Hymn (song)

Hymn (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Hymn


Artist = Ultravox
from Album = Quartet
B-side = "Monument"
"The Thin Wall (Live)"
Released = November 19 1982
Format = 7" single, 12" single
Recorded = Air Studios, London, 1982
Genre = New Romantic, Electronic
Length = 05:46
Label = Chrysalis Records
Writer = Midge Ure, Chris Cross, Warren Cann, Billy Currie
Producer = George Martin
Chart position = * #11 (UK)
Last single = "Reap the Wild Wind" (1982)
This single = "Hymn" (1982)
Next single = "Visions in Blue" (1983)

"Hymn" is a 1982 hit single from Ultravox's sixth studio album "Quartet" (the third studio album recorded with vocalist Midge Ure) that reached #11 on the UK Top 40 singles chart. The song was written by Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie and Midge Ure and produced by George Martin.

Lyrically, the song is more of a sermon than a hymn (or, at the very least, a psalm), with Midge Ure taking his lesson broadly from the Bible.

The song has been covered by numerous dance acts including Cabballero (1994), German electro project Music Instructor (1995), Edguy (1999), Lunatica (2004), Tina Cousins (2004), and Age Pee (2006).

Track listing

7" version:

# "Hymn" [single edit] – 4:24
# "Monument" – 3:16

12" version:

# "Hymn" – 5:46
# "Monument" – 3:16
# "The Thin Wall (Live)" – 5:54


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