Locomotion
~ Recording by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.11 | Locomotion | 3:53 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Festivalbar 84 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (British label, see annotation) | 823 575-2 |
| 2.6 | Locomotion | 3:44 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Now That’s What I Call Music! 1984 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Box Music (UK label), PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations) | 7243 8 27062 2 9, CDNOW 1984 |
| 1.8 | Locomotion | 3:45 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | The OMD Singles | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 8 46861 2 3 |
| 2.9 | Locomotion | 3:44 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Now That’s What I Call Music! 1984: The Millennium Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 5 20265 2 4, NOWMIL 1984 |
| 1.10 | Locomotion | 3:46 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Mastermix Classic Cuts 90: Electric 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service) | CC090 |
| 1.6 | Locomotion | 3:47 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | The Very Best of 1980s 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 593227 2 8 |
| 8.1 | Locomotion | 3:49 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | More 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DB 902734 |
| 3.6 | Locomotion | 3:44 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Anthems: Electronic 80s 2 (Sony DADC Southwater) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ministry of Sound | MOSCD214 |
| 3.6 | Locomotion | 3:44 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Anthems: Electronic 80s 2 (Sony DADC Austria) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ministry of Sound | MOSCD214 |
| 1.7 | Locomotion | 3:43 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Eighties Essential | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 50999 0263502 6 |
| 1.11 | Locomotion | 3:43 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Top of the Pops ’84 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.4 | Locomotion | 3:45 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Now That's What I Call Music 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music on Demand, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 0190759676226, CDNOW03 |
| 1.46 | Locomotion | 3:44 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Now That’s What I Call Music! 103 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | NOW (bogus label for the UK series; please use the actual record company logos) | ||
| 2.21 | Locomotion | 3:44 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Now That’s What I Call Music! 103 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW (bogus label for the UK series; please use the actual record company logos) | CDNOW103 |
| 2.10 | Locomotion | 3:45 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | NOW Yearbook '84 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Now That’s What I Call Music LLP (British holding company) | CDYBNOW84 |
| 2.10 | Locomotion | 3:45 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Now Yearbook 1984 ((special edition (with booklet)) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 0194398890821, CDYBXNOW84 |
| 1.8 | Locomotion | 3:45 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | The OMD Singles | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | Album + Compilation | |||
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 3.3 | Locomotion | 3:48 | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | The 80’s Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Minos‐EMI, Το Βήμα | [none] |
Relationships
| engineer: | Steve Jackson (recording engineer) Ronald Prent (Dutch Sound engineer and producer) Brian Tench |
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| producer: | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Brian Tench |
| piano: | Gordian Troeller (band manager) |
| performer: | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark |
| brass arranger: | Tony Visconti |
| recording of: | Locomotion (OMD) |
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Related works
Locomotion (OMD)
| writer: | Paul Humphreys (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) Andy McCluskey Gordian Troeller (band manager) |
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| publisher: | Virgin Music, Inc. (US arm of Virgin’s publishing company) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Brides of Frankenstein |
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