The soundtrack of the movie 1984 , RCA , was licensed to Virgin Records .
Columbia was unwilling to release all Virgin artists , and so many were licensed to other labels : Epic ( the sister company of Columbia ) ( Mike Oldfield [ 1980s releases ] , Culture Club , Holly and the Italians , some XTC [ 1982 ] , and Shooting Star ) , Atlantic ( Julian Lennon ) , A & M ( UB40 , Human League , Simple Minds , Breathe ) , Warner Bros. ( Sex Pistols , Scritti Politti , DEVO ) , Geffen ( XTC - 1983 on ) , MCA ( Tangerine Dream , Belinda Carlisle ) , RCA ( the soundtrack of 1984 ) and Arista ( Heaven 17 , Jermaine Stewart ) .
Virgin Records