# This Is Mine > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/This_Is_Mine > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/This_Is_Mine.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Mine > Source revision: 1324919630 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox song | name = This Is Mine | cover = Heaven17thisisminesingle.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [Heaven 17](/source/Heaven_17) | album = [How Men Are](/source/How_Men_Are) | B-side = Skin | released = {{Start date|1984|10|15|df=y}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = * [Synth-pop](/source/Synth-pop) * [new wave](/source/New_wave_music) | length = 3:20 | 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 = * Martyn Ware * Greg Walsh | prev_title = [Sunset Now](/source/Sunset_Now) | prev_year = 1984 | next_title = [...(And That's No Lie)](/source/...(And_That's_No_Lie)) | next_year = 1985 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|adynNYx0NbI|"This Is Mine"}}}} }} "'''This Is Mine'''" is a song by the English [synth-pop](/source/synth-pop) band [Heaven 17](/source/Heaven_17), released on 15 October 1984 by [Virgin Records](/source/Virgin_Records) as the second single from their third studio album, ''[How Men Are](/source/How_Men_Are)'' (1984).{{cite magazine |title=News |magazine=[Number One](/source/Number_One_(magazine)) |date=13 October 1984 |issue=70 |page=5 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Number-One/1984/No1!-1984-10-13-OCR.pdf |via=World Radio History |access-date=11 January 2025}} 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 Ware and Greg Walsh. The song reached No. 23 on the [UK singles chart](/source/UK_singles_chart), remaining in the charts for seven weeks. It would be the band's last Top 30 single until 1992's "[Temptation (Brothers in Rhythm Remix)](/source/Temptation_(Heaven_17_song))"{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18889/heaven-17/|publisher=officialcharts.com|title=HEAVEN 17 | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|access-date=2016-11-09}} == Music video == The accompanying [music video](/source/music_video) for the track featured Gregory, Ware and Marsh plotting and robbing a bank. The video was filmed at [Exmouth Market](/source/Exmouth_Market) in [London](/source/London). The bank building that featured in the video is now a [Caffè Nero](/source/Caff%C3%A8_Nero) coffeehouse. The video ends with the trio throwing cash from a helicopter over London. == Critical reception == On its release, DJ Mark Hollis, writing for the ''[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror)'', praised "This Is Mine" as the band's "best single so far" and noted the "brass sound is tremendous". He predicted the song would reach the UK top five.{{cite news |last=Hollis |first=Mark |date=16 October 1984 |title=Mark Hollis's Top Tips |newspaper=[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror) |page=21}} Frank Edmonds of the ''[Bury Free Press](/source/Yattendon_Group)'' gave it a 9 out of 10 rating and wrote, "This is an excellent piece of catchy pop. Bright and breezy brass, blaring trumpets and a superb [melody](/source/melody) make this one not to miss."{{cite news |last=Edmonds |first=Frank |date=19 October 1984 |title=Soundscene |newspaper=[Bury Free Press](/source/Yattendon_Group) |page=10}} Paul Benbow of the ''[Reading Evening Post](/source/Reading_Post)'' described it as "brassy but a bit slow", and considered it a return to the sound of the band's debut studio album ''[Penthouse and Pavement](/source/Penthouse_and_Pavement)'' (1981).{{cite news |last=Benbow |first=Paul |date=3 November 1984 |title=Singles |newspaper=[Reading Evening Post](/source/Reading_Post) |page=4}} == Formats == '''7-inch single''' # "This Is Mine" – 3:20 # "Skin" – 3:40 '''12-inch single''' # "This Is Mine" (Filmix) – 7:18 # "This Is Mine" (Cinemix) – 8:55 # "Skin" – 3:40 '''12-inch single (UK release)''' # "This Is Mine" (Extended version) – 5:39 # "Skin" – 3:39 # "Mine" – 5:04 '''12-inch single (US promo)''' # "This Is Mine" (Filmix) – 7:18 # "This Is Mine" (Radio version) – 3:20 # "This Is Mine" (Cinemix) – 7:25 == 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) – [Roland System 100](/source/Roland_System_100) bass synthesizer, [LinnDrum](/source/LinnDrum) [programming](/source/Programming_(music)), backing vocals, producer * [Ian Craig Marsh](/source/Ian_Craig_Marsh) – [Fairlight CMI](/source/Fairlight_CMI) and Roland System 100 synthesizers '''Additional personnel''' * Greg Walsh – Roland System 100 bass synthesizer, Fairlight CMI programming, producer * [Don Myrick](/source/Don_Myrick) – saxophone (tenor solo) * Michael Harris – flugelhorn * [The Phenix Horns](/source/The_Phenix_Horns) – horns * Mike Prior – photography == Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Chart (1984) ! Peak
position |- | align="left" | [Irish Singles Chart](/source/Irish_Singles_Chart){{cite web|author=Jaclyn Ward|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know |publisher=Irishcharts.ie |access-date=2012-06-23}} | style="text-align:center;" | 25 |- | align="left" | [UK singles chart](/source/UK_singles_chart) | style="text-align:center;" | 23 |- | align="left" | US ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [Dance/Club Play Singles](/source/Dance_Club_Songs){{cite web|author= |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/heaven-17-mn0000668922/awards |title=Heaven 17: Awards |publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |access-date=2024-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118073245/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/heaven-17-mn0000668922/awards |archive-date=2013-01-18 |url-status=dead}} | style="text-align:center;" | 28 |} == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * {{discogs master|type=single|63033}} {{Heaven 17}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:This Is Mine}} Category:1984 songs 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:Virgin Records singles Category:Arista Records singles --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [This Is Mine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Mine) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Mine?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.