Temptation (Heaven 17 song)

"Temptation"
Single by Heaven 17
from the album The Luxury Gap
B-side
  • "We Live So Fast",
  • "Who'll Stop the Rain"
Released8 April 1983
Recorded1983
Genre
Length
  • 3:34 (album version)
  • 3:08 (7-inch version)
  • 4:37 (12-inch version)
LabelVirgin
Songwriters
Producers
Heaven 17 singles chronology
"Let Me Go"
(1982)
"Temptation"
(1983)
"We Live So Fast"
(1983)
Music video
"Temptation" on YouTube
Alternative cover
1992 re-release: Brothers in Rhythm Remix

"Temptation" is a single by the English synth-pop band Heaven 17 featuring Carol Kenyon, originally released on 8 April 1983, by Virgin Records, peaking at number two on the UK singles chart. This was the second single to be taken from their second studio album, The Luxury Gap (1983), after "Let Me Go" in November 1982. It was written by Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware, and produced by B.E.F. with Greg Walsh. The music video for the song was directed by the Irish-British filmmaker Steve Barron. "Temptation" was certified silver by the BPI in May 1983, for sales exceeding 250,000 copies, subsequently listed by the Official Charts Company as the 34th best-selling single of 1983 in the UK.