Space Age Love Song
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Single by A Flock of Seagulls | ||||
from the album A Flock of Seagulls | ||||
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Released | 28 May 1982 | |||
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Recorded | Battery Studios, London, 1981 | |||
Genre | Synthpop[1] | |||
Length | 3:45 | |||
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Producer(s) | Mike Howlett | |||
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"Space Age Love Song" is a 1982 single released by the British band, A Flock of Seagulls. It was their fourth single, with lukewarm chart results. It is one of their best known songs, and has been featured in most A Flock of Seagulls compilation albums. Lead guitarist Paul Reynolds remarked on their 1984 video album "Through the Looking Glass" that he thought of the song's title. He said that the band wrote and recorded it, but couldn't come up with the title. He suggested "Space Age Love Song" because he thought it sounded like a space age love song. His idea stuck as the song's permanent title.
Chart performance
"Space Age Love Song" peaked at No. 30 in the US Billboard Chart, No. 31 in New Zealand, No. 34 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 68 in Australia.
Chart (1982–83) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 68 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] | 31 |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4] | 34 |
US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 30 |
US Billboard Top Tracks[5] | 59 |
US Cash Box[6] | 35 |
Cover versions
American alternative rock band Lazlo Bane covered the song for its 2012 EP Guilty Pleasures the 80's Volume 1. Oklahoma City natives The Flaming Lips covered the song on their freely distributed CD The Fearless Freaks – Film Premiere Bonus Bootleg Giveaway
In popular culture
The song was featured in the 2006 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories as part of The Wave 103 radio station tracklist.
The song was played in the 10th episode of the 2010 American animated science fiction television series Sym-Bionic Titan, "Lessons in Love". Kimmy is listening to the song on her MP3 player as the eponymous team battle and defeat a monster invading their adopted, but fictional, hometown of Sherman, Illinois near the end of the episode.
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References
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- ↑ "Charts.org.nz – A Flock of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ↑ "Archive Chart: 1982-06-26" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
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- ↑ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JANUARY 29, 1983 at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 September 2012). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2014.