Modern Love Is Automatic

Modern Love Is Automatic
Modern Love Is Automatic
EP by A Flock of Seagulls
Released	1981
Studio	Battery Studios, London
Genre	New wave, rock
Label	Jive
Producer	Mike Howlett
A Flock of Seagulls chronology

Modern Love Is Automatic is a 1981 EP by the British new wave band A Flock of Seagulls, written by Mike Score, Ali Score, Frank Maudsley and Paul Reynolds. The song of the same name was also showcased on their self-titled album the following year. The song peaked at #19 on the US Dance Club Play chart as a double A-side with Telecommunication.^[1]

Phil Spector expressed admiration for the song – as with many other tracks on the album – and at one point planned on producing the band's next album. However, this never happened due to a conflict with Jive Records and his increasingly reclusive lifestyle.^[2]

Lyrics[]

The song details a love-affair between a mismatched pair. As with many of the group's lyrics, harmonies and videos, there is a suggestion of cosmic energy and other-world imagery.^[3] The woman is an "automatic" perhaps symbolizing an android of some type. The man is a "cosmic" perhaps from another planet. The song closes with the man "locked away" but the narrator suggesting he is in fact free.

Track listing[]

7" Jive 8 (UK)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Modern Love Is Automatic"	4:00
2.	"D.N.A."	2:30
3.	"Windows"	3:28
4.	"You Can Run"	4:28

12" Jive T12 (UK)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Modern Love Is Automatic"
2.	"Telecommunication"
3.	"D.N.A."
4.	"Windows"
5.	"You Can Run"

_A^ _{Telecommunication produced by Bill Nelson}

12" Arista VK22001 (US)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Telecommunication"	2:33
2.	"Tanglimara"	4:37
3.	"You Can Run"	4:26
4.	"Modern Love Is Automatic"	3:44
5.	"D.N.A."	2:31

_B^ _{Tanglimara produced by Steve Lovell}

Charts[]


Chart	Peak position
US Dance Club Play^[1]	19

Usage in other media[]

The song's title was used in a 2009 independent movie.^[4]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "A Flock of Seagulls Chart History". billboard. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
^ Wall of pain: the biography of Phil Spector David Thompson – 2003 – Sanctuary Pub Ltd
^ The music video guide. J Chu, E Cafritz - 1986 - McGraw-Hill Companies
^ "SXSW 09 Interview: Modern Love Is Automatic Director Zach Clark". eFilmCritic. 24 October 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2010.

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[:0-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "A Flock of Seagulls Chart History". billboard. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

[2] Wall of pain: the biography of Phil Spector David Thompson – 2003 – Sanctuary Pub Ltd

[3] The music video guide. J Chu, E Cafritz - 1986 - McGraw-Hill Companies

[4] "SXSW 09 Interview: Modern Love Is Automatic Director Zach Clark". eFilmCritic. 24 October 2006. Retrieved 12 June 2010.

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Mike Score Pando Kevin Rankin Gord Deppe Frank Maudsley Ali Score Willie Woo Mark Edmondson Paul Reynolds Chris Chryssaphis Gary Steadnin Ed Berner Dave Maerz Kaya Pryor Mike Radcliffe Mike Railton Jonte Wilkins Mike Marquart A.J. Mazzetti Dean Pichette Joe Rodriguez Darryl Sons Rob Wright Michael Brahm
Studio albums	A Flock of Seagulls (1982) Listen (1983) The Story of a Young Heart (1984) Dream Come True (1986) The Light at the End of the World (1995) Ascension (2018)
Compilation albums	The Best of A Flock of Seagulls (1987) I Ran: The Best of A Flock of Seagulls (2004)
Extended plays	Modern Love Is Automatic
Singles	"Talking" "Telecommunication" "I Ran (So Far Away)" "Space Age Love Song" "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" "The More You Live, the More You Love" "Who's That Girl (She's Got It)"
Other songs	"D.N.A." "Modern Love Is Automatic"
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