Only When You Leave

"Only When You Leave"
Single by Spandau Ballet
from the album Parade
B-side"Paint Me Down" (live)
Released28 May 1984[1]
RecordedSpring 1984
Genre
Length
  • 4:48 (single version)
  • 5:12 (album version)
  • 6:45 (extended version)
  • 6:22 (The Twelve Inch Mixes CD version)
  • 4:35 (music video version)
Label
  • Chrysalis
  • Reformation
Songwriter(s)Gary Kemp
Producer(s)
  • Tony Swain
  • Steve Jolley
  • Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet singles chronology
"Pleasure"
(1983)
"Only When You Leave"
(1984)
"I'll Fly for You"
(1984)

"Only When You Leave" is a 1984 song by English new wave band Spandau Ballet and is the leading single from their fourth studio album Parade. It went to number 3 in the United Kingdom, Greece and the Netherlands, number 34 in the United States, number 10 in New Zealand, number 12 in Australia, number 2 in Ireland, number 20 in Switzerland and number 23 in Canada.

Formats and track listings

References

  1. "Remember the Spands?" (PDF). Number One. 26 May 1984. p. 5. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  2. Bursche, Paul (4 August 1984). "Spandau Ballet: Parade (Chrysalis)". Number One. No. 60. p. 37. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. Thompson, Dave. Spandau Ballet - The Singles Collection (1985) Review at AllMusic
  4. Gittins, Ian (1 October 2014). "Spandau Ballet review – return of the shoulder-heaving soul boys". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  5. Only When You Leave (7-inch single liner notes). Spandau Ballet. Chrysalis Records. 1984. SPAN3.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. Only When You Leave (12-inch single liner notes). Spandau Ballet. Chrysalis Records. 1984. SPANX3.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)