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"Romeos" is the first single from Alphaville's 1989 album ''
The Breathtaking Blue ''The Breathtaking Blue'' is the third album by German synth-pop band Alphaville, released in April 1989. A companion video, ''Songlines'', was released in September 1989. The CD release of this album was one of the first commercial CD+G format ...
''. It was released a month ahead of the album, and was the first single by Alphaville to be released as a
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, previous singles having preceded the format's rise in popularity.


Reviews

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'' praised singer & songwriter Marian Gold's "booming,
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-ish balladry".


Songlines segment

A short film was made for the song, it was included in the 1989 compilation ''
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Track listings

; US cassette single # "Romeos (edit)" — 3:58 # "Headlines" — 4:10 ; 7" German promo single # "Romeos (radio version)" — 3:50 # "Headlines" — 4:10 * The "radio version" was the edit version with the guitar introduction removed. ; 7" German single # "Romeos (edit)" — 3:58 # "Headlines" — 4:10 ; 12" German single # "Romeos" — 8:37 # "Headlines" — 4:10 # "Romeos (LP version)" — 5:29 * This unnamed 8:37 version is the "maxi version" found on the US promotional CD single ; 12" US single # "Romeos (tribal mix)" — 6:35 # "Romeos (radio edit)" — 3:55 # "Romeos (balcony mix)" — 6:03 # "Headlines" — 4:14 ; 12" US promo single # "Romeos (tribal mix)" — 6:35 # "Romeos (radio edit)" — 3:55 # "Romeos (balcony mix)" — 6:03 # "Romeos (teknopella)" — 4:30 * The "Teknopella" mix was unique to this promotional single ; 3" CD single # "Romeos" — 8:37 # "Headlines" — 4:10 # "Romeos (LP version)" — 5:29 * A demo of the B-side "Headlines" appears on 1999's album ''
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'' ; 5" US promo CD single # "Romeos (single version)" — 3:58 # "Romeos (LP version)" — 5:29 # "Romeos (maxi version)" — 8:37


Charts

"Romeos" reached #45 on Germany's pop charts when it was released in 1989.


Credits

Music and lyrics for the single and B-side are credited to Marian Gold/Bernhard Lloyd/Ricky Echolette.


Other releases

This song was released on a variety of other official Alphaville releases, including: * ''
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'', 1992 (album version) * ''Dreamscapes'', 1999 (demo & remix) * ''
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'', 2001 (new remix) The German 12" mix and the unaltered b-side appear on 2014's ''
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''.


References


External links


Alphaville discography
{{Alphaville Alphaville (band) songs 1989 singles Songs written by Marian Gold Atlantic Records singles Warner Music Group singles 1989 songs Songs written by Ricky Echolette Songs written by Bernhard Lloyd