"Torch" | ||||
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Single by Soft Cell | ||||
B-side | "Insecure Me" | |||
Released | 7 May 1982 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:08 | |||
Label | Some Bizzare | |||
Songwriter(s) | Marc Almond, David Ball | |||
Producer(s) | Mike Thorne | |||
Soft Cell singles chronology | ||||
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"Torch" is a song by English synth-pop duo Soft Cell. It was released as a single in 1982, and in mid-June peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, [1] ranking 45 for the year. It also reached number 31 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, [2] number 12 in the Netherlands [3] and number 6 in the Flemish Ultratop 50 [4]
Singer Marc Almond duets towards the end of the song with Cindy Ecstasy, an American clubgoer the band had met at the after-hours bar Club Berlin in New York the year previously. [5]
The single was originally intended to be double A-sided, coupled with the eventual B-side song "Insecure Me"; as such, both songs were included in the band's 2018 singles compilation Keychains & Snowstorms: The Singles. [6]
"Torch" ranked 49 in the New Musical Express critics' list of the year's 50 best singles. [7]
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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Australia ( Kent Music Report) [8] | 68 |
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders) [9] | 6 |
Ireland ( IRMA) [10] | 7 |
Netherlands ( Single Top 100) [11] | 12 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [12] | 2 |
West Germany ( Official German Charts) [13] | 75 |
"Torch" | ||||
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Single by Soft Cell | ||||
B-side | "Insecure Me" | |||
Released | 7 May 1982 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:08 | |||
Label | Some Bizzare | |||
Songwriter(s) | Marc Almond, David Ball | |||
Producer(s) | Mike Thorne | |||
Soft Cell singles chronology | ||||
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"Torch" is a song by English synth-pop duo Soft Cell. It was released as a single in 1982, and in mid-June peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, [1] ranking 45 for the year. It also reached number 31 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, [2] number 12 in the Netherlands [3] and number 6 in the Flemish Ultratop 50 [4]
Singer Marc Almond duets towards the end of the song with Cindy Ecstasy, an American clubgoer the band had met at the after-hours bar Club Berlin in New York the year previously. [5]
The single was originally intended to be double A-sided, coupled with the eventual B-side song "Insecure Me"; as such, both songs were included in the band's 2018 singles compilation Keychains & Snowstorms: The Singles. [6]
"Torch" ranked 49 in the New Musical Express critics' list of the year's 50 best singles. [7]
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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Australia ( Kent Music Report) [8] | 68 |
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders) [9] | 6 |
Ireland ( IRMA) [10] | 7 |
Netherlands ( Single Top 100) [11] | 12 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [12] | 2 |
West Germany ( Official German Charts) [13] | 75 |