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Only When You Leave
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Only When You Leave
| cover = Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Spandau Ballet
| album = Parade
| B-side = "Paint Me Down" (Recorded Live)
| released = 28 May 1984
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 6:45 (extended Version)
5:12 (album version)
4:48 (single Version)
| label = Chrysalis Records
| writer = Gary Kemp
| producer = Jolley & Swain, Spandau Ballet
| prev_title = Pleasure
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = I'll Fly for You
| next_year = 1984
| misc =
}}
"'Only When You Leave'" is a song by English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released as the first single from their fourth album 'Parade'.
The song became their 8th top ten hit in the UK, peaking at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also charted highly in Australia, where it reached No. 12. It also made the top forty in the U.S., reaching No. 34, and in Germany, with a chart position of No. 26.
Reception
Ian Gittins described the song in 'The Guardian' as typical of the band's move into "slick, chart-friendly shoulder-heaving soul". Peter Larsen wrote for the 'Orange County Register' that it mines "a vein of soulfulness tinged with nostalgia and romance".
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References
Category:1984 songs
Category:1984 singles
Category:Spandau Ballet songs
Category:Chrysalis Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Jolley & Swain
Category:Songs written by Gary Kemp
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