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We Are Detective
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Wikipedia article
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| name = We Are Detective
| cover = Thompson-twins-we-are-detective.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Thompson Twins
| album = Quick Step & Side Kick
| B-side = "Lucky Day"
| released = April 1983
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| label = Arista
| writer =
| producer = Alex Sadkin
| chronology = Thompson Twins
| prev_title = Love On Your Side
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Watching
| next_year = 1983
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"'We Are Detective'" is a 1983 song by the British pop group the Thompson Twins. It was the third single from the band's third studio album, 'Quick Step & Side Kick'.
It was the group's second single to reach the UK Top Ten, peaking at no. 7. It also reached no. 48 in Alannah Currie's native New Zealand A limited number of copies of the 12" single came with a free 12" of the tracks "Love Lies Fierce" and "Frozen In Time", both remixes of the songs "Love Lies Bleeding" and "Kamikaze" from the album.
Track listing
* '12" Single (ARIST 12 526, ARIST 12526)'
#"We Are Detective (More Clues)" - 6:00
#"Lucky Day (Space Mix)" - 6:58
* '7" Single (ARIST 526)'
#"We Are Detective" - 3:05
#"Lucky Day" - 3:52
Official versions
# Album Version 3:05
# Extended Version 6:00
Sales chart performance
Weekly charts
See also
*1983 in British music
*Thompson Twins discography
References
Category:1983 singles
Category:Thompson Twins songs
Category:Songs written by Tom Bailey (musician)
Category:Songs written by Alannah Currie
Category:1983 songs
Category:Songs written by Joe Leeway
Category:Arista Records singles
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