Torch (song)

"Torch" is a song by English synthpop duo Soft Cell. It was released as a single in 1982, and in mid-June peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart,[1] ranking 45 for the year. It also reached number 31 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart,[2] number 12 in the Netherlands[3] and number 6 in the Flemish Ultratop 50[4]

This article is about the Soft Cell song. For the genre, see Torch song. For other songs, see Torch (disambiguation)§Songs.
"Torch"
Single by Soft Cell
B-side"Insecure Me"
Released7 May 1982 (1982-05-07)
GenreSynth-pop, new wave
Length4:08
LabelSome Bizzare
Songwriter(s)Marc Almond, David Ball
Producer(s)Mike Thorne
Soft Cell singles chronology
"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye"
(1982)		 "Torch"
(1982)		 "What!"
(1982)

Singer Marc Almond duets towards the end of the song with Cindy Ecstasy, an American clubgoer the band had met at the after-hours bar Club Berlin in New York the year previously.[5]

The single was originally intended to be double A-sided, coupled with the eventual B-side song "Insecure Me"; as such, both songs were included in the band's 2018 singles compilation Keychains & Snowstorms: The Singles.[6]

"Torch" ranked 49 in the New Musical Express critics' list of the year's 50 best singles.[7]

Charts
Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 68
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] 6
Ireland (IRMA)[10] 7
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 12
UK Singles (OCC)[12] 2
West Germany (Official German Charts)[13] 75

References
  1. "Soft Cell | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  2. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p14314/charts-awards/billboard-singles
  3. "Discografie Soft Cell - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl.
  4. "Soft Cell - Torch". ultratop.be.
  5. Almond, Marc (1 October 2000). Tainted Life: The Autobiography. New York City: Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-0330372015.
  6. "Soft Cell - The Singles: Keychains & Snowstorms - (CD Album)". www.lexermusic.com.
  7. "Rocklist.net...NME End Of Year Lists 1982..." www.rocklistmusic.co.uk.
  8. "Australian Top 100 Singles - 06 September 1982". RateYourMusic.
  9. "Soft Cell – Torch" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  10. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Torch". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  11. "Soft Cell – Torch" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  12. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  13. "Offiziellecharts.de – Soft Cell – Torch" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
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