| "Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)" | ||||
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| Single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | ||||
| from the album Architecture & Morality | ||||
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| Released | 15 January 1982 | |||
| Recorded | The Manor, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England | |||
| Length | 4:09 | |||
| Label | Dindisc | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Andy McCluskey | |||
| Producer(s) | OMD and Richard Manwaring | |||
| Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Maid Of Orleans" on YouTube | ||||
"Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)" is a song by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released in 1982 as the third single from their third studio album, Architecture & Morality. To prevent confusion with the group's previous single "Joan of Arc", the song was retitled "Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)" for its single release. Both songs are about the French heroine Joan of Arc and both reached the Top 5 of the UK Singles Chart—although this release was more successful internationally, topping the charts in several countries including Germany, where it was the biggest-selling single of 1982. "Maid of Orleans" has sold four million copies worldwide.
The single was the last release on the Dindisc label.