"All Stood Still" is Ultravox's fourth and final single from Vienna, the band's first album with Midge Ure, released on Chrysalis Records on May 26, 1981.
The single, on the back of "Vienna"'s success, hit #8 on the UK charts, giving Ultravox their second top-ten hit. There is currently no known music video available for the song, although the song was used to infectious effect in the first skateboarding video, Powell Peralta's promotional "Skateboarding in the '80's", featuring future legends Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen.
"All Stood Still" is the first Ultravox single to have an extended 12" version of the a-side. The b-sides comprise of two original instrumentals. "Keep Torque-ing" is listed on the Rare, Vol. 1 compilation as "Keep Talking"; it is generally accepted that the latter is the correct name for the track.
Famous quotes containing the words stood still and/or stood:
“Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of the Law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come to him again and again; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
“I stood and watched the evening star
As long as it watched me.”
—Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)