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"Only When You Leave" is a song by English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released as the first single from their fourth album Parade.

"Only When You Leave"
Single by Spandau Ballet
from the album Parade
B-side"Paint Me Down" (Recorded Live)
Released28 May 1984[1]
Genre
  • Soul[2]
  • new wave
Length6:45 (extended Version)
5:12 (album version)
4:48 (single Version)
LabelChrysalis Records
Songwriter(s)Gary Kemp
Producer(s)Jolley & Swain, Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet singles chronology
"Pleasure"
(1983)		 "Only When You Leave"
(1984)		 "I'll Fly for You"
(1984)
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The song became their 8th top ten hit in the UK, peaking at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart. The song also charted highly in Australia, where it reached No. 12. It also made the top forty in the U.S., reaching No. 34, and in Germany, with a chart position of No. 26.


Reception


Ian Gittins described the song in The Guardian as typical of the band's move into "slick, chart-friendly shoulder-heaving soul".[2] Peter Larsen wrote for the Orange County Register that it mines "a vein of soulfulness tinged with nostalgia and romance".[3]


Charts



Weekly charts


Weekly chart performance for "Only When You Leave"
Chart (1984) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 12
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 5
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 23
Europe (European Top 100 Singles)[7] 16
Greece (IFPI)[8] 3
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 10
Norway (VG-lista)[13] 8
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 20
UK Singles (OCC)[15] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 34
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[17] 36
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[18] 40
US Cash Box Top 100 Singles[19] 32
West Germany (Official German Charts)[20] 26
Zimbabwe (ZIMA)[21] 18

Year-end charts


Year-end chart performance for "Only When You Leave"
Chart (1984) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[22] 89
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[23] 51
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[24] 10
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[25] 32
UK Singles (Gallup)[26] 88

References


  1. "Remember the Spands?" (PDF). Number One. 26 May 1984. p. 5. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  2. Gittins, Ian (1 October 2014). "Spandau Ballet review – return of the shoulder-heaving soul boys". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. Larsen, Peter (25 January 2015). "Spandau Ballet stays 'True' to its sound". Orange County Register. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 286. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. "Spandau Ballet – Only When You Leave" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  6. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 8724." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  7. "European Top 100 Singles" (PDF). Eurotipsheet. Vol. 1, no. 12. 18 June 1984. p. 8. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  8. "Top 3 in Europe" (PDF). Eurotipsheet. Vol. 1, no. 19/20. 13 August 1984. p. 5. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  9. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Only When You Leave". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  10. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Spandau Ballet" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  11. "Spandau Ballet – Only When You Leave" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  12. "Spandau Ballet – Only When You Leave". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  13. "Spandau Ballet – Only When You Leave". VG-lista. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  14. "Spandau Ballet – Only When You Leave". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  15. "Spandau Ballet: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  16. "Spandau Ballet Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  17. "Spandau Ballet Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  18. "Spandau Ballet Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  19. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending September 15, 1984". Cash Box. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  20. "Offiziellecharts.de – Spandau Ballet – Only When You Leave". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  21. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: Singles Chart Book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  22. "National Top 100 Singles for 1984". Kent Music Report. No. 548. 31 December 1984 – via Imgur.
  23. "Jaaroverzichten 1984 – Singles" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  24. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1984" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  25. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1984" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  26. "Top 100 Singles (January 3–December 29, 1984)" (PDF). Music Week. 26 January 1985. p. 37. ISSN 0265-1548 – via World Radio History.


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