Torch (song)
| "Torch" | ||||
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| Single by Soft Cell | ||||
| B-side | "Insecure Me" | |||
| Released | 7 May 1982 | |||
| Format | 7-inch single, 12-inch single | |||
| Genre | Synthpop, new wave | |||
| Length | 4:08 | |||
| Label | Some Bizzare | |||
| Writer(s) | Marc Almond, David Ball | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Thorne | |||
| Certification | Silver (UK)[1] | |||
| Soft Cell singles chronology | ||||
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"Torch" is a song by English synthpop duo Soft Cell. It was released as a single in 1982 and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart,[2] number 31 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart[3] and number 12 in the Netherlands.[4]
Singer Marc Almond duets towards the end of the song with Cindy Ecstasy, a rapper from New York, who sings slightly off-key in an approximation of an Estuary English accent.
References
- ↑ "Certified Awards Search". BPI (British Recorded Music Industry). Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ↑ http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=9779
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p14314/charts-awards/billboard-singles
- ↑ http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Soft+Cell
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