"Vienna" is a new wave/art rock song by British band Ultravox. It was released as the third single from the band's fourth studio album of the same name. The single was released on Chrysalis Records on 9 January 1981.
"Vienna" features a dramatic grand piano in the verses and chorus, and the viola solo in the middle of the song. Other sounds include a solid synth bass line played on a MiniMoog, an Elka string synthesiser and a Roland CR-78 drum machine The song is regarded as a staple of the synthpop genre that was popularised in the early 1980s. The song takes its inspiration from the 1948 film The Third Man, which is based around the Austrian capital Vienna. Midge Ure is said to have been influenced by The Walker Brothers' 1978 single "The Electrician".
The B-side to the single is "Passionate Reply", a light, poppy synthpop song similar to many tracks on the Vienna album.
Tracklist
A - Vienna (4:38)
Producer – Conny Plank, Ultravox
B - Passionate Reply (4:20)
Producer – Ultravox
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chrysalis
Copyright (c) – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Time-Life Books, Inc.
Published By – Island Music
Published By – Copyright Control
Credits
Design [Sleeve Design] – Peter Saville (2), Ultravox
Written-By – B. Currie, C. Cross, M. Ure, W. Cann
Notes
Released: 1981
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Label: Chrysalis Records
"Vienna" taken from the album Vienna (202 701-320).
Catalog# 102905
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