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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

If You Leave

1986 · via Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s 1986 recording of “If You Leave” is the earliest release on file. Martin Cooper, Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Good Charlotte (released 2001), Nada Surf (released 2004) and Rafter (released 2008), among 36 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Three members of OMD wrote this one, and it has kept getting picked back up for decades, Good Charlotte and Nada Surf included. Put Angel Olsen's 2021 take right next to the band's own and hear how far it traveled.

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Credited writers: Martin Cooper, Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1986.

Other recordings on file · first release year

36 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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