Visage ‎– Fade To Grey / The Steps

Label:
Polydor – 2141 318
Format:
Vinyl, 12", Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
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A Fade To Grey
Written-By – Currie*, Payne*, Ure*
6:17
B The Steps
Written-By – Currie*, Formula*, McGeoch*, Ure*, Egan*, Strange*
3:13

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GEMA
LC 0309

Other Versions (Showing 5 of 36) View All

Title, Format Label Cat# Country Year
Fade To Grey (12", Single) Polydor POSPX 194 UK 1980
Fade To Grey (7") Polydor 2095 320 Netherlands 1980
Fade To Grey (7", Single) Polydor 20 95 350 Spain 1981
Fade To Grey (7") Polydor 2095 320 Austria 1980
Fade To Grey (12") Old Gold (2) OG 4050 UK 1988
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Rated 5/5
Review by Stirnband Mar 23, 2009 (edited about 1 year ago)
Amazing! We all heard it about a thousand times, and it never got annoying. A fact, you won't expect from a song, you can also find on uncountable releases with titles like "Best of 80's", as well as you can hear it on public radio even today quite frequently. This catchy tune seems to be highly influenced by (maybe even stolen) the melody of "Human League - Being Boiled".
The french seductive vocals were sung by Brigitte Arens, who was Rusty Egan's girlfriend at that time. Sadly no more information about her, but as she starts to sing:

"Un homme dans une gare isolée
Une valise a ses cotés
Des yeux fixes et froids
Montre de la peur lorsqu'il
Se tourne pour se cacher"

... a whole generation is getting a flashback and the climax of a music period, called "New Romantic", is defined.

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