Ultravox "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes (Single & Video)"

"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" is the second single from Lament, Ultravox's seventh studio album, released in 1984.

The single effectively put Ultravox back on the map, peaking at no. 3 in the UK Singles Chart, and reaching the top 10 in several European countries. The song also entered the Australian and Canadian Top 75 but failed to chart in the US.

The video is about a nuclear power plant meltdown. The music video depicts Midge Ure driving home after discovering that a nuclear explosion is imminent. The video ends with the power plant exploding, and the image of a home movie of Ure, his wife (played by Diana Weston) and their child, with the visual effect of a melting film.

The 7" single was released in three versions: with a standard picture sleeve, with a gate-fold booklet sleeve, and with a gate-fold booklet sleeve and a clear vinyl disc. All versions had the same catalogue number, "UV 1", and the same tracks. The 12" was released in two versions, with the same catalogue number "UVX 1": in a stickered gatefold sleeve containing a band poster and in a standard picture sleeve.

The B-side, "Building", is a piano ballad. "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" was the second song that Ultravox performed during the Live Aid charity event at the old Wembley Stadium, on 13 July 1985, for which Ure also played the lead guitar.

Track listing:

7" vinyl:

UK: Chrysalis – UV 1

Germany: Chrysalis – 106 449

US: Chrysalis – VS4 42781

Canada: Chrysalis – CHS – 42781

Side one

1. "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" 4:10

Side two

1. "Building" 3:11

12" vinyl (UK and Europe):

UK: Chrysalis - UVX 1

Germany: Chrysalis - 601 322

Side one

1. "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (Special Re-Mix) 10:00

Side two

1. "Building" 3:11
2. "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" 4:10

12" vinyl (North America):

US: Chrysalis - 4V9 42783

Canada: Chrysalis - CS 42783

Side one

1. "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (Extended) 7:44

Side two

1. "One Small Day" (Club Version) 7:48