"Only When You Leave" | ||||
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Single by Spandau Ballet | ||||
from the album Parade | ||||
B-side | "Paint Me Down" (live) | |||
Released | 28 May 1984[1] | |||
Recorded | Spring 1984 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Gary Kemp | |||
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"Only When You Leave" is a song by English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released as the first single from their fourth album Parade. It peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart and made the top 10 in several other countries but only reached number 34 in the US, where it was their last song to appear on the Billboard Hot 100. Most critics were impressed with Tony Hadley's vocals and enjoyed the song. The music video used its theme of revenge as a way of paying tribute to the late film director Alfred Hitchcock.