"Mind of a Toy" is the third single by the British pop group Visage

Visage

Visage are a British New Wave rock band. Formed in 1978, the band became closely linked to the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement of the early 1980s, and are best known for their 1980 hit "Fade to Grey".-New Wave years :...

, released on Polydor Records

Polydor Records

Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...

 in March 1981, and also the third to be taken from Visage's eponymous debut album

Visage (album)

Visage is the eponymous debut album from the British pop group Visage, recorded at Genetic Sound Studios in Reading and released by Polydor Records on 10 November 1980...

. The single peaked at number 13 in the UK.

The 12" release, including both b-sides, are available on the 2008 re-issue of The Anvil

The Anvil (album)

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The video for the song was directed by former 10cc

10cc

10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...

 members Godley & Creme

Godley & Creme

Godley & Creme were an English pop music duo composed of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. The pair began releasing albums as a duo after splitting from the pop band 10cc. In 1979 they directed their first music video for their own single "An Englishman in New York"...

, who had branched out into video production by that time.

Track listing

7" version

1. "Mind of a Toy" [single edit] - 3:32
2. "We Move" - 4:00

12" version

1. "Mind of a Toy (Dance Mix)" – 5:14
2. "We Move (Dance Mix)" – 6:28
3. "Frequency 7 (Dance Mix)" – 5:02

Personnel

• Steve Strange
  Steve Strange
  Steve Strange , is a Welsh pop singer, best known as the lead singer and frontman of the 1980s pop group Visage...
  
   (vocals)
• Midge Ure
  Midge Ure
  James "Midge" Ure, OBE is a Scottish guitarist, singer, keyboard player, and songwriter...
  
   (guitar, backing vocals)
• Billy Currie
  Billy Currie
  Billy Currie is an English violist, violinist, pianist, keyboardist, and songwriter...
  
   (synthesizer)
• John McGeoch
  John McGeoch
  John Alexander McGeoch, , was a Scottish guitarist who played with a number of bands of the post-punk era, including Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Visage and Public Image Ltd....
  
   (guitar)
• Rusty Egan
  Rusty Egan
  Rusty Egan was the drummer for the British new wave band, The Rich Kids. They were founded by former Sex Pistol, Glen Matlock, bass guitarist and backing vocals, occasional lead vocals; with Steve New guitarist and backing vocals, occasional lead vocals; and fronted by Midge Ure guitarist, lead...
  
   (drums, electronic drums programming)
• Dave Formula
  Dave Formula
  Dave Formula, , is an English keyboardist and film-soundtrack composer from Manchester, who played with the post-punk band Magazine, and New Romantic ensemble Visage during the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s and in the "world music" band The Angel Brothers.-Early Years and St...
  
  (synthesizer)