Vienna (Ultravox song)

"Vienna"
"Vienna"
Single by Ultravox
from the album Vienna
B-side	"Passionate Reply"; "Herr X" (12-inch single only);
Released	9 January 1981
Recorded	1980
Studio	RAK, London, UK
Genre	Synth-pop; new wave; avant-pop;
Length	4:37 (single edit); 4:53 (album and 12-inch version);
Label	Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)	Warren Cann; Chris Cross; Billy Currie; Midge Ure;
Producer(s)	Conny Plank; Ultravox;
Ultravox singles chronology

"Vienna" is a song by British new wave band Ultravox, released on 9 January 1981 by Chrysalis Records^[4] as the third single and the title track from their fourth studio album of the same name. The new wave ballad,^[2] which features Midge Ure on lead vocals, 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.

^ Reynolds, Simon (1 January 2005). "Electric Dreams: Synthpop". Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984. Faber & Faber. p. 334. ISBN 0-571-21570-X. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b SPIN Media LLC (2 August 1998). "SPIN". SPIN Media LLC – via Google Books.
^ Dalton, Stephen (17 February 2020). "Midge Ure: Forum, Bath". The Times. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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