Active release date citations added.← Previous revisionRevision as of 21:19, 1 November 2026 Line 11: Line 11: | album = [[Songs from the Big Chair]] | album = [[Songs from the Big Chair]] | B-side = {{unbulleted list|"Empire Building" (UK)|"Sea Song" (US)}} | B-side = {{unbulleted list|"Empire Building" (UK)|"Sea Song" (US)}} | released = {{unbulleted list|{{Start date|1984|08|10|df=y}} (UK){{cite magazine |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/48647907481/in/album-72157710614091216 |magazine=[[Number One (magazine)|Number One]] |issn=0266-5328 |location=London, UK |publisher=IPC Magazines Ltd. |volume= |issue=60 |date=4 August 1984 |page=5 |title=News |access-date=2 November 2026 |via=[[Flickr]]}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/55478511268/in/album-72177720335221600 |magazine=[[NME|New Musical Express]] |issn=0028-6362 |location=London, UK |publisher=IPC Magazines Ltd. |volume=33 |issue=22 |date=4 August 1984 |page=35 |title=Latest Record News |access-date=2 November 2026 |via=[[Flickr]]}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1984/Music-Week-1984-08-04.pdf#page=16 |magazine=[[Music Week]] |issn=0265-1548 |location=London, UK |publisher=Morgan-Grampian plc. |volume= |issue= |date=4 August 1984 |page=16 |title=New Singles |access-date=2 November 2026 |via=World Radio History}}|1 April 1986 (US)}} | released = {{unbulleted list|10 August 1984 (UK){{cite magazine|date=4 August 1984|title=News|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Number-One/1984/Number-1!-1984-08-04-OCR.pdf|magazine=[[Number One (magazine)|Number One]]|page=5|access-date=14 July 2022}}|1 April 1986 (US)}} | recorded = {{unbulleted list|1984 (original)|1986 (US remix)}} | recorded = {{unbulleted list|1984 (original)|1986 (US remix)}} | studio = | studio = Line 56: Line 56: While North America saw "[[Everybody Wants to Rule the World]]" as the first single release from the ''Songs from the Big Chair'' LP, "Mothers Talk" was eventually released there as the fourth and final single from the album in April 1986, peaking at no. 27 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. Although labeled as a "remix", this version of the song is actually a complete re-recording, done by the band after their ''Big Chair'' tour wrapped up. It was mixed by the award-winning producer [[Bob Clearmountain]], who would go on to mix the band's [[The Seeds of Love|next album]] with them. In addition to a different picture sleeve, the single featured the band's [[Cover version|cover]] of [[Robert Wyatt]]'s "Sea Song" as the B-side (this had been released as the B-side to the single "I Believe" in other countries in 1985). This version was also released in [[Canada]] and [[Japan]] at the same time. While North America saw "[[Everybody Wants to Rule the World]]" as the first single release from the ''Songs from the Big Chair'' LP, "Mothers Talk" was eventually released there as the fourth and final single from the album in April 1986, peaking at no. 27 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. Although labeled as a "remix", this version of the song is actually a complete re-recording, done by the band after their ''Big Chair'' tour wrapped up. It was mixed by the award-winning producer [[Bob Clearmountain]], who would go on to mix the band's [[The Seeds of Love|next album]] with them. In addition to a different picture sleeve, the single featured the band's [[Cover version|cover]] of [[Robert Wyatt]]'s "Sea Song" as the B-side (this had been released as the B-side to the single "I Believe" in other countries in 1985). This version was also released in [[Canada]] and [[Japan]] at the same time. ''[[Cash Box]]'' said that the single "features classic TFF synth moorings but a much grittier overall approach."{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1986/CB-1986-04-05.pdf|date=April 5, 1986|accessdate=2022-08-04|page=11}} ''[[Cash Box]]'' said that the single "features classic TFF synth moorings but a much grittier overall approach."{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1986/CB-1986-04-05.pdf#page=10 |magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |issn=0008-7289 |location=New York, N.Y., US |publisher=Cash Box Publishing Co. |volume=49 |issue=42 |date=5 April 1986 |page=10 |title=Single Releases - Out Of The Box |access-date=2 November 2026 |via=World Radio History}} ==Music videos== ==Music videos==