Torch (song)
"Torch" | ||||
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Single by Soft Cell | ||||
B-side | "Insecure Me" | |||
Released | 7 May 1982 | |||
Genre | Synthpop, new wave | |||
Length | 4:08 | |||
Label | Some Bizzare | |||
Songwriter(s) | Marc Almond, David Ball | |||
Producer(s) | Mike Thorne | |||
Soft Cell singles chronology | ||||
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"Torch" is a song by English synthpop duo Soft Cell. It was released as a single in 1982, and in mid-June peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart,[1] ranking 45 for the year. It also reached number 31 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart,[2] number 12 in the Netherlands[3] and number 6 in the Flemish Ultratop 50[4]
Singer Marc Almond duets towards the end of the song with Cindy Ecstasy, a rapper from New York, who sings slightly off-key in an approximation of an Estuary English accent.
The single was originally intended to be double A-sided, coupled with the eventual B-side song "Insecure Me"; as such, both songs were included in the band's 2018 singles compilation Keychains & Snowstorms: The Singles.[5]
"Torch" ranked 49 in the New Musical Express critics' list of the year's 50 best singles.[6]
Charts[]
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] | 68 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] | 6 |
Ireland (IRMA)[citation needed] | 7 |
Israel (IBA)[9] | 1 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] | 12 |
UK Singles (OCC)[11] | 2 |
West Germany (Official German Charts)[12] | 75 |
References[]
- ^ "Soft Cell | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p14314/charts-awards/billboard-singles
- ^ "Discografie Soft Cell - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl.
- ^ "Soft Cell - Torch". ultratop.be.
- ^ "Soft Cell - The Singles: Keychains & Snowstorms - (CD Album)". www.lexermusic.com.
- ^ "Rocklist.net...NME End Of Year Lists 1982..." www.rocklistmusic.co.uk.
- ^ "Australian Top 100 Singles - 06 September 1982". RateYourMusic.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Soft Cell – Torch" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "IBA Chart 11.12.07.1982". Pizmonet.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Soft Cell – Torch" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Soft Cell – Torch". GfK Entertainment Charts.
- Soft Cell songs
- 1982 singles
- 1982 songs
- Songs written by Marc Almond
- Songs written by David Ball (electronic musician)
- Some Bizzare Records singles
- 1980s pop song stubs
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