Thrill Has Gone

"Thrill Has Gone"
Single by Texas
from the album Southside
B-side
Released24 April 1989 (1989-04-24)
GenrePop rock
Length3:32
Label
Songwriters
ProducerTim Palmer
Texas singles chronology
"I Don't Want a Lover"
(1989)		 "Thrill Has Gone"
(1989)		 "Everyday Now"
(1989)
Music video
"Thrill Has Gone" on YouTube

"Thrill Has Gone" is the second single released from Scottish band Texas's first studio album, Southside (1989). The song peaked at number 60 on the UK Singles Chart and number 19 in New Zealand, becoming their last top-20 hit there until "Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)" in 1998.

Critical reception

Jerry Smith, reviewer of British music newspaper Music Week, called this track a "memorable slice of smooth rock/pop... marked by another stunning vocal" equal to band's previous hit "I Don't Want a Lover" and expressed an assurance that it will "bring more success". Edem E. Ephraim and Dennis Fuller of London Boys, being host reviewers of singles column of Number One on 26 April 1989, considered that the song's sound more oriented to the American market, but both singers noticed that it has something. Tim Nicholson of Record Mirror labeled it "dull drag of AOR" and said that the track's title speaks for itself. He wrote: "None of the energy or inspiration of ″I Don't Want a Lover″ lives here, a ball and chain attached to its best leg every time it tries to move forward." As reviewers for the singles section of Melody Maker, The Stud Brothers left a sarcastic review of the single. They called Texas “a well-turned-out empty space, a nothingness that's neither frightful nor frightening” and declared their indifference to the band's records.»

Track listings

7-inch single

A. "Thrill Has Gone"
B. "Nowhere Left to Hide"

12-inch and CD single

  1. "Thrill Has Gone"
  2. "Nowhere Left to Hide"
  3. "Dimples"

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Thrill Has Gone"
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) 60
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)19
UK Singles (Official Charts)60
West Germany (GfK)73

References

  1. ↑ "New Singles". Music Week. 22 April 1989. p. 47.
  2. ↑ Smith, Jerry (6 May 1989). "Review: Texas – Thrill Has Gone" (PDF). Music Week. London. p. 27. ISSN 0265-1548. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022 – via World Radio History.
  3. ↑ Ephraim, Edem E.; Fuller, Dennis (26 April 1989). "Singles: Texas – "Thrill Has Gone" (Mercury)". Number One. No. 305. London: IPC Magazines Ltd. p. 42. ISSN 0266-5328. Retrieved 31 December 2025 – via Flickr.
  4. ↑ Nicholson, Tim (29 April 1989). "Singles: Texas – "Thrill Has Gone" (Phonogram)" (PDF). Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 29. ISSN 0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  5. ↑ The Stud Brothers (April 29, 1989). "Singles: Tom Petty – "I Won't Back Down" (MCA)". Melody Maker. London: IPC Limited. p. 32. ISSN 0025-9012. Retrieved February 9, 2026 – via Flickr.
  6. ↑ Thrill Has Gone (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Mercury Records, Phonogram Records. 1989. TEX 2, 872 776-7.
  7. ↑ Thrill Has Gone (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Mercury Records, Phonogram Records. 1989. TEX 212, 872 777-1.
  8. ↑ Thrill Has Gone (UK CD single liner notes). Mercury Records, Phonogram Records. 1989. TEX CD2, 872 777-2.
  9. ↑ Thrill Has Gone (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Mercury Records, Phonogram Records. 1989. TEX P 212.
  10. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 277.
  11. ↑ "Texas – Thrill Has Gone". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Official Singles Chart on 6/5/1989 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts (West Germany)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 7 July 2022.