Messages (7" version)

~ Recording by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Messages3:59Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkMessagesOrchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkSingle
  • GB1980-05-02
DindiscDIN 15
1.6Messages4:00Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkExposed II: A Cheap Peek at Today’s Provocative New RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)X2 37601
1.10Messages3:59Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkO.M.D.Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)FE37411
1.3Messages4:01Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkSouvenir (40th anniversary boxset)Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2019-10-04
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
1.3Messages4:01Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkSouvenirOrchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2019-10-04
UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023)
1.3Messages4:01Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkSouvenir: The Singles Collection 1979–2019Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2019-10-04
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7743909
3.4Messages4:01Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkNOW Yearbook Extra '80Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2022-08-26
Now That’s What I Call Music LLP (British holding company), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)CDYBENOW80
Promotion
1.6Messages4:00Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkBack to School SamplerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)AS 1279
Bootleg
1.11Messages3:59Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkO.M.D.Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkAlbum + Compilation
  • -1981

Relationships

producer:Mike Howlett
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
recorded at:Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden (London Borough of Camden), Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:Messages

Messages

lyricist and composer:Paul Humphreys (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
Andy McCluskey
publisher:Dinsong Music
referred to in medleys:Brides of Frankenstein