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{{Infobox single |
{{Infobox song
| Name = The Damned Don't Cry
| name = The Damned Don't Cry
| Cover = Visage_Damned_Don't_Cry.jpg
| cover = Visage_Damned_Don't_Cry.jpg
| Artist = [[Visage]]
| alt =
| type = single
| from Album = [[The Anvil (album)|The Anvil]]
| B-side = "Motivation"
| artist = [[Visage (band)|Visage]]
| Released = 1 March 1982
| album = [[The Anvil (album)|The Anvil]]
| Format = 7", 12"
| B-side = Motivation
| released = 5 March 1982<ref>{{cite magazine|date=8 March 1982|title=News|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Business-UK/1982/Record-Business-1982-03-08-S-OCR.pdf|magazine=Record Business|page=4|access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref>
| Recorded = [[Mayfair Studios]], 1981
| recorded = [[Mayfair Studios]], 1981
| Genre = [[Synthpop]], [[New wave music|new wave]]
| Length = 3:52
| studio =
| venue =
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| Label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| genre = [[Electropop]]<ref name="Evans 2024">{{cite book|title= Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983|first=Richard|last=Evans|date= August 6, 2024|chapter= 1982.4|page= 390|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|isbn=978-1-915841-45-2
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| Writer = [[Steve Strange]], [[Midge Ure]], [[Billy Currie]], [[Rusty Egan]], [[Dave Formula]]
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EID8zgEACAAJ}}</ref>
| Producer = Midge Ure, Visage
| length = 3:52
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| Last single = "'''[[Visage (song)|Visage]]'''"<br/>(1981)
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| label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| This single = "'''The Damned Don't Cry'''"<br/>(1982)
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| writer = [[Steve Strange]], [[Midge Ure]], [[Billy Currie]], [[Rusty Egan]], [[Dave Formula]]
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| Next single = "[[Night Train (Visage song)|Night Train]]"<br/>(1982)
| Misc = {{Extra album cover
| producer = Midge Ure, Visage
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| prev_title = '''[[Visage (song)|Visage]]'''
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| Upper caption = 12" single cover
| Type = single
| prev_year = 1981
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| next_title = [[Night Train (Visage song)|Night Train]]
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| Cover = Visage_"The_Damned_Don't_Cry"_12".jpg
| next_year = 1982
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| Lower caption =
| misc = {{Extra album cover
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| header = 12" single cover
| type = single
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| cover = Visage_"The_Damned_Don't_Cry"_12".jpg
| border =
| alt =
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| caption =
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}}
}}
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"'''The Damned Don't Cry'''" is a single by the British pop group [[Visage]], released by [[Polydor Records]] in 1982.
"'''The Damned Don't Cry'''" is a song by British [[synth-pop]] group [[Visage (band)|Visage]], released as a single by [[Polydor Records]] in 1982.


==Background==
==Background==
It was the first single from Visage's second album, ''[[The Anvil (album)|The Anvil]]''. The lyrics of the song tell about loneliness and alienation. 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 and the band's last international hit.
Named after the [[The Damned Don't Cry|1950 Joan Crawford film]], "The Damned Don't Cry" was the first single from Visage's second album, ''[[The Anvil (album)|The Anvil]]''. The cover art of the 7" single differed from that of the 12" single. It was a chart success, becoming Visage's second-highest charting single in the UK (No. 11) and the band's last international hit.


==Music video==
==Music video==
"The Damned Don't Cry" was the second video directed by [[Midge Ure]]. It was shot in [[Tenterden]], [[Kent]], at the [[Tenterden Town railway station]]. The video recreates the 1930s atmosphere and the mood of the [[Orient Express]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Blitzed! The Autobiography of Steve Strange |last=Strange |first=Steve |authorlink=Steve Strange |year=2002 |publisher=[[Orion Publishing Group]] |location=London |isbn=0-75284-936-0 |page=72}}</ref> The clip was included on band's 1986 video release, ''[[Visage (video)|Visage]]''.
"The Damned Don't Cry" was the second Visage video directed by [[Midge Ure]]. It was shot at [[Tenterden Town railway station]] in [[Kent]], and recreates the 1930s atmosphere and mood of the [[Orient Express]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Blitzed! The Autobiography of Steve Strange |last=Strange |first=Steve |author-link=Steve Strange |year=2002 |publisher=[[Orion Publishing Group]] |location=London |isbn=0-75284-936-0 |page=72}}</ref> The clip was included on the band's 1986 video release ''[[Visage (video)|Visage]]''.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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Latest revision as of 17:10, 5 November 2024

"The Damned Don't Cry"
Single by Visage
from the album The Anvil
B-side"Motivation"
Released5 March 1982[1]
RecordedMayfair Studios, 1981
GenreElectropop[2]
Length3:52
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Steve Strange, Midge Ure, Billy Currie, Rusty Egan, Dave Formula
Producer(s)Midge Ure, Visage
Visage singles chronology
"Visage"
(1981) 		"The Damned Don't Cry"
(1982) 		"Night Train"
(1982)
12" single cover

"The Damned Don't Cry" is a song by British synth-pop group Visage, released as a single by Polydor Records in 1982.

Background

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Named after the 1950 Joan Crawford film, "The Damned Don't Cry" was the first single from Visage's second album, The Anvil. The cover art of the 7" single differed from that of the 12" single. It was a chart success, becoming Visage's second-highest charting single in the UK (No. 11) and the band's last international hit.

Music video

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"The Damned Don't Cry" was the second Visage video directed by Midge Ure. It was shot at Tenterden Town railway station in Kent, and recreates the 1930s atmosphere and mood of the Orient Express.[3] The clip was included on the band's 1986 video release Visage.

Track listing

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  • 7" single (1982)[4]
  1. "The Damned Don't Cry" – 3:52
  2. "Motivation" – 3:35
  • 12" single (1982)[5]
  1. "The Damned Don't Cry" (Dance Mix) – 5:43
  2. "Motivation" – 3:46

Personnel

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Chart performance

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Chart Peak
position
Germany[6] 39
United Kingdom[7] 11

References

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  1. ^ "News" (PDF). Record Business. 8 March 1982. p. 4. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ^ Evans, Richard (August 6, 2024). "1982.4". Listening to the Music the Machines Make: Inventing Electronic Pop 1978-1983. Omnibus Press. p. 390. ISBN 978-1-915841-45-2.
  3. ^ Strange, Steve (2002). Blitzed! The Autobiography of Steve Strange. London: Orion Publishing Group. p. 72. ISBN 0-75284-936-0.
  4. ^ "Visage - The Damned Don't Cry (Vinyl) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  5. ^ "Visage - The Damned Don't Cry (Vinyl) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  6. ^ "Visage Single-Chartverfolgung". www.musicline.de (in German). Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  7. ^ "The Official Charts Company - The Damned Don't Cry by Visage Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.
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