Over You (Roxy Music song)

"Over You"
Single by Roxy Music
from the album Flesh and Blood
B-side	"Manifesto" "My Only Love" (USA)
Released	May 1980
Format	7"
Recorded	1980
Genre	Rock, pop
Length	3:27
Label	Atco/Reprise/EG
Writer(s)	Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera
Producer	Rhett Davies & Roxy  Music
Roxy Music singles chronology
"Angel Eyes" (1979) "Over You" (1980) "Oh Yeah" (1980)

Over You is a hit single by British band Roxy Music. It was pulled from their 1980 album Flesh and Blood. It hit #5 on the UK Singles Chart, as next single "Oh Yeah" would do. This song was followed by the UK Top 20 hit "Same Old Scene". Phil Manzanera recalls: “"In 1979, I had just built my first recording studio and I rang up Bryan and asked if he’d like to check it out. We decided to have a jam together, Bryan on bass and me on guitar with a rhythm box. Within five minutes we had written this track and it reached number three in the charts."” ^[1]

The single B-side in all countries (except USA) was a re-recording of the title track of their 1979 LP Manifesto. The new version was new arrangement with a shorter intro and the lyrics were broken up into several verses, while the original was continuous. This new version was re-released on the The Thrill of It All boxset as Manifesto (Remake).

Personnel

• Bryan Ferry – vocals, keyboards, piano
• Phil Manzanera – guitar, bass
• Andy Mackay – saxophones and oboe
• Allan Schwartzberg – drums

References

1. ^ Over You on Viva Roxy Music!