| Sister Of Mercy | |
| Cover: | TTwinsSOM.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Thompson Twins |
| Album: | Into The Gap |
| B-Side: | Out Of The Gap |
| Released: | 29 June 1984[1] |
| Recorded: | 31 December 1983 |
| Genre: | Pop rock |
| Length: | 4:55 |
| Label: | Arista Records |
| Producer: | Alex Sadkin & Tom Bailey |
| Prev Title: | You Take Me Up |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | The Gap |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
"Sister Of Mercy" is a song by the British pop group Thompson Twins. It was originally included on the group's 1984 album Into The Gap, though a remixed version was released as the fourth single from the album in the summer of 1984. The single peaked at #11 in the UK, spending ten weeks on the UK singles chart.[2]
The promotional music video for this single was directed by Dieter Trattmann and featured actress Frances Tomelty.
The B-side of the single was a megamix of various Thompson Twins songs titled "Out Of The Gap".
The theme of the song is domestic abuse. It was inspired by a news article about a person in France having murdered someone, but the court considered the act as a "crime of passion," and that it therefore couldn't be tried on the same basis of a regular homicidal murder.[3]
| Version | Length | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Album Version | 5:04 | Found on the album Into The Gap, and on most of the various greatest hits compilation CDs. |
| 7" UK Single Version | 4:55 | Features a different intro with vocals, piano, and flute and was used in the music video. It also fades out while the group is singing, while the album version has an instrumental fade out. Only found on the UK 7" vinyl single (Arista TWINS 5) and the CD compilation, The Best Of Thompson Twins - Platinum & Gold Collection (2003 Arista/BMG Heritage). |
| Extended Version/12" Version | 9:26 | Found on the UK 12" vinyl single (Arista TWINS 125) and the double CD reissue of Into The Gap (2008 Edsel Records). |
| Premix Version | 5:22 | A unique version of the song with more of a dub sound to it, found exclusively on the compilation, Thompson Twins - The Greatest Hits (2003 Camden/BMG). Mislabeled as the 7" version |
Written by Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie, and Joe Leeway.