| Spandau Ballet singles chronology | ||||
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"Instinction" is a song by Spandau Ballet whose original version was included on their second album Diamond as produced by Richard James Burgess. The song was written by band guitarist/songwriter Gary Kemp. A remix by Trevor Horn was released on 2 April 1982 as the last single from the album and reached number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. This new version received good reviews but constituted a shift into pop music that did not interest the patrons of trendy London nightclubs that Spandau Ballet originally intended to represent. The band tried continuing their work with Horn on the songs for their next album but came to an impasse with him and moved on to a successful relationship with producers Steve Jolley and Tony Swain.
- ^ Evans, Richard (6 August 2024). "1983.1". Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983. Omnibus Press. p. 410. ISBN 978-1-915841-45-2.