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The Reaction

Talk Talk

1977 · via Talk Talk

The Reaction’s 1977 recording of “Talk Talk” is the earliest release on file. Ed Hollis is credited as its writer. Mark Hollis is on the credit through Talk Talk’s 1982 version. Also recorded by Prong (released 1991), Youssou N’Dour (released 2023) and Nalani Proctor (released 2025), among 49 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Five years before Talk Talk put it out in 1982, the song Mark Hollis wrote with Ed Hollis was already on record by The Reaction. Play theirs first, then hear what the band that took the song's name did with it.

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Credited writer: Ed Hollis.

Mark Hollis is on the credit through Talk Talk’s 1982 version.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1977.

Other recordings on file · first release year

49 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Talk Talk's song "Talk Talk" carries a shared writing credit for Mark Hollis and Ed Hollis. Which band recorded it first, before Talk Talk ever did?The Reaction
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