Then You Turn Away

Not to be confused with Never Turn Away.

"Then You Turn Away"
Single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
from the album Sugar Tax
B-side"Sugar Tax"
Released2 September 1991 (1991-09-02)[1]
Length4:17
LabelVirgin
Songwriters
ProducerOMD
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark singles chronology
"Pandora's Box"
(1991) 		"Then You Turn Away"
(1991) 		"Call My Name"
(1991)
Music video
"Then You Turn Away" on YouTube

"Then You Turn Away" is a song by the English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released on 2 September 1991, by Virgin Records, as the third single from their eighth studio album, Sugar Tax (1991). It peaked at number 50 on the UK singles chart the same month and also reached number 56 in Germany.

B-sides

Originally, the music written by Andy McCluskey for the 1991 BBC G. F. Newman TV series For the Greater Good was to be included as the B-side for "Then You Turn Away", but it became Sugar Tax. This song in turn was scheduled as the title track of the album, but was not finished at the time the album was released. The CD singles contain the extra tracks "Area", "Vox Humana", and a remix of "Then You Turn Away", called the Infinite Repeat mix.[2][3] "Vox Humana" uses a sample of a female Gregorian chant written by Hildegard of Bingen.

Track listings

  1. "Then You Turn Away"
  2. "Sugar Tax"
  3. "Area"
  4. "Then You Turn Away" (Infinite Repeat mix)
  1. "Then You Turn Away"
  2. "Sailing on the Seven Seas"
  3. "Then You Turn Away" (Infinite Repeat mix)
  4. "Vox Humana"
  • 7-inch and cassette single[4][5]
  1. "Then You Turn Away"
  2. "Sugar Tax"

Charts

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Europe (European Hit Radio)[6] 32
Germany (GfK)[7] 56
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 50
UK Airplay (Music Week)[9] 13

References

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 31 August 1991. p. 19.
  2. ^ a b Then You Turn Away (UK CD1 liner notes). Virgin Records. 1991. VSCDT 1368, 664 670.
  3. ^ a b Then You Turn Away (UK CD2 liner notes). Virgin Records. 1991. VSCDG 1368.
  4. ^ Then You Turn Away (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Virgin Records. 1991. VS 1368, 114 670.
  5. ^ Then You Turn Away (UK cassette single sleeve). Virgin Records. 1991. VSC 1368, 412 027.
  6. ^ "European Hit Radio" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 41. 12 October 1991. p. 35. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  7. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart on 21/9/1991 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Playlist Chart" (PDF). Music Week. 28 September 1991. p. 18. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
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