Universal Daddy

Universal Daddy is the sixth single by Alphaville, and their second from their album Afternoons in Utopia. It was released only in Europe.

"Universal Daddy"
Single by Alphaville
from the album Afternoons in Utopia
B-side"Next Generation"
ReleasedJune 1986
RecordedMarch 1986
StudioHansa Tonstudio, Berlin
GenreSynth-pop, new wave
Length3:57 (7" version)
6:01 (Aquarian Dance Mix)
LabelAtlantic / WEA
Songwriter(s)Marian Gold
Bernhard Lloyd
Ricky Echolette
Producer(s)Peter Walsh
Alphaville singles chronology
"Dance With Me"
(1986)		 "Universal Daddy"
(1986)		 "Jerusalem"
(1986)

Reviews

This song was described as one of the album's best songs and reminiscent of the kind of music that their contemporaries the Pet Shop Boys might produce.[1] Despite the praise, the song is one of singer Marian Gold's least favorite Alphaville songs ever, saying simply that "the lyrics are the most embarrassing ones I've ever written".[2]

Track listings
7" single
  1. "Universal Daddy" — 3:57
  2. "Next Generation" — 3:58
12" single
  1. "Universal Daddy (Aquarian Dance Mix)" — 6:16
  2. "Next Generation" — 3:58
  • The writing credit for "Next Generation" is listed as "Gold/Lloyd/Echolette/Ryan"
  • The B-side also appears on the US single release of "Red Rose", and a new remix of the song appears on 1999's Dreamscapes
US Promotional 12" single (PR-978)
  1. "Universal Daddy (Vocal/Extended Remix)" — 6:15
  2. "Universal Daddy (Vocal/LP Version)" 3:54
  • The "Vocal/Extended Remix" is the same as the UK's "Aquarian Dance Mix"
  • In 2014, the "Aquarian Dance Mix" and the unaltered b-side "Next Generation" were released for the first time on CD on so80s presents Alphaville.

Charts
Chart Peak position
Switzerland Singles Chart 26[3]

Other releases

One demo of this song was released on the album Dreamscapes, and another on the fan-only release History.

Notes
  1. "Afternoons in Utopia". AllMusic.
  2. so80s presents Alphaville (CD liner notes). Alphaville. Blank & Jones (So 80s). 2014. SC0344.CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. Australian Charts (Alphaville: Universal Daddy (Song)), retrieved 23 October 2013
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