“Joan Of Arc (Maid Of Orleans)” by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

"Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)" was the second OMD single in a row about the French heroine. Taken from Architecture & Morality, the English electronic band's third album, it followed "Joan of Arc" in 1982, so to keep the pair apart it reached the shops retitled "Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)". Andy McCluskey wrote the words and music, and the band produced it with Richard Manwaring, with Howard Gray and Brian Tench engineering.

Both songs made the UK top five, but this one travelled further, going to number one in several countries, Germany among them, where no single sold more in 1982. Worldwide it has moved four million copies, and it was also the last record Dindisc ever put out.

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