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"Visions in Blue" is Ultravox's third single from the Quartet album, recorded in AIR Studios in Montserrat and released on Chrysalis Records on 11 March 1983. The single peaked at #15 in the UK charts on 26 March. A video was produced, but was banned by the BBC and MTV due to brief nudity; an edited version was later provided for broadcast on Top of the Pops.

The track also appears in live form on the CD version of Ultravox's 1983 in-concert album, Monument. The 12" version of "Visions in Blue" also contains an edited version of the same Monument performance of "Reap the Wild Wind".

Critical reception

David Hepworth of Smash Hits reviewed the song negatively, saying it "sounded awfully dirge-like."

Track listing

7" version

"Visions in Blue" – 4:13
"Break Your Back" – 3:31

12" version

"Visions in Blue" - 4:38
"Reap the Wild Wind (live 6 Dec 82 at Hammersmith Odeon) " – 3:53
"Break Your Back" – 3:31

Covers

The track has been covered by UK ebm/synthpop act Stok:holm and appears on their 2013 album City Lights.

References

Betts, Graham (2006). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2006, HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-720077-3
"The Official Charts Company - Ultravox - Visions in Blue". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
^ "Ultravox discography, Vladimir Kruglov". Archived from the original on 15 November 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
Hepworth, David (17–30 March 1983). "Singles: Ultravox – "Visions in Blue" review" (PDF). Smash Hits. Vol. 5, no. 6. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 29. ISSN 0260-3004. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2022 – via World Radio History.

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Chris Cross Warren Cann Billy Currie Midge Ure John Foxx Stevie Shears Robin Simon Mark Brzezicki Tony Fennell Sam Blue Vinny Burns
Studio albums	Ultravox! Ha!-Ha!-Ha! Systems of Romance Vienna Rage in Eden Quartet Lament U-Vox Revelation Ingenuity Brilliant
Live albums	Monument
Compilation albums	Three into One The Collection If I Was: The Very Best of Midge Ure & Ultravox Rare, Vol. 1 Rare, Vol. 2 Dancing with Tears in My Eyes Extended Ultravox The Island Years The Best of Ultravox Finest
Extended plays	Retro
Singles	"Young Savage" "ROckWrok" "Frozen Ones" "Quiet Men" "Sleepwalk" "Passing Strangers" "Vienna" "All Stood Still" "The Thin Wall" "The Voice" "Reap the Wild Wind" "Hymn" "Visions in Blue" "We Came to Dance" "One Small Day" "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" "Lament" "Love's Great Adventure" "Same Old Story" "All Fall Down" "All in One Day" "Vienna 92"
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