Only When You Leave

"Only When You Leave"
Single by Spandau Ballet
from the album Parade
B-side"Paint Me Down" (live)
Released28 May 1984[1]
RecordedSpring 1984
Genre
Length
  • 4:48 (single version)
  • 5:12 (album version)
  • 6:45 (extended version)
  • 6:22 (The Twelve Inch Mixes CD version)
  • 4:35 (music video version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Gary Kemp
Producer(s)
Spandau Ballet singles chronology
"Pleasure"
(1983)
"Only When You Leave"
(1984)
"I'll Fly for You"
(1984)

"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.

  1. ^ "Remember the Spands?" (PDF). Number One. 26 May 1984. p. 5. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  2. ^ Gittins, Ian (1 October 2014). "Spandau Ballet review – return of the shoulder-heaving soul boys". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 June 2019.