The Vow (song)
"The Vow" is the fourteenth and final UK single by the band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, and was released in November 1983.
| "The Vow" | ||||
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| Single by Toyah | ||||
| from the album Love Is the Law | ||||
| B-side | "I Explode" | |||
| Released | November 1983 | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Label | Safari | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Willcox/Bogen/Spalding | |||
| Producer(s) | Nick Tauber | |||
| Toyah singles chronology | ||||
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The title track, and unusually for the band, its B-side, were taken from the fifth full-length Toyah studio album, Love Is the Law, which failed to match the success of its predecessors, and despite appearances on several television shows of the time, the single failed to reach the UK Top 40. The 12" single featured an additional non-album B-side, which appeared on the 2005 reissue of Love Is the Law, and the compilation album The Safari Singles Collection Part 2: 1981-1983, released the same year.
Track listing
7" Vinyl
- A: The Vow [Wilcox/Bogen/Spalding]
- B: I Explode [Willcox/Bogen]
Catalogue Number: SAFE 58
12" Vinyl
- A: The Vow [Wilcox/Bogen/Spalding]
- B1: I Explode [Willcox/Bogen]
- B2: Haunted [Willcox/Darlow]
Catalogue Number: SAFE L58
Produced by Nick Tauber. Published by Sweet 'n' Sour Songs Ltd.
Both sides of all releases ran at 45RPM.
Personnel
- Toyah Willcox : vocals
- Joel Bogen : guitar
- Brad Lang : bass
- Andy Duncan : drums
- Simon Darlow : keyboards