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"Misty Circles"
Single by Dead or Alive
from the album Sophisticated Boom Boom
Released	1983
Format	Vinyl record (7", 12")
Recorded	1983
Genre	New Wave
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Pete Burns Wayne Hussey Mike Percy
Producer	Zeus B. Held Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive singles chronology
"The Stranger" (1982) "Misty Circles" (1983) "What I Want" (1983)

"Misty Circles" is a song written and recorded by English New Wave/Dance band Dead or Alive. It was co-produced by the band and Zeus B. Held and released as the first single from Dead or Alive's album Sophisticated Boom Boom.

"Misty Circles" was the first song to be released by Dead or Alive after being signed to a major label, Epic Records. The band's prior single releases were issued independently. Upon its release, "Misty Circles" was not a success, peaking at number 100 on the UK Singles Chart. In 1984, the song was placed on the B-side of "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)". As both sides earned significant play in American nightclubs, they charted together as a double-sided hit on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, peaking at number four. The band performed it before a live audience on Razzmatazz, which features Pete Burns wearing a wardrobe similar to Boy George's, and thus created some temporary friction between the two singers in later years.

Chart performance

The single became the groups first entry on the UK Singles Chart, as well as their lowest peaking single, charting to #100. Also gaining play in U.S. clubs, it reached #4 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1983.