"The Damned Don't Cry" | ||||
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Single by Visage | ||||
from the album The Anvil | ||||
B-side | "Motivation" | |||
Released | 1 March 1982 | |||
Format | 7", 12" | |||
Recorded | Mayfair Studios, 1981 | |||
Genre | Synthpop, new wave | |||
Length | 3:52 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Steve Strange, Midge Ure, Billy Currie, Rusty Egan, Dave Formula | |||
Producer(s) | Midge Ure, Visage | |||
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12" single cover | ||||
"The Damned Don't Cry" is a song by the British pop group Visage, released as a single by Polydor Records in 1982.
It was the first single from Visage's second album, The Anvil. The cover art to the 7" single (seen to the right) differed from that of the 12" single, which featured the same models but without Steve Strange. "The Damned Don't Cry" was a chart success, becoming Visage's second highest-charting single in the UK (#11) and the band's last international hit.
"The Damned Don't Cry" was the second Visage video directed by Midge Ure. It was shot in Tenterden, Kent, at the Tenterden Town railway station and recreates the 1930s atmosphere and mood of the Orient Express. The clip was included on band's 1986 video release, Visage. The model and singer Nick Kamen appears in this video.