p:Machinery

"p:Machinery"
Single by Propaganda
from the album A Secret Wish
Released 1985
Format
Genre
Length 3:49
Label
Writer(s)
  • Ralf Dörper
  • Michael Mertens
Producer(s) Stephen Lipson
Certification Silver (SNEP)[1]

"p:Machinery" is the third single by German new wave/synthpop band Propaganda, released in 1985. The song is taken from their debut album A Secret Wish. The song reached the top 10 in various countries across Europe, including France and Italy, but was most successful in Spain, where it peaked at number 1. In the US, the song reached the top 10 on the dance chart.

Formats

7" single
12" single

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1985–86) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] 9
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[3] 11
France (SNEP)[4] 10
Germany (Official German Charts)[5] 26
Italy (FIMI)[6] 5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 12
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 9
Spain (AFYVE)[9] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 29
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[11] 50
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[12] 10
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[12] 20

Year-end charts

Chart (1985) Position
Italy (FIMI)[6] 50
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 86
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 81

Preceded by
"Part-Time Lover" by Stevie Wonder		 Spanish number-one single
3 February 1986 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"Janey, Don't You Lose Heart" by Bruce Springsteen

References

  1. ↑ "Les Singles en Argent" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Propaganda – p:Machinery" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Radio 2 Top 30 : 28 september 1985" (in Dutch). Top 30. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Propaganda – p:Machinery" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Propaganda – p:Machinery". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  6. 1 2 "I singoli più venduti del 1985" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Propaganda - Machinery search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Propaganda – p:Machinery" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  9. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  10. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Propaganda – p:Machinery". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  11. ↑ "Propaganda: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  12. 1 2 "Propaganda – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  13. ↑ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1985" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  14. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1985" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
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