Crush

1985 studio album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
MusicAlbum album Q3005626
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Crush

Summary

Crush is an album[1]. Crush ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (284 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Crush's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Crush's genre is synth-pop[4].
  • Crush was produced by Stephen Hague[5].
  • Crush was performed by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark[6].
  • Crush's record label is recorded as Virgin[7].
  • Crush's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • Crush is part of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark albums discography[9].
  • Crush's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Crush was distributed by LP record[11].
  • Crush was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • Crush was published on June 17, 1985[13].
  • Crush's tracklist is recorded as So in Love[14].
  • Crush's tracklist is recorded as Secret[15].
  • Crush's tracklist is recorded as La Femme Accident[16].
  • Crush's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Crush'}[17].
  • Crush's different from is recorded as Crush[18].
  • Crush's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+10'}[19].
  • Crush's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[20].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[21]

  • First release date: 1985-06-17[22]

  • Genre(s): new wave, sophisti-pop, synth-pop[23]

  • Community tags: 5+ wochen, new wave, offizielle charts, sophisti-pop, synth-pop, synthpop[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e73d3487-2c7a-3bd8-a3ba-a9436dc7d319[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Crush was Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark[6]. Crush was produced by Stephen Hague[5].

Publication

Crush was published on June 17, 1985[13]. Crush's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8]. Crush's language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Crush's genre is synth-pop[4]. Crush is part of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark albums discography[9]. Recorded distribution format include LP record[11] and music streaming[12].

Why It Matters

Crush ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (284 views/month).[2] Crush has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Crush. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/crush-q3005626
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_crush-q3005626_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Crush}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/crush-q3005626}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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