(Forever) Live and Die

June 2015 June 2015 (Forever) Live and Die Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - (Forever) Live and Die.jpg single Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark The Pacific Age This Town 1986 8 26 yhttp://www.omd.uk.com/discography/singles/html/s_50.html (Forever) Live and Die omd.uk.com https://web.archive.org/web/20010211143746/http://www.omd.uk.com/discography/singles/html/s_50.html 11 February 2001 27 April 2009 Studio De La Grande Armée (Paris) 3:38 Virgin Paul Humphreys Graham Weir Neil Weir Stephen Hague If You Leave 1986 We Love You 1986 moFiaQPCl04 "(Forever) Live and Die" "(Forever) Live and Die" is a song by the English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released as the first single from their seventh studio album, The Pacific Age (1986). Paul Humphreys sings lead vocals on the track. The single peaked at No. 11 on the UK singles chart and entered the top 10 in Canada and several European countries. Critical reception and legacy Lynden Barber of The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that "(Forever) Live and Die" is "almost worthy of prime period ABBA, its ethereal Euro synthetics melting around a chorus that ascends towards heaven."Lynden Barber Arts and Entertainment The Sydney Morning Herald 23 December 1986 8 Billboard selected the single as one of their "pop picks" for the week of 20 September, adding that it "achieves [the Beatles'] Magical Mystery Tour spirit with '80s tech".Reviews: Singles Billboard 20 September 1986 73 Record Mirrors Andy Strickland referred to "an infectious little beast" with "some nice brass touches".Strickland Andy 30 August 1986 Singles Record Mirror 8 Conversely, Simon Mills of Smash Hits portrayed the song as "limp, languid, wimpy and totally inoffensive".Review: Singles Smash Hits 8 17 13–26 August 1986 Mills Simon 73 In April 1987, English disc jockey (DJ) Gary Crowley identified "(Forever) Live and Die" as a "great single" and "one of [his] favourite records of the last twelve months".Crowley Gary Gary Crowley Singles Number One 25 April 1987 52 In a later article, Spins James Hunter observed "the kind of emotionally transcendent dancepop [Pet Shop Boys'] Neil Tennant always strove for, an unqualified masterpiece of tears and aural compression, carnivalesque synth figures and Wednesday afternoon blues."Hunter James January 1999 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: The OMD Singles Spin 116 Stewart Mason of AllMusic wrote that it "sounds oddly unfinished, albeit pleasant enough"."(Forever) Live and Die" review at AllMusic Barenaked Ladies' drummer Tyler Stewart named the track as his favourite of OMD's, saying, "I really love '(Forever) Live and Die'. That's a great song."https://bnlfans.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/new-exclusive-interview-with-barenaked-ladies-drummer-tyler-stewart/ New exclusive interview with Barenaked Ladies drummer Tyler Stewart 16 May 2016 Barenaked Ladies Fans 1 June 2021 "(Forever) Live and Die" has been listed among the best tracks of 1986.Multiple sources: https://rocklists.com/kroq-1986.html Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 31 December 1986 KROQ-FM 20 July 2022 unfit https://web.archive.org/web/20160323095507/https://rocklists.com/kroq-1986.html 23 March 2016 RockLists.com https://www.91x.com/top-91/top-91-1986/ Top 91 of 1986 19 January 2015 91X 6 March 2025 https://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2020/04/13/top-100-songs-of-1986/ Top 100 Songs of 1986: Slicing Up Eyeballs Best of the '80s Redux — Part 7 13 April 2020 Slicing Up Eyeballs 24 February 2022 20 February 2026 The 25 Best Indie Songs of 1986 https://www.radiox.co.uk/features/x-lists/best-indie-songs-1986/ Radio X 24 February 2026 unfit https://web.archive.org/web/20260220162543/https://www.radiox.co.uk/features/x-lists/best-indie-songs-1986/ 20 February 2026 The Pueblo Chieftains Jon Pompia named the "wonderful" song as one of the 10 greatest of the 1980s;https://www.chieftain.com/entertainmentlife/20200201/we-love-80s-best-of-fantastic-musical-decade We love the '80s: The best of a fantastic musical decade 1 February 2020 The Pueblo Chieftain 1 June 2021 live https://web.archive.org/web/20200202102102/https://www.chieftain.com/entertainmentlife/20200201/we-love-80s-best-of-fantastic-musical-decade 2 February 2020 dmy-all it has also appeared in "all-time" lists compiled by CFNY-FM and Q101.https://www.rocklists.com/alltime41.html Top 1002 Songs of All-Time November 1999 CFNY-FM 7 March 2025 unfit https://web.archive.org/web/20160414205912/https://www.rocklists.com/alltime41.html 14 April 2016 RockLists.comhttps://rocklists.com/alltime33.html Top 1,011 of All-Time December 1999 Q101 7 March 2025 unfit https://web.archive.org/web/20160414181437/https://rocklists.com/alltime33.html 