Dancing with Tears in My Eyes

"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"
Single by Ultravox
from the album Lament
B-side	"Building"
Released	1984
Format	7" vinyl 12" vinyl
Genre	Synthpop[1][2]
Length	4:10
Label	Chrysalis
Writer(s)	Midge Ure Chris Cross Warren Cann Billy Currie
Producer(s)	Ultravox
Ultravox singles chronology
"One Small Day" (1984) "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (1984) "Lament"<b/r>(1984)

"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" is the second single from Lament, Ultravox's seventh studio album, released in 1984.

The single effectively put Ultravox back on the map, peaking at no. 3 in the UK Singles Chart,^[3] and reaching the top 10 in several European countries. The song also entered the Australian and Canadian Top 75 but failed to chart in the US.

The video is about a nuclear power plant meltdown. The music video depicts Midge Ure driving home after discovering that a nuclear explosion is imminent. The video ends with the power plant exploding, and the image of a home movie of Ure, his wife and their child, with the visual effect of a melting film.

The 7" single was released in three versions: with a standard picture sleeve, with a gate-fold booklet sleeve, and with a gate-fold booklet sleeve and a clear vinyl disc. All versions had the same catalogue number, "UV 1", and the same tracks. The 12" was released in two versions, with the same catalogue number "UVX 1": in a stickered gatefold sleeve containing a band poster and in a standard picture sleeve.

The B-side, "Building", is a piano ballad. "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" was the first song that Ultravox performed during the Live Aid charity event at the old Wembley Stadium, on 13 July 1985, for which Ure also played the lead guitar.^[4]

Track listing

7" vinyl

• UK: Chrysalis – UV 1
• Germany: Chrysalis – 106 449
• US: Chrysalis – VS4 42781
• Canada: Chrysalis – CHS – 42781

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"	4:10

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Building"	3:11

12" vinyl (UK and Europe)

• UK: Chrysalis - UVX 1
• Germany: Chrysalis - 601 322

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (Special Re-Mix)	10:00

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Building"	3:11
2.	"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"	4:10

12" vinyl (North America)

• US: Chrysalis - 4V9 42783
• Canada: Chrysalis - CS 42783

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (Extended)	7:44

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"One Small Day" (Club Version)	7:48

Cover versions

• German progressive metal band Dreamscape covered the song 1999 on their Very album.
• German power metal band Freedom Call covered the song on their EP Taragon, released in 1999.
• In 2004, German Eurodance project Novaspace released their version of "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" on a single, which was also included on their album Cubes.
• Swedish band The Poodles covered the song on their debut album Metal Will Stand Tall in 2006.
• German supergroup Avantasia covered the song on their EP Lost in Space Part II in 2007.
• Swedish singer Velvet covered the song on her 2009 album The Queen.

Live cover performances

• Guitarist Midge Ure played the song at "Rockpalast Fall 2006".

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1984) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 58 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 2 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[7] 52 France (IFOP)[8] 36 Germany (Official German Charts)[9] 7 Ireland (IRMA)[10] 8 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] 6 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 12 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13] 38 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 16 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3] 3 US Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100[15] 108

Year-end charts Chart (1984) Rank Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[16] 68 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 49 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18] 90

References

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