"The Damned Don't Cry" is a song by British

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group Visage, released as a single by

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in 1982.

Background

Named after the 1950 Joan Crawford film, "The Damned Don't Cry" was the first single from Visage's second album, '' The Anvil''. The cover art of the 7" single differed from that of the 12" single. It was a chart success, becoming Visage's second-highest charting single in the UK (No. 11) and the band's last international hit.

Music video

"The Damned Don't Cry" was the second Visage video directed by

Midge Ure James "Midge" Ure (; born 10 October 1953) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and record producer. His stage name, Midge, is a phonetic reversal of Jim. Ure enjoyed particular success in the 1970s and 1980s in bands including Slik, Thin Lizzy, ...

. It was shot at

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, and recreates the 1930s atmosphere and mood of the

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. The clip was included on the band's 1986 video release '' Visage''.

Track listing

* 7" single (1982) # "The Damned Don't Cry" – 3:52 # "Motivation" – 3:35 * 12" single (1982) # "The Damned Don't Cry" (Dance Mix) – 5:43 # "Motivation" – 3:46

Personnel

Steve Strange Stephen John Harrington (28 May 1959 – 12 February 2015), known professionally as Steve Strange, was a Welsh singer and nightclub host and promoter. Strange began his career in several short-lived punk rock, punk bands of the late 1970s. Qui ...

– vocals *

– synthesizer *

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– synthesizer, electric violin *

Rusty Egan Rusty Egan (born 19 September 1957 in London) is a British-Irish musician and DJ. Along with former Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock (bass and vocals), Steve New (guitar and vocals), and Midge Ure (guitar, vocals, and keyboards), Egan was the ...

– electronic drums programming *

Dave Formula Dave Formula (born David Tomlinson 11 August 1946, Whalley Range, Manchester in England), is an English keyboardist and film-soundtrack composer from Manchester, who played with the post-punk bands Magazine and Visage during the end of the 197 ...

– synthesizer *Perri Lister – backing vocals *Lorraine Whitmarsh – backing vocals

Chart performance

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Damned Don't Cry, The 1982 singles Songs written by Midge Ure Visage (band) songs Songs written by Steve Strange Songs written by Rusty Egan Songs written by Billy Currie Songs written by Dave Formula 1981 songs Polydor Records singles