Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark might be enjoying a second wind in the United States, but it wasn’t until the mid-80s that the band hit their stride overseas thanks to John Hughes and his movie Pretty In Pink. “We met him, Molly Ringwald and Jon Cryer,” recalls Andy McCluskey.
“He needed a song for the final prom scene and we gave him one. He said that he loved it, but had changed the ending and asked if we could write another. We were about to start touring, but went into a Hollywood studio and had finished one by 4am. We had it delivered to him for 9am.”