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spent three weeks in the UK charts, peaking at #27. "Endlessly", released as a single in July 1982 in a different mix to the album version, made #66 in the UK. "Your Dress" was issued concurrently with the album in
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577:"A Kind of Wave" – 3:38
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513:"Like a Miracle" – 5:10
604:"Dance With Me" – 3:30
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724:programming
708:– keyboards
654:Shine On Me
468:Re-releases
407:The Beatles
351:(1980) and
313:, in 1978;
297:Roy Orbison
293:The Velvets
285:The Shadows
281:Psychedelia
141:, John Foxx
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1005:From Trash
966:Metatronic
899:The Garden
698:, guitar,
422:Beatlesque
354:The Garden
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149:chronology
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892:Metamatic
877:John Foxx
700:keyboards
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323:Krautrock
301:Kraftwerk
289:The Floyd
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257:musician
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335:sampling
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273:Beatles
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