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Erasure – Safety in Numbers (1987) | Track profile | Dork

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The Circus
Safety in Numbers

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Safety in Numbers

Release date: 30th March 1987

From The Circus

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About This Track

"Safety in Numbers" is a track by Erasure, from the album The Circus, released 30th March 1987. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Erasure

Erasure

Lyrics

Safety in Numbers

[Verse 1: Andy Bell]

Show me the way, they say safety in numbers

I lift up my eyes to the sky

And imagine a crowd of hearts that surround me

And give me the courage to die

[Verse 2: Andy Bell]

Were you to weep and lie soft at my feet

Then you'd wash all my troubles away

And imagine the host of angels around me

That give me the courage to die

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Track details

From The Circus

1987

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Release year

1987

—If I Could (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
—Victim of Love [Vixen Vitesse Mix]
—If I Could [Japanese Mix]
—It Doesn't Have to Be (Live) [Top of the Pops - 1987/03/19]
—Don't Dance
—If I Could
—Sexuality
—Leave Me to Bleed
—It Doesn’t Have to Be [Single Version]
—Oh L'Amour (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
—Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
—Safety in Numbers (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
—Sometimes (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
—The Circus (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
—Don't Dance (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
—Hideaway
—It Doesn't Have to Be (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
—Leave Me to Bleed (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
—Sexuality [Extended Mix]
—Safety in Numbers
—Say What (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
—Sometimes [Shiver Mix]
—Sometimes [Extended Mix]
—Spiralling (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
—Spiralling
—Spiralling [Radio 1 Session - 1987/03/10]
—Victim of Love (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
—The Circus [Remix]
—The Circus (Live) [Top of the Pops - 1987/10/22]
—Victim of Love [Remix]
—Victim of Love (Live) [Top of the Pops - 1987/06/05]
—Who Needs Love (Like That) [Betty Boop Mix]
—Who Needs Love (Like That) (Live) [Brighton Dome, Brighton, UK - 1987/04/17]
—Phantom Bride [Radio 1 Session - 1987/03/10]
—The Circus [Radio 1 Session - 1987/03/10]
—Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! [Radio 1 Session - 1987/03/10]
—Sometimes [Video Mix]
—Sometimes (Live) [Top of the Pops - 1986/11/20]
—It Doesn't Have to Be [Cement Mix]
—In the Hall of the Mountain King [New Version]
—The Circus [Bareback Rider Mix]
—It Doesn’t Have to Be [Boop Oopa Doo Mix]
—The Soldier's Return [The Return of the Radical Radcliffe Mix]

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Andy Bell, Vince Clarke
Producer: Flood
Accordion: Andy Bell
Graphic Design: Me Company
Lacquer Cut Engineer: Tim Young
Lead Vocals: Andy Bell
Manufacturer: Adrenalin Records Limited, Damont, Lyntone Recordings Ltd., MPO, P.R. Records Limited
Mixing Engineer: Phil Harding
Plating Engineer: PAG
Synthesizer: Vince Clarke