![]() ![]() "So long that we all got impatient with waiting and dipped into the many cases of wine we’d laid on for refreshment after the shoot. Can’t remember where, but I do remember that it took the crew a long time to set up the lights to prepare for filming. "The embassy party scene was in some house we’d rented in town. Warren Cann later explained: "It may come as a surprise to know that approximately half of it was shot on locations in central London, mainly at Covent Garden and also in the old Kilburn Gaumont Theatre in North London (now a Bingo hall). It cost over £6,000, which was rather expensive at the time. The music video, directed by Russell Mulcahy, clearly was inspired by The Third Man. This is going to sound terrible, but I quite like that song, I think it's funny." However, it had to make do with peaking at number two for several weeks, famously being kept off the top spot by novelty song 'Shaddap You Face' by Joe Dolce.īassist Chris Cross later said: "It annoyed Midge Ure at the time. The song was hugely successful, and was one of the biggest sellers of 1981. He said of the track: "We wanted to take the song and make it incredibly pompous in the middle, leaving it very sparse before and after, but finishing with a typically over-the top classical ending." Ure is also said to have been influenced by The Walker Brothers' 1978 single 'The Electrician'. ![]() I wrote a song about a holiday romance, but in this very dark, ominous surrounding." He said: "I lied to the papers about at the time: the Secessionists and Gustav Klimt, whatever. Midge Ure later said that he made up the inspiration when asked what the song was about. It is also probably the most apt winner, given the fact that it was kept from the chart summit in 1981 by Joe Dolce’s Shaddup You Face, which has long been considered one of the biggest chart injustices of all time! To mark the end of the 60th anniversary of the Official Singles Chart in 2012, we are delighted to declare it as an honorary Official Number 1 Single.At the time, it was said that the song was inspired by the 1948 film The Third Man, which is based around the Austrian capital of Vienna. “ Ultravox’s Vienna has beaten off some truly great, classic tracks to claim the title of the UK public’s favourite Number 2 single – including Fairytale Of New York, Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields, My Generation, Waterloo Sunset and many more. The Official Chart’s Company’s Managing Director, Martin Talbot added: It has restored our faith in the idea that the public will always recognise the good in music, and that this song has proved this.” A huge thanks to everyone who took the time and effort to vote for Vienna. Strawberry Fields, Hound Dog and Wonderwall to name just a few. “We are extremely pleased and very humbled to have been given this honorary Number 1, especially knowing the outstanding records which were also in the running. And Radio 2 listeners were then able to vote for their favourite track. Legendary DJ Tony Blackburn counted down the full Top 40 in a special edition of his Pick Of The Pops show broadcast on the station this afternoon (Tuesday, January 1).Ī panel consisting of industry experts including Radio 2 presenters Ken Bruce, Tony Blackburn and Janice Long, the Official Charts Company's Managing Director Martin Talbot and Charts Director Omar Maskatiya, Radio 1 presenter Annie Nightingale, BBC Radio 6 Music presenter Steve Lamacq, Head Of Music for Radio 1 and 1Xtra George Ergatoudis, and a number of other key industry figures whittled a list of 941 Number 2 tracks down. Ultravox’s Vienna has been revealed as the Nation’s Favourite Number 2 single in a nationwide poll conducted by BBC Radio 2 and the Official Charts Company to celebrate 60 years of the Official Singles Chart. Ultravox’s Vienna has been crowned the Nation's Favourite Number 2 single of all-time in a national poll conducted by BBC Radio 2 and the Official Charts Company.
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