The Face of Dorian Gray

"The Face of Dorian Gray"
Single by Robert Marlow
from the album The Peter Pan Effect
B-side	"The Tale of Dorian Gray"
Released	11 July 1983
Recorded	1982–1983
Studio	Blackwing (London)
Genre	Synth-pop new wave electronic
Length	2:48
Label	Reset
Songwriter(s)	Robert Marlow
Producer(s)	Vince Clarke Eric Radcliffe
Robert Marlow singles chronology
"The Face of Dorian Gray" (1983) "I Just Want to Dance" (1983)
Music video
"The Face of Dorian Gray" on YouTube

"The Face of Dorian Gray" is the debut single written and recorded by the English singer Robert Marlow, released as both a 7-inch and 12-inch single in 1983 by Reset Records. Produced by Vince Clarke and Eric Radcliffe, it was recorded at Blackwing Studios in south-east London. The single peaked at No. 93 on the UK singles chart, Marlow's only single to chart.

The single came to fruition after Marlow approached Clarke and asked about the possibility of a day's recording in the latter's aforementioned Blackwing Studios, a converted church.^[1]

The song was based on the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) by the Irish writer Oscar Wilde.^[2]

The studio album that it was intended to be on, The Peter Pan Effect, was later released in 1999 by Swedish label Energy Rekords.

7-inch and 12-inch single

1. "The Face of Dorian Gray"
2. "The Tale of Dorian Gray"

Credits are adapted from the single's back cover.^[3]

• Pat Page – backing vocals
• Neville Brody – sleeve design
• Vince Clarke – producer
• Eric Radcliffe – producer

• "The Face of Dorian Gray" at Discogs (list of releases)