Red Frame/White Light

"Red Frame/White Light"
Single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
from the album Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
B-side"I Betray My Friends"
Released1 February 1980 (1980-02-01)
Recorded1979
StudioThe Gramophone Suite (Liverpool)
Genre
Length3:15
LabelDindisc
Songwriters
Producers
  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
  • Chester Valentino
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark singles chronology
"Electricity"
(1979)
"Red Frame/White Light"
(1980)
"Messages"
(1980)
Music video
"Red Frame/White Light" on YouTube

"Red Frame/White Light" is the second single by the English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD). The song is about a red telephone box in Meols, on the North West England in North West England, that was used by the band to make calls to organise their gigs in the late 1970s. The track is composed of two alternating major/minor sections, each built around a synthesiser hook. Lyrical content is minimal, comprising mostly brief, spoken word utterances. It was the band's first single to chart.

The song had previously never been included in any of the band's compilation albums (except for the music video being included on the DVD of Messages: Greatest Hits in 2008) until 2019, when it appeared as part of Souvenir – The Singles 1979–2019.