The Voice (The Moody Blues song)

"The Voice"
Single by The Moody Blues
from the album Long Distance Voyager
B-side "22,000 Days"
Released 23 July 1981
Recorded 19 February 1980 -
mid April 1981
Genre Progressive rock, new wave
Length 5:16 (album)
4:13 (single)
Label Threshold
Writer(s) Justin Hayward
Producer(s) Pip Williams
The Moody Blues singles chronology
"Gemini Dream"
(1981)
"The Voice"
(1981)
"Talking Out of Turn"
(1981)

"The Voice" is the second single released from The Moody Blues' 1981 album Long Distance Voyager. The song continued the success of previous single "Gemini Dream", becoming a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at No. 15 in September 1981. The song had previously topped the Billboard Top Tracks chart for four weeks during June–July 1981.[1] The song also reached No. 9 in Canada. It has a mystical-sounding intro and the song has an urgent, jaunty feel to it, akin to most of the Moody Blues' later, more commercial efforts.

Personnel

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Australia KMR [2] 91
Canada RPM 9
Netherlands 46
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [3] 15
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock 1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 15

Year-end charts

Chart (1981) Rank
Canada [4] 62
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[5] 97
U.S. Cash Box [6] 100

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 436.
  2. "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  3. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  5. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/25/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.