"Over You" is a song by the English rock band Roxy Music which was released as the lead single from their seventh studio album, Flesh and Blood (1980). "Over You" entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 18 before going on to reach a peak of No. 5 on June 14, 1980. The song spent a total of nine weeks on the UK Singles Chart, of which seven were in the top 20.[3] Over you was given a silver certification from the BPI in June 1980 for sales of over 200,000 copies in the UK.[4]
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| Single by Roxy Music | ||||
| from the album Flesh and Blood | ||||
| B-side | "Manifesto" (Remake) | |||
| Released | 9 May 1980[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Synth-pop[2] | |||
| Length | 3:27 | |||
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Over You was also the third and final single by Roxy Music to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. It entered the Hot 100 at No. 84 on August 6, 1980 and peaked at No. 80 the following week.[5]
Phil Manzanera recalls: "In 1979, I had just built my first recording studio and I rang up Bryan [Ferry] and asked if he'd like to check it out. We decided to have a jam together, Bryan on bass and me on guitar with a rhythm box. Within five minutes we had written this track and it reached number three [sic] in the charts."[6]
In most European countries, the B-side release on the single was a re-recording of the title track of their previous studio album Manifesto (1979). The new version was a new arrangement with a shorter intro, and the lyrics were broken up into several verses, while the original was continuous. This new version was re-released on the Thrill of It All (1995) boxset as "Manifesto" (1980 re-recording).
Personnel
edit- Bryan Ferry – vocals, keyboards, piano
- Phil Manzanera – guitar, bass
- Andy Mackay – saxophones and oboe
- Allan Schwartzberg – drums
Charts
edit| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] | 45 |
| Germany (GfK)[8] | 31 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[9] | 6 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] | 17 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] | 24 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] | 24 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[13] | 5 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[14] | 80 |
References
edit- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 28.
- ^ Rolling Stone Staff (November 11, 2020). "The 80 Greatest Albums of 1980". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
Flesh and Blood has sleek Euro-trash synth-pop grooves like "Over You"...
- ^ over you | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company
- ^ Award - bpi
- ^ Billboard Hot 100 – Billboard
- ^ Over You on Viva Roxy Music!
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Roxy Music – Over You" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Over You". Irish Singles Chart.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Roxy Music" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
- ^ "Roxy Music – Over You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ "Roxy Music – Over You". Top 40 Singles.
- ^ "Roxy Music: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Roxy Music Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
External links
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