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  Cover Milky_Way_-_OMDjpg
  Artist Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
  From Album Universal
  B-side "Mathew Street",<br/>"The New Dark Age"
  Genre New Wave
  Released August 5 , 1996
  Recorded The Townhouse, London
  Label Virgin Records
  Length 4:38
  Writer Andy McCluskey, Ipinson, Small
  Producer Andy MCluskey, Matthew Vaughan, David Nicholas
  Chart Position #17 <small> ( UK ) </small>
  Last Single "Everyday"<br/>(1993)
  This Single '''"Walking on the Milky Way"'''<br/>(1996)
  Next Single " Universal "<br/>(1996)


"Walking on the Milky Way" is the name of a song by the British New Wave band Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark . It was released as a single, and a month later on the 1996 album '' Universal ''. It was Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's first single since 1993.

The song speaks wistfully of the glory days of youth but cautions that one cannot turn back time.

The song Mathew Street is about the location for Eric's Club in Liverpool , where Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark made their first public performance.


TRACK LISTING


Virgin: 5" single: VSCDT1599 (UK)


# "Walking on the Milky Way" ( Andy McCluskey , Ipinson, Small)
# "Mathew Street" (Andy McCluskey, Karl Bartos )
# "The New Dark Age" (Andy McCluskey)

All produced by Andy McCluskey except for "Walking on the Milky Way", produced by Andy McCluskey, Matthew Vaughan and David Nicholas.


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