| "Talk Talk" | ||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Talk_Talk_by_Talk_Talk_1982_(UK_reissue).png) 1982 UK vinyl reissue | ||||
| Single by Talk Talk | ||||
| from the album The Party's Over | ||||
| B-side | "?" | |||
| Released | 5 April 1982[1] | |||
| Genre | Synth-pop[2] | |||
| Length | 3:23 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
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| Producer(s) | Colin Thurston | |||
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| "Talk Talk" on YouTube | ||||
"Talk Talk" is a 1982 song by the English band Talk Talk. The second single from their debut album, The Party's Over (1982), it peaked at no. 52 in the United Kingdom upon initial release. A remix of the song was released later that year, peaking at no. 23 in the UK and no. 75 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (also entering the Top 40 in the Billboard Mainstream Rock). The single also reached no. 1 in South Africa in 1983.
The song was originally recorded by Talk Talk singer Mark Hollis's previous band, The Reaction, as "Talk Talk Talk Talk", on the Beggars Banquet punk compilation Streets.[2]
- ^ "Releases". Record Mirror. 3 April 1982. p. 30. Retrieved 24 August 2022 – via Flickr.
- ^ a b Thomson, Graeme (25 May 2017). "Talk Talk – 10 of the best". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
A minor UK hit, and a Top 100 single in the US, Talk Talk is surging, superior synth-pop, its surface fizz – glistening slabs of electro-drama, funky slap bass and modish cries of "hey, hey!" – sparkling over hidden depths.