Romeos
For the 2011 German film, see Romeos (film).
"Romeos" | ||||
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Single by Alphaville | ||||
from the album The Breathaking Blue | ||||
A-side | Romeos | |||
B-side | Headlines | |||
Released | March 1989 | |||
Format |
7" single 12" maxi CD Single | |||
Genre | Synthpop | |||
Length | 8:37 | |||
Label | WEA / Atlantic | |||
Writer(s) |
Marian Gold Bernhard Lloyd Ricky Echolette | |||
Producer(s) | Klaus Schulze and Alphaville | |||
Alphaville singles chronology | ||||
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Romeos is the first single from Alphaville's 1989 album The Breathtaking Blue. It was released a month ahead of the album, and was the first single by Alphaville to be released as a CD single, previous singles having preceded the format's rise in popularity.
Reviews
Graeme Kay (Q Magazine) praised singer & songwriter Marian Gold's "booming, Blancmange-ish balladry".[1]
Track listings
- US cassette single
- "Romeos (edit)" — 3:58
- "Headlines" — 4:10
- 7" German promo single
- "Romeos (radio version)" — 3:50
- "Headlines" — 4:10
- The "radio version" was the edit version with the guitar introduction removed.
- 7" German single
- "Romeos (edit)" — 3:58
- "Headlines" — 4:10
- 12" German single
- "Romeos" — 8:37
- "Headlines" — 4:10
- "Romeos (LP version)" — 5:29
- This unnamed 8:37 version is the "maxi version" found on the US promotional CD single
- 12" US single
- "Romeos (tribal mix)" — 6:35
- "Romeos (radio edit)" — 3:55
- "Romeos (balcony mix)" — 6:03
- "Headlines" — 4:14
- 12" US promo single
- "Romeos (tribal mix)" — 6:35
- "Romeos (radio edit)" — 3:55
- "Romeos (balcony mix)" — 6:03
- "Romeos (teknopella)" — 4:30
- The "Teknopella" mix was unique to this promotional single
- 3" CD single
- "Romeos" — 8:37
- "Headlines" — 4:10
- "Romeos (LP version)" — 5:29
- A demo of the B-side "Headlines" appears on 1999's album Dreamscapes
- 5" US promo CD single
- "Romeos (single version)" — 3:58
- "Romeos (LP version)" — 5:29
- "Romeos (maxi version)" — 8:37
Charts
"Romeos" reached #45 on Germany's pop charts when it was released in 1989.
Credits
Music and lyrics for the single and B-side are credited to Marian Gold/Bernhard Lloyd/Ricky Echolette.
Other releases
This song was released on a variety of other official Alphaville releases, including:
- First Harvest 1984-92, 1992 (7" version)
- Dreamscapes, 1999 (demo & remix)
- Forever Pop, 2001 (new remix)
The German 12" mix and the unaltered b-side appear on 2014's so80s presents Alphaville.
References
- ↑ Graeme Kay (2011). "Alphaville: album reviews and ratings". musicfolio.com. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
External links
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