X-Ray Vision (song)

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"X-Ray Vision"
Single by Moon Martin
from the album Mystery Ticket
Released1982 (1982)
Genre Pop
Songwriter(s) Peter Sinfield, Terry Taylor, Moon Martin
"X-Ray Vision"
Single by TKA
from the album Scars of Love
Released1988 (1988)
Genre Freestyle
Songwriter(s) Peter Sinfield, Terry Taylor
TKA singles chronology
"Tears May Fall"
(1987)
"X-Ray Vision"
(1988)
"Don't Be Afraid"
(1988)

"X-Ray Vision" is a song written by Pete Sinfield and Terry Taylor and first recorded by Moon Martin from his album Mystery Ticket. Martin's recording of the song credits Sinfield, Taylor and Martin as the writers. It was later covered by the freestyle music group TKA, released as a single from the album Scars of Love in 1988. [1] Their cover of the song -- credited to Sinfield and Taylor only -- reached No. 26 on the Billboard dance/club play chart. A music video was also produced for the song.

Contents

Track listing

12" single
No.TitleLength
1."X-Ray Vision" (Club Vocal)6:00
2."X-Ray Vision" (Dub)6:00
3."X-Ray Vision" (Acappella)2:45

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play [2] 26
U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales [2] 30

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References

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  2. 1 2 Artist Biography by Mike DaRonco. "TKA | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-09-21.