# Sunset Now

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Sunset Now
| cover      = Heaven-17-sunset-now-virgin.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [Heaven 17](/source/Heaven_17)
| album      = [How Men Are](/source/How_Men_Are)
| B-side     = Counterforce
| released   = 20 August 1984
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = * [Synth-pop](/source/Synth-pop)
* [new wave](/source/New_wave_music)
| length     = 3:40
| label      = * [Virgin](/source/Virgin_Records)
* [Arista](/source/Arista_Records)
| writer     = * [Glenn Gregory](/source/Glenn_Gregory)
* [Ian Craig Marsh](/source/Ian_Craig_Marsh)
* [Martyn Ware](/source/Martyn_Ware)
| producer   = * [British Electric Foundation](/source/British_Electric_Foundation)
* Greg Walsh
| prev_title = [Crushed by the Wheels of Industry](/source/Crushed_by_the_Wheels_of_Industry)
| prev_year  = 1983
| next_title = [This Is Mine](/source/This_Is_Mine)
| next_year  = 1984
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|g4cKLko6KLA|"Sunset Now"}}}}
}}
"'''Sunset Now'''" is a song by the English [synth-pop](/source/synth-pop) band [Heaven 17](/source/Heaven_17), released on 20 August 1984 as the first single from their third studio album, ''[How Men Are](/source/How_Men_Are)'' (1984).<ref>{{cite magazine |title=News |magazine=[Record Mirror](/source/Record_Mirror) |date=11 August 1984 |page=4}}</ref> It was written by [Glenn Gregory](/source/Glenn_Gregory), [Ian Craig Marsh](/source/Ian_Craig_Marsh) and [Martyn Ware](/source/Martyn_Ware), and produced by Marsh and Ware ([British Electric Foundation](/source/British_Electric_Foundation)) and Greg Walsh. It reached No. 24 in the UK, remaining on the charts for six weeks.<ref name=occ>{{cite web|title=Heaven 17 - Full Official Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18889/heaven-17/|website=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)|access-date=22 January 2016}}</ref> A music video was filmed to promote the single.

== Critical reception ==
Upon release, Adrian Thrills of the ''[NME](/source/NME)'' stated: "It is difficult to take an active dislike to Heaven 17, but it is even harder to find anything other than flat, flawless worthinness in their music. I'd love 'Sunset Now' if I could, but it tells me nothing about the frenzy of political struggle or even how I feel about my all-time favourite dancer. It is merely another record, another numb artefact. I guess the [Fairlight](/source/Fairlight_CMI) is just not the instrument from which dreams are made." Andy Coyne for ''[Sounds](/source/Sounds_(magazine))'' wrote: "Hardly a great achievement from the creators of "[Fascist Groove Thang](/source/(We_Don't_Need_This)_Fascist_Groove_Thang)" but as [pop](/source/Pop_music) fare it's strong enough. I know this is going to really irritate after about two weeks. Oh, what could have been."

Paul Simper from ''[Number One](/source/Number_One_(magazine))'' commented: "More happy returns. A year on, Heaven 17 seem to have refined the mannered [funk](/source/funk) of '[Crushed By The Wheels](/source/Crushed_by_the_Wheels_of_Industry)'. 'Sunset Now' sees [Glenn Gregory](/source/Glenn_Gregory) in fine voice, with [Afrodiziak](/source/Afrodiziak) helping out on backing vocals, and points to an excellent third album in September."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heaven17.de/reviews/h17rev81.htm |title=Heaven 17 - Articles and reviews |publisher=Heaven17.de |access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref> [Aaron Badgley](/source/Aaron_Badgley) of [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) retrospectively said: "'Sunset Now', 'Flamedown' and the brilliant '[This Is Mine](/source/This_Is_Mine)' are just a few of the reasons for this album's greatness".<ref>{{cite web|author=Aaron Badgley |author-link=Aaron Badgley |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/how-men-are-r9152 |title=How Men Are - Heaven 17 &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref>

== Formats ==
'''7-inch single'''
# "Sunset Now" – 3:40
# "Counterforce" – 3:02

'''12-inch single'''
# "Sunset Now (Extended version)" – 5:21
# "Flamedown" – 3:14
# "Counterforce" – 3:02
#" Sunset Now (Album version)" – 3:40
# "Counterforce II" – 3:08

'''12-inch single (US release)'''
# "Sunset Now (LP version)" – 3:40
# "Counterforce 1" – 3:02
# "Sunset Now (Extended version)" – 5:21

'''Cassette single'''
# "Sunset Now (Album version)" – 3:42
# "Counterforce" – 3:02
# "Sunset Now (Extended version)" – 5:20
# "Flamedown" – 3:14
# "Counterforce" – 3:02
# "Sunset Now (Album version)" – 3:42
# "Counterforce II" – 3:07
First two tracks not credited on cover.

== Personnel ==
Credits sourced from the original album liner notes

'''Heaven 17'''
* [Glenn Gregory](/source/Glenn_Gregory) – lead and backing vocals
* [Martyn Ware](/source/Martyn_Ware) – [LinnDrum](/source/LinnDrum) programming, backing vocals, producer
* [Ian Craig Marsh](/source/Ian_Craig_Marsh) – [Fairlight CMI](/source/Fairlight_CMI) synthesizer, producer

'''Additional personnel'''
* Greg Walsh – Fairlight CMI programming, producer
* [Afrodiziak](/source/Afrodiziak) – backing vocals

== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Chart (1984)
! Peak<br>position
|-
| align="left" | Australia ([Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report))<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=Illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[St Ives](/source/St_Ives%2C_New_South_Wales), N.S.W.|year=1993|page=137|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | 93
|-
| align="left" | [Irish Singles Chart](/source/Irish_Singles_Chart)<ref>{{cite web|last=Ward|first=Jaclyn |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/ |title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know |publisher=Irishcharts.ie |access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | 18
|-
| align="left" | [UK singles chart](/source/UK_singles_chart)<ref name=occ/>
| style="text-align:center;"|24
|-
| align="left" | US [Hot Dance/Disco Club Play](/source/Dance_Club_Songs)<ref>{{cite web|author=Billboard |url=http://www.billboard.com/ |title=Music Charts, News, Photos & Video |publisher=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) |date=2018-01-28 |access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | 39
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{discogs master|type=single|63022}}

{{Heaven 17}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sunset Now}}
Category:1984 singles
Category:Heaven 17 songs
Category:Songs written by Martyn Ware
Category:Songs written by Glenn Gregory
Category:Songs written by Ian Craig Marsh
Category:1984 songs
Category:Arista Records singles
Category:Virgin Records singles

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