Ultravox - Vienna Ultravox are a British New Wave rock band. They were one of the primary exponents of the British electronic pop music movement of the early 1980s. The band was particularly associated with the New Romantic and New Wave movements. Until 1979, the frontman of Ultravox was John Foxx who left the band to embark on a solo career. Following Foxx's departure, Midge Ure took over as lead singer, guitarist and frontman, and he helped to steer the band to commercial success. Ure left the band in 1987 after establishing a solo career and the group disbanded for a while. A new line-up, led by sole original bandmember Billy Currie, was formed in 1992, but without success. The band's most well known line-up of Currie, Cross, Cann and Ure reformed in 2008 and have toured together since then. The single was released on Chrysalis Records on 15 January 1981, and is notable for setting a record for the highest number of weeks at #2 in the UK Singles Chart without ever getting to #1, spending 4 consecutive weeks at #2. "Vienna" was kept off the UK #1 slot by John Lennon's "Woman" for a week, and then most famously by Joe Dolce's novelty hit, "Shaddap You Face", for a further 3 weeks, although "Vienna" did sell more copies than either of these records and ranked as the 5th best selling UK single for 1981.