"Locomotion" is a hit single recorded and released by British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, and is also the first single taken from their 1984 album, Junk Culture. Even though the song is thought to be about the single and dance "The Loco-Motion", and the single cover hints at it, the song is actually about real locomotives, as on the video, the band is seen riding on one.

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  • "Her Body in My Soul"
  • "The Avenue"
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  • "The Avenue"
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  • Air Studios, Montserrat
  • ICP Studios, Brussels
  • Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum
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  • "Locomotion" is a hit single recorded and released by British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, and is also the first single taken from their 1984 album, Junk Culture. Even though the song is thought to be about the single and dance "The Loco-Motion", and the single cover hints at it, the song is actually about real locomotives, as on the video, the band is seen riding on one. The song was recorded in the last week during the sessions at Montserrat before overdubbing the drums at ICP Studios in Brussels. The original song was combined with a steel drum rhythm that Paul Humphreys had written the previous week and a bass line and piano that Gordian Troeller (the band's manager) contributed. The track was mixed and the brass added at Wisseloord Studios in the Netherlands. The brass arrangements were made by Tony Visconti. Although critics didn't like the group's new, more commercial sound, this single is one of their greatest successes, reaching the top 10 in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands.
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  • "Her Body in My Soul" "The Avenue"
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  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Locomotion single cover.jpg
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  • " Telegraph"
    (1983)
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  • "Locomotion" is a hit single recorded and released by British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, and is also the first single taken from their 1984 album, Junk Culture. Even though the song is thought to be about the single and dance "The Loco-Motion", and the single cover hints at it, the song is actually about real locomotives, as on the video, the band is seen riding on one.
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