- Such a Shame
Infobox Single
Name = Such a Shame
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Artist =Talk Talk
Album = It's My Life
A-side =
B-side =
Released =1984
Format =7" single
12" maxi
Recorded =
Genre =Synthpop
Length = 3:59
Label = EMI
Parlophone
Writer = Mark Hollis
Producer = Tim Friese-Greene
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Certification =
Last single = "It's My Life" (1984 )
This single = "Such a Shame" (1984 )
Next single = "Dum Dum Girl" (1984 )
Misc =Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Background = khaki
Lower caption ="Such a Shame" is a song written by
Mark Hollis for the English bandTalk Talk 's second album "It's My Life" (1984).Talk Talk version
It was released as the album's second single in 1984 (see
1984 in music ), and became a big hit in continentalEurope in 1984/85, reaching the Top 10 in numerous countries, and becoming a number one in certain territories (their second number one single after the remixed version of their song "Talk Talk" which topped the South African charts in 1983); but strangely this single was largely ignored in the UK. In the US, the song entered theBillboard Hot 100 , and was a Top 20 hit in theBillboard Hot Dance Club Play .The song was also released in
2004 .Track listings
; 7" single
# "Such a Shame" — 3:59
# "Again, a Game...Again — 4:10; 12" maxi
# "Such a Shame" (12" mix) — 6:55
# "Such a Shame"
# "Again, a Game...Again"; 7" single - 1990 release
# "Such a Shame" (original version) — 4:28
# "Dum Dum Girl" (live from 1986 Montreux jazz festival) — 3:39* James Marsh - Cover Art
Charts
Other cover versions
In 2002 covered the Progressive
Trance project Moonwalker the song, another remake this song was fromCrew 7 converted in2007 as House Version.References
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