Space Age Love Song

"Space Age Love Song" is a 1982 single released by the British band A Flock of Seagulls. It was their fourth single. Lead guitarist Paul Reynolds remarked on their 1984 video album Through the Looking Glass that, as the band could not come up with a title for the track, he suggested "Space Age Love Song" because he thought it sounded like a space age love song. The song reached the top 30 in the UK and the US in June 1982 and February 1983 respectively.
==Background and release==
Lead singer Mike Score has said of the song's meaning, ""Space Age" was just about intimacy, if you'd like. When you meet somebody there is an instant eye contact if the chemistry is right. If everything is right, you catch their eye... that whole "across the crowded room/caught your eye" thing. The lyrics explain that: 'I saw your eyes and you made me smile.'"
A music video of the song was produced in 1982 and featured the band miming a performance of the song. The 1982 music video also took place on top of the Danceteria nightclub in New York City. The band made another video in 2018 to coincide with the release of Ascension."Magnet Exclusive: Premiere Of A Flock Of Seagulls' 'Space Age Love Song' Video." Magnet. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
In 2018, a re-recorded version of the song, featuring the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, was released as a 5-track and 8-track special edition EP. It is the first single from the band's sixth album, Ascension.
==Track listing==
==Chart performance==
Chart performance for "Space Age Love Song"
Chart (1982–1983) 	Peakposition
Australia (Kent Music Report)	68
US Billboard Hot 100 	30
US Billboard Top Tracks 	59
US Cash Box 	35
==References==
Category:1982 songs
Category:1982 singles
Category:A Flock of Seagulls songs
Category:Jive Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Mike Howlett
Category:Teldec singles