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as musical innovators" from US audiences, and marked a shift toward "making music for whoever signed the checks". Listeners in OMD's native UK ā where the band had gained an audience with edgy, experimental music ā were particularly resistant to the track, which peaked at no. 48 on the
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after poor test audience reactions, and felt that the new ending required a song with different lyrical content. Hughes asked OMD for a new song to match the feel of the ending, and also specified that it should be written at a tempo of 120
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2295:"The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1986 ā Top 100 Pop Singles"
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2189:"Cash Box Top 100 Singles ā Week ending May 31, 1986"
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Abercrombie, Olivia; Mitchell, Matt (10 March 2024).
1575:"Pretty in Pink 30th anniversary: OMD 'If You Leave'"
2379:, Shares Cover of Laura Branigan's "Gloria": Listen"
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1521:"Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark ā Live in Berlin"
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1363:"Every Oscar Winner for Best Original Song, Ranked"
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1924:"The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now!".
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1175:OMD On The Story of 80s Love Song "If You Leave"
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1915:. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
1875:"The 50 Best Original Songs Written for Films"
1214:Chin, Brian (22 February 1986). "Dance Trax".
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1603:"Tuesday lost and found: OMD's 'Electricity'"
1316:"Top Ten Musical Moments from Pretty in Pink"
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1661:"Top 15 New Wave Songs of the '80s"
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1766:Best of the '80s Redux ā Part 7"
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1744:– via RadioHitList.com.
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2011:Top RPM Singles: Issue 0679
1113:The New York Times Magazine
1031:Guilt by Association Vol. 2
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1495:"If You Leave by OMD"
1478:"If You Leave" review
579:"If You Leave" - 4:24
566:"If You Leave" ā 4:24
553:"If You Leave" ā 4:30
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319:The end of the film
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1940:"Pacific Specifics"
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3019:The Listening Pool
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2794:Tesla Girls
2752:Joan of Arc
2717:Electricity
2684:Live albums
2502:Graham Weir
2490:Dave Hughes
2309:22 December
2279:22 December
2200:22 December
2173:22 December
2143:22 December
2113:22 December
2065:22 December
1983:Kent, David
1838:20 February
1558:26 December
1530:26 December
1178:. YouTube.
1039:Angel Olsen
970:teen movies
946:First Blood
843:Australia (
695:Australia (
482:. Frontman
456:first dance
340:John Hughes
327:high school
325:, set in a
315:Composition
242:Music video
172:Producer(s)
3050:1986 songs
3044:Categories
2808:So in Love
2780:Locomotion
2516:Abe Juckes
2508:Phil Coxon
2228:24 January
1586:18 October
1504:19 January
1405:PopMatters
1244:19 January
1196:Smash Hits
1123:20 October
1072:References
1022:Indie rock
942:Family Guy
746:UK Singles
651:Yamaha DX7
600:Locomotion
370:Smash Hits
279:soundtrack
271:electronic
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2738:Enola Gay
2595:Universal
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2581:Sugar Tax
2505:Neil Weir
2383:Pitchfork
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2102:Billboard
1711:2 October
1635:Interview
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1427:GoldDerby
1327:2 October
1299:2 October
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