Romeos
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| Single by Alphaville | ||||
| from the album The Breathaking Blue | ||||
| A-side | "Romeos" | |||
| B-side | "Headlines" | |||
| Released | March 1989 | |||
| Format |
7" single 12" maxi CD Single |
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| Genre | Synthpop | |||
| Length | 8:37 | |||
| Label | WEA / Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Marian Gold Bernhard Lloyd Ricky Echolette |
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| Producer(s) | Klaus Schulze and Alphaville | |||
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Romeos is the first single from Alphaville's 1989 album The Breathtaking Blue. It was released a month ahead of the album, and was the first single by Alphaville to be released as a CD single, previous singles having preceded the format's rise in popularity.
Graeme Kay (Q Magazine) praised singer & songwriter Marian Gold's "booming, Blancmange-ish balladry".
A short film was made for the song, it was included in the 1989 compilation Songlines, the "Romeos" segment was directed by Australian film director Ian Pringle and starred by English actor Noah Taylor.
"Romeos" reached #45 on Germany's pop charts when it was released in 1989.
Music and lyrics for the single and B-side are credited to Marian Gold/Bernhard Lloyd/Ricky Echolette.
This song was released on a variety of other official Alphaville releases, including:
The German 12" mix and the unaltered b-side appear on 2014's so80s presents Alphaville.
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