Baby Turns Blue

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"Baby Turns Blue"
Single by Virgin Prunes
from the album ...If I Die, I Die
B-side"Yeo", "Chance of a Lifetime"
Released9 October 1982 (1982-10-09)
RecordedBerry Street Studio and Windmill Lane Studios
GenrePost-punk, gothic rock
Length3:43 (single version) 5:04 (Album version)
LabelRough Trade
Songwriter(s)Virgin Prunes
Producer(s)Colin Newman, Virgin Prunes
Virgin Prunes singles chronology
"Pagan Lovesong"
(1982)
"Baby Turns Blue"
(1982)
"Love Lasts Forever"
(1986)

"Baby Turns Blue" is a single by the Irish post-punk band Virgin Prunes, released on 9 October 1982 by Rough Trade Records.[1][2] The remixed 12" version was retitled The Faculties of a Broken Heart.[3]

Formats and track listing[edit]

All songs written by the Virgin Prunes

UK 7" single (RT 119)
  1. "Baby Turns Blue" – 3:43
  2. "Yeo" – 2:17
UK 12" single (RT 119T)
  1. "The Faculties of a Broken Heart (What Should We Do If Baby Turns Blue)"
  2. "Chance of a Lifetime"
  3. "Yeo"

Personnel[edit]

Charts[edit]

Charts (1982) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart[4] 15

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gimarc, George (October 15, 1997). Post Punk Diary: 1980–1982. Macmillan. p. 320. ISBN 9780312169688. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Virgin Prunes / Discography". virginprunes.com. 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Virgin Prunes – The Faculties Of A Broken Heart (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  4. ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

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