Vienna (Ultravox song)

"Vienna"
Single by Ultravox
from the album Vienna
B-side
  • "Passionate Reply"
  • "Herr X" (12-inch single only)
Released9 January 1981 (1981-01-09)
Recorded1980
StudioRAK, London, UK
Genre
Length
  • 4:37 (single edit)
  • 4:53 (album and 12-inch version)
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Ultravox singles chronology
"Passing Strangers"
(1980)
"Vienna"
(1981)
"All Stood Still"
(1981)

"Vienna" is a song by British new wave band Ultravox, released on 9 January 1981 by Chrysalis Records[3] as the third single and the title track from their fourth studio album of the same name. Featuring Midge Ure on lead vocals, the new wave ballad[1] is regarded as a staple of the synth-pop genre that was popularised in the early 1980s and remains both the band's signature song and their most commercially successful release.

The song was also performed at the 1985 Live Aid concert in Wembley Stadium, and is often performed live by Ure in solo performances.

  1. ^ a b LLC, SPIN Media (2 August 1998). "SPIN". SPIN Media LLC – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Dalton, Stephen (17 February 2020). "Midge Ure: Forum, Bath". The Times. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference bpi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).