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JOHN HUGHES

‘IF YOU LEAVE’, ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK PRETTY IN PINK (1986) OMD purists may sniff, but to hell with haughty. Recorded last-minute to replace ‘Goddess Of Love’, Pretty’s prom theme crystallises the film’s heartmelting late-teens feels. Don’t let go at any price.

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