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"Orchard Road" is a song by Leo Sayer released in February 1983 as the second single from his tenth album Have You Ever Been in Love. It peaked at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his final top-twenty hit until his 2006 feature on "Thunder in My Heart Again".[1]

"Orchard Road"
Single by Leo Sayer
from the album Have You Ever Been in Love
B-side"Gone Solo"
ReleasedFebruary 1983 (1983-02)
Genre
  • Soft rock
  • synth-pop
Length4:29
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Alan Tarney
Leo Sayer singles chronology
"Paris Dies in the Morning"
(1982)		 "Orchard Road"
(1983)		 "Till You Come Back to Me"
(1983)

Release and composition


The music for "Orchard Road" was composed by Alan Tarney, with the lyrics by Sayer.[2] Tarney, who also produced the song, had previously worked with Sayer producing his 1980 album Living in a Fantasy, which included the top-ten hit "More Than I Can Say".

According to Sayer, the lyrics to the song are based on an all-night phone conversation out in a public telephone booth he had with his then-wife, Janice, pleading for her return from her flat and forgiveness after a lapse of judgement in their 7-year marital life. In reality, the song refers to Churchfield Road, Acton in Greater London where his wife had moved out to.[3] However, the name "Churchfield Road" "didn't sing very well", so it was changed to "Orchard Road", the name coming from the shopping area in Singapore as Sayer had recently performed there.[4]

The song was originally recorded in one take as a demo, with Sayer "[making] up the words as we recorded it, with Alan Tarney playing to my hand signals".[5] However, the demo became the final version with the slightly unpolished guide vocal kept due to how it felt.[6]


Track listing


7": Chrysalis / CHS 2677 (UK)

  1. "Orchard Road" – 4:29
  2. "Gone Solo" – 3:58

Personnel



Charts


Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 17
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] 8
Ireland (IRMA)[10] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] 7
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13] 18
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[14] 9
UK Singles (OCC)[1] 16

References


  1. "Leo Sayer: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  2. "Orchard Road". National library of Australia. Retrieved 4 September 2012. music / words by Allan Tarney ; music by Leo Sayer
  3. Interview with Leo Sayer, The Bob Rogers Show, Radio 2CH, 10:31:30 AEST 31 July 2008.
  4. "8 Questions with Leo Sayer: He still makes you feel like dancing | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. 2014-12-01. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  5. "INTERVIEW: Leo Sayer looks ahead to show at Floral Pavilion". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  6. O'Connell, John (2013-07-12). "100. Orchard Road by Leo Sayer". What We Talk About When We Talk About Talk Talk. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  7. World Radio + Have You Ever Been in Love (booklet). Edsel. 2009. EDSD 2062.
  8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 265. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. "Leo Sayer – Orchard Road" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  10. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Orchard Road". Irish Singles Chart.
  11. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Leo Sayer" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  12. "Leo Sayer – Orchard Road" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  13. "Leo Sayer – Orchard Road". Top 40 Singles.
  14. "SA Charts 1969–March 1989". Retrieved 22 August 2022.


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