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The Voice (The Moody Blues song)

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B-side
  
"22,000 Days"

Label
  
Threshold

Released
  
23 July 1981

Recorded
  
19 February 1980 - mid April 1981

Genre
  
Progressive rock, new wave

Length
  
5:16 (album) 4:13 (single)

"The Voice" is the second single released from The Moody Blues' 1981 album Long Distance Voyager. The song continued the success of previous single "Gemini Dream", becoming a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at No. 15 in September 1981. The song had previously topped the Billboard Top Tracks chart for four weeks during June–July 1981. The song also reached No. 9 in Canada. It has a mystical-sounding intro and the song has an urgent, jaunty feel to it, akin to most of the Moody Blues' later, more commercial efforts.

Personnel

  • Justin Hayward: electric and acoustic guitars, lead vocals
  • John Lodge: bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Ray Thomas: tambourine, backing vocals
  • Patrick Moraz: piano, mellotron, Oberheim Custom double 8-voice synthesizer, Yamaha CS80, Roland Jupiter 8, Minimoog
  • Graeme Edge: drums, timpani
  • References

    The Voice (The Moody Blues song) Wikipedia