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"Then You Turn Away"
Single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
from the album Sugar Tax
B-side"Sugar Tax"
Released2 September 1991 (1991-09-02)[1]
Length4:17
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)OMD
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark singles chronology
"Pandora's Box"
(1991) 		"Then You Turn Away"
(1991) 		"Call My Name"
(1991)

"Then You Turn Away" is a song by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released as the third single released from their eighth studio album, Sugar Tax (1991), on 2 September 1991. It peaked at number 50 on the UK Singles Chart the same month and also reached number 56 in Germany.

B-sides

Originally the music written by Andy McCluskey for the 1991 BBC G. F. Newman TV series For the Greater Good was to be included as the B-side for "Then You Turn Away", but it became Sugar Tax. This song in turn was scheduled as the title track of the album, but was not finished at the time the album was released.

The CD singles contain the extra tracks "Area", "Vox Humana", and a remix of "Then You Turn Away", called Infinite Repeat Mix. "Vox Humana" uses a sample of a female Gregorian chant written by Hildegard of Bingen.

Track listings

7-inch and cassette single[2][3]

  1. "Then You Turn Away"
  2. "Sugar Tax"

CD1[4]

  1. "Then You Turn Away"
  2. "Sugar Tax"
  3. "Area"
  4. "Then You Turn Away" (Infinite Repeat mix)

CD2[5]

  1. "Then You Turn Away"
  2. "Sailing on the Seven Seas"
  3. "Then You Turn Away" (Infinite Repeat mix)
  4. "Vox Humana"

Charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts)[6] 56
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 50

References

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 31 August 1991. p. 19.
  2. ^ Then You Turn Away (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Virgin Records. 1991. VS 1368, 114 670.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Then You Turn Away (UK cassette single sleeve). Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Virgin Records. 1991. VSC 1368, 412 027.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Then You Turn Away (UK CD1 liner notes). Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Virgin Records. 1991. VSCDT 1368, 664 670.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Then You Turn Away (UK CD2 liner notes). Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Virgin Records. 1991. VSCDG 1368.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ "OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) – Then You Turn Away" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 September 2020.

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