Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Messages • Toppop

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), formed in 1978 in Wirral, UK, by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, are pioneers of synth?pop whose blend of emotion and electronics influenced generations. Their early breakthrough came with “Messages” (1980), their first UK Top 20 hit, peaking at No.?13. In January 1982, they released “Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)”, from their album “Architecture & Morality”. It became a major international success: No.?1 in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands; No.?4 in the UK, spending ten weeks in the Top?40; and also charting high across Austria and Switzerland. It became Germany’s biggest?selling single of 1982 with over four million copies sold. Other significant hits followed, such as “Souvenir”, and later US breakthrough “If You Leave” from the movie “Pretty in Pink” (1986). Watch also “She’s Leaving” on our Channel. This performance was recorded by the TROS TV program TROS Top 50 on July 3, 1980.Watch our great music videos ? https://goo.gl/feVLNNMore TopPop? Subscribe here ? https://goo.gl/X9FOAUMore info on Wikipedia ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TopPopBroadcast date: 03/07/1980This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives.AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988.AVROTROS BroadcastingPO Box 21200 JA HilversumThe NetherlandsTopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.