Secret (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)

"Secret"
Single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
from the album Crush
B-side
  • "Drift" (UK)
  • "Firegun" (US)
Released8 July 1985 (1985-07-08)[1]
Recorded1984
StudioThe Manor (Shipton-on-Cherwell, England)
GenreNew wave
Length3:56
LabelVirgin (UK)
A&M (US)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark singles chronology
"So in Love"
(1985)
"Secret"
(1985)
"La Femme Accident"
(1985)
Music video
"Secret" on YouTube

"Secret" is a 1985 song by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released as the second single from their album Crush. Paul Humphreys sings lead vocals on the track. It became their second US Billboard Hot 100 entry, peaking at number 63, and also made number 34 on the UK Singles Chart.

The song was featured in the 1988 movie Arthur 2: On the Rocks and on its soundtrack album; it was also re-released to radio in the US[2] as the follow-up to The Best of OMD track "Dreaming", approximately one month prior to the movie's premiere. Though it received renewed airplay on several US contemporary hit stations, it did not re-chart on the Hot 100.

  1. ^ Smith, Robin (6 July 1985). "News". Record Mirror. p. 6.
  2. ^ "Radio & Records" (PDF). Worldradiohistory.com. 10 June 1988. Retrieved 27 March 2022.