Song · Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
“Forever Live and Die” by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album The Pacific Age (1986)
“Forever Live and Die” by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1986 and 1999. It was first released in 1986 on the album The Pacific Age. Its best result is #44 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #69 alternative song of 1986 and #3,286 alternative song of all time.
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"(Forever) Live and Die" led OMD into The Pacific Age in 1986, the first single from the band's seventh studio album, with Paul Humphreys taking the lead vocal. He wrote it with Graham Weir and Neil Weir, Stephen Hague produced, and Tom Lord-Alge recorded and mixed it.
It's a soft-focus synth-pop hymn, glassy keyboards and a chorus that keeps climbing, with a few bright brass touches. The critics split down the middle. Lynden Barber of The Sydney Morning Herald heard something close to prime ABBA, Billboard made it a pop pick and caught a whiff of Magical Mystery Tour, and Record Mirror found it infectious, while Smash Hits waved it off as limp and wimpy. Months later the English DJ Gary Crowley was still counting it among his favourite records of the past year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 44 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 | 107 |
| 1986 | 74 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 186 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1989 | 206 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 1999 | 717 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 729 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
Also listed as: Forever Live And Die; Forever Live & Die.
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