Ultravox - Vienna (1980 Vinyl LP)

"Vienna" is a song by British new wave band Ultravox, released on 9 January 1981 by Chrysalis Records as the third single and the title track from their fourth studio album of the same name. The new wave ballad, which features Midge Ure on lead vocals, is regarded as a staple of the synth-pop genre that was popularised in the early 1980s, and remains both the band's signature song and their most commercially successful release.

The single spent four consecutive weeks at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart, kept off the top spot by John Lennon's "Woman" for a week and then by Joe Dolce's "Shaddap You Face" for a further three weeks. It was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in February 1981, denoting sales of over 500,000 copies in the UK, and eventually became the UK's sixth-best-selling single of 1981. The single topped the charts in Belgium, Ireland and the Netherlands.

It was voted Britain's favourite single ever to peak at No. 2 on the charts in a 2012 poll by BBC Radio 2 and the Official Charts Company (OCC), and was also awarded an honorary No. 1 by the OCC.

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[DamienMcGuinness]

[Verse 1]
We walked in the cold air
Freezing breath on a window pane
Lying and waiting
A man in the dark in a picture frame
So mystic and soulful
A voice reaching out in a piercing cry
It stays with you until

[Chorus]
The feeling has gone, only you and I
It means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna

[Verse 2]
The music is weaving
Haunting notes, pizzicato strings
The rhythm is calling
Alone in the night as the daylight brings
A cool empty silence
The warmth of your hand and a cold grey sky
It fades to the distance

[Chorus]
The image has gone, only you and I
It means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
This means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna