Talking Out of Turn

"Talking Out of Turn"
Single by The Moody Blues
from the album Long Distance Voyager
B-side	"Veteran Cosmic Rocker"
Released	10 November 1981
Recorded	19 February 1980 – Mid-April 1981
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	7:18 (Album version) 4:12 (Single version)
Label	Threshold
Songwriter(s)	John Lodge
Producer(s)	Pip Williams
The Moody Blues singles chronology
"The Voice" (1981) "Talking Out of Turn" (1981) "Blue World" (1983)

"Talking Out of Turn" is a 1981 single by the English progressive rock band the Moody Blues. It was the third and final single released from their 1981 album Long Distance Voyager.

The song became a hit in the United States, reaching #65 on the Billboard Hot 100^[1] and #60 Cash Box.^[2] It did better in Canada, where it reached #27.^[3]

Written by bassist John Lodge, it lasts nearly seven and a half minutes, only five seconds short of "Nights in White Satin." It was later released as a single in November 1981, with "Veteran Cosmic Rocker" on the B-side.

The instrumental final minute of the song closes the first hour of The Mike Malloy Show each weekday evening.

Chart history[]

Personnel[]

• John Lodge – lead vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar, bass
• Justin Hayward – backing vocals and acoustic & electric guitars
• Ray Thomas – backing vocals
• Patrick Moraz – Polymoog, Yamaha CS80, vocoder and Minimoog
• Graeme Edge – drums, overdubbed cymbals and Simmons drums

References[]

External links[]

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
• The Moody Blues - Talking Out of Turn on YouTube