That Was Then but This Is Now
This article is about the ABC song. For other uses with similar names, see That Was Then This Is Now (disambiguation).
| "That Was Then but This Is Now" | ||||
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| Single by ABC | ||||
| from the album Beauty Stab | ||||
| B-side | "Vertigo" | |||
| Released | October 1983 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Genre | New wave, synthpop | |||
| Label | Mercury Records, Neutron Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Martin Fry, Stephen Singleton, Mark White | |||
| Producer(s) | ABC, Gary Langan | |||
| ABC singles chronology | ||||
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"That Was Then but This Is Now" is a song by the British group ABC. It was released as the first single from their second album Beauty Stab in late 1983.
The single was the band's third entry on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, at #89.
The music video shows them playing on a stage behind a huge Risk-style world map gameboard; scenes of the band playing, accompanied by various flags, are interspersed with scenes of a helicopter taking off and then exploding.
Chart positions
| Chart (1983-1984) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] | 63 |
| UK Singles Chart | 18 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 89 |
References
- ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 10. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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