release date: Nov. 10, 1980
format: 7'' single
[single rate: 3,5 / 5]
producer: Visage & Midge Ure
label: Polydor Records - nationality: England, UK
Tracklist: A) "Fade to Grey" (4,5 / 5) - - B) "The Steps" (2,5 / 5)
Single release by Visage released on the same date as the release of the band's first solo album Visage (both tracks are taken from the album as tracks #5 and #10 respectively). The single is the band's only second single release but its first after signing with (major label) Polydor.
"Fade to Grey" was the band's first and also only major hit single reaching number #8 on the national singles chart list, and several other top-10 chart entries throughout Europe, New Zealand and Australia, and also peaking at number #1 in Switzerland and in Germany.
I bought the single at some point in 1981 when the song already was a major radio hit. At the time it was referred to as new wave, although, it's more obvious in a style of new romantic and synthpop. I wasn't a fan of the band but liked the otherworldly sensation of the title track, which is a truly brilliant composition.
