Call My Name (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)

"Call My Name"
Single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
from the album Sugar Tax
B-side
  • "Walk Tall"
  • "Brides of Frankenstein"
Released18 November 1991 (1991-11-18)[1]
GenreDance
Length4:15 (album version)
4:23 (remix)
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)Andy McCluskey, Stuart Kershaw, Lloyd Massett
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark singles chronology
"Then You Turn Away"
(1991) 		"Call My Name"
(1991) 		"Stand Above Me"
(1993)
Music video
"Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Call My Name" on YouTube

"Call My Name" is a song by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD). Remixed for its single release, it was issued as the fourth and final single from the group's eighth studio album, Sugar Tax (1991), on 18 November 1991. The single peaked at number 50 on the UK Singles Chart The B-side to the 7-inch single, "Walk Tall" is featured as the tenth track on Sugar Tax. An extended remix version was also released on the CD and 12-inch issues, featuring an uncredited female voice speaking over a telephone and the sounds of a rotary telephone dial.

Reception

Upon its release, Steve Lamacq, writing for NME, considered "Call My Name" to be "one of the crap tracks from Sugar Tax" and added that the 12-inch version "is not a million light years away from a Star Wars effect tape".[2] On the other hand, KROQ included the track in its "Top 106.7 Songs of 1991".[3] In a retrospective article, AllMusic critic Dave Thompson wrote of the track's "musical splendor", calling it a "dance-fired extravaganza with a melody that's as memorable as the beats are incendiary."[4]

Track listings

All songs were written by McCluskey/Kershaw/Massett.

7-inch: Virgin / VS 1380 (UK)

  1. "Call My Name" (remix) – 4:23
  2. "Walk Tall" – 3:55
  • also available on cassette (Virgin / VSC 1380)

12-inch: Virgin / VST 1380 (UK)

  1. "Call My Name" (12-inch version)
  2. "Brides of Frankenstein" (The Hitman & Silk Mega Mix)

CD: Virgin / VSCDT 1380 (UK)

  1. "Call My Name" (remix)
  2. "Call My Name" (12-inch version)
  3. "Brides of Frankenstein" (The Hitman & Silk Mega Mix)
  4. "Brides of Frankenstein" (dub)
  • "Call My Name" mixes done by Mark McGuire
  • "Brides of Frankenstein" mixes done by Mike "Hitman" Wilson and Steve "Silk" Hurley

Charts

Chart (1991–1992) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] 24
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[6] 95
Germany (GfK)[7] 28
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 28
UK Singles (OCC)[9] 50

References

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 16 November 1991. p. 21.
  2. ^ Lamacq, Steve (23 November 1991). "Singles". New Musical Express. p. 21.
  3. ^ "Top 106.7 Songs of 1991". KROQ-FM. 31 December 1991. Retrieved 20 July 2022 – via RadioHitList.com.
  4. ^ "Call My Name" review at AllMusic
  5. ^ "OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) – Call My Name" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 10. 7 March 1992. p. 17. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  7. ^ "OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) – Call My Name" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  8. ^ "OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) – Call My Name". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  9. ^ "OMD: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 December 2020.