| "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry" | ||||
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| Single by Heaven 17 | ||||
| from the album The Luxury Gap | ||||
| B-side | "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry (Part II)" | |||
| Released | 29 August 1983 | |||
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| Length | 3:43 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
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"Crushed by the Wheels of Industry" is a song by the British synthpop band Heaven 17, released on 29 August 1983[2] as the fifth and final single from their second studio album, The Luxury Gap (1983). It was written by Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware, and produced by Marsh and Ware (as British Electric Foundation) and Greg Walsh. It reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart and would be the band's last top 20 hit in the UK until 1992's Brothers in Rhythm remix of "Temptation".[3]
- ^ a b Reynolds, Simon (1 January 2005). "New Gold Dreams 81-82-83-84: The Peak and Fall of New Pop". Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984. Faber & Faber. p. 416. ISBN 0-571-21570-X. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ "News" (PDF). Record Mirror. 27 August 1983. p. 5. ISSN 0144-5804. Retrieved 11 January 2025 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "Heaven 17 - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 January 2016.