14 April 2016 RockLists.com Track listings 7-inch and 7-inch picture disc "(Forever) Live and Die" – 3:36 "This Town" – 3:44 First 12-inch "(Forever) Live and Die" (John "Tokes" Potoker – extended mix) – 5:45 "(Forever) Live and Die" (7-inch version) – 3:36 "This Town" – 3:44 Second 12-inch "(Forever) Live and Die" (Tom Lord-Alge – extended remix) – 5:50 "(Forever) Live and Die" (7-inch version) – 3:36 "This Town" – 3:44 Charts Weekly charts Chart (1986–1987) Peakposition Australia (Kent Music Report)Kent David David Kent (historian) Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 illustrated St Ives, New South Wales Australian Chart Book 1993 224 0-646-11917-6 19Austria 5 OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) (Forever) Live and Die true 27 April 2009Flanders 6 OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) (Forever) Live and Die true 22 December 2020Canada RPM 10 558 22 December 2020 true Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1986/M&M-1986-10-25.pdf European Hot 100 Singles Music & Media 3 42 25 October 1986 14 29800226 World Radio History 7Ireland2 13 Forever (Live & Die) true 22 December 2020Dutch40 3 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark true 22 December 2020Dutch100 5 OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) (Forever) Live and Die true 27 April 2009New Zealand 14 OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) (Forever) Live and Die true 22 December 2020 South Africa (Springbok Radio)http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(O).html SA Charts 1965–1989 (As presented on Springbok Radio/Radio Orion) – Acts O The South African Rock Encyclopedia 22 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20180524151634/http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(O).html 24 May 2018 12Switzerland 9 OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) (Forever) Live and Die true 22 December 2020UKsinglesbyname 11 OMD 18250 true 22 December 2020 US Billboard Hot 100https://www.billboard.com/music/Orchestral-Manoeuvres-in-the-Dark/chart-history/hot-100 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Chart History (Hot 100) Billboard 22 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20190924024100/https://www.billboard.com/music/Orchestral-Manoeuvres-in-the-Dark/chart-history/hot-100 24 September 2019 19 US 12-inch Singles Sales (Billboard)https://www.billboard.com/music/Orchestral-Manoeuvres-in-the-Dark/chart-history/dance-singles-sales Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Chart History (Dance Singles Sales) Billboard 22 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20190924022437/https://www.billboard.com/music/Orchestral-Manoeuvres-in-the-Dark/chart-history/dance-singles-sales 24 September 2019 37 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)https://www.billboard.com/music/Orchestral-Manoeuvres-in-the-Dark/chart-history/adult-contemporary Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Chart History (Adult Contemporary) Billboard 22 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20190924022403/https://www.billboard.com/music/Orchestral-Manoeuvres-in-the-Dark/chart-history/adult-contemporary 24 September 2019 25 US Cash Box Top 100https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19861206.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending December 6, 1986 Cash Box 22 December 2020 22West Germany 8 OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) (Forever) Live and Die 1517 true 22 December 2020 Year-end charts Chart (1986) Position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1986&cat=s Jaaroverzichten 1986 – Singles Dutch Ultratop 22 December 2020 25 Canada Top Singles (RPM)https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?IdNumber=612&app=rpm Top 100 Singles of '86 RPM 45 14 27 December 1986 5 0315-5994 Library and Archives Canada 96 Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1986/M&M-1986-12-27.pdf Hot 100 of the Year 1986 – European Hot 100 Singles Music & Media 3 51/52 27 December 1986 28 29800226 World Radio History 80 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1986 Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1986 Dutch Dutch Top 40 22 December 2020 30 Netherlands (Single Top 100)https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1986&cat=s Jaaroverzichten – Single 1986 Dutch Dutch Charts 22 December 2020 21 Chart (1987) Position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=1987 Jahreshitparade Singles 1987 austriancharts.at German 22 December 2020 25 References External links single 30422 Category:1986 songs Category:1986 singles Category:Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark songs Category:Songs written by Paul Humphreys Category:Virgin Records singles