[8] In 2021, the original lineup again reunited temporarily to record another album with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, String Theory.

After testing six guitarists, Willie Woo joined the band and brought in Mark Edmondson to replace Ali on drums.

Ali returned to the band and shortly afterwards Woo left, being replaced by Paul Reynolds, a 17-year-old friend of Mark Edmondson.

Released in the US, it included the single "Telecommunication" as well as "I Ran (So Far Away)" — which became the band's biggest hit and was in heavy rotation on the new cable channel, MTV.

[9] The video for "I Ran" was low budget (even for the time), but it provided enormous exposure for the band, and it is well-remembered in part because MTV played it frequently.

[citation needed] In late 1982, A Flock of Seagulls finally achieved commercial success in their home country with the single "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)", which reached the top 10.

The song was inspired by a short romance that vocalist Mike Score had with a girl on tour in the United States.

The band began 1983 at the Palladium in New York playing the MTV New Year's Eve Rock n' Roll Ball[11] with "Space Age Love Song" still climbing the charts in the U.S. following the top ten success of "I Ran".

Listen, the follow-up to band's debut album, was released at the end of April 1983 and also received positive reviews.

AllMusic critic Tom Demalon praises the single "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" as "multilayered and hypnotic" and also has written favorably about the songs "Nightmares" and "Transfer Affection".

They performed at the US Festival (in San Bernardino, California) in May[12] and at Holleder Memorial Stadium (in Rochester, New York) in July.

The band ventured into a new style, wanting to make a concept album based on themes such as suicide and heartbreak.

The singles "The More You Live, The More You Love" and "Never Again (The Dancer)" reached the top 40 on the US and UK charts, but "Remember David" was not as popular and had moderate success.

Score said the album was an unsuccessful attempt to bring the band into the grunge era, which dominated popular music at the time.

The album was released on 12 July 2019 and featured extended versions of some of the band's biggest hits, such as "I Ran (So Far Away)", "Space Age Love Song" and "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)".

In the same year, Mike Score revealed in an interview with Classic Pop magazine that he was working on a new solo album, Space Boy.

Scheduled for release on 20 August 2021, the album features orchestral versions of some of the band's hits, such as "Messages", "Remember David" and "Say You Love Me".

On 9 August 2024 the band announced their first album of new songs since The Light At The End Of The World, releasing the single titled Some Dreams.

The band's current lineup features Mike Score on vocals, Pando on bass, Gordon Deppe (The Spoons) on guitar and Kevin Rankin on drums.

The New Musical Express wrote: "Of course, everyone remembers this group now for singer Mike Score's ridiculous back-combed haircut and the fact that they are mentioned in Pulp Fiction.

"[16] The band was featured on Viacom's VH1 and Sony's BMG Legacy Recordings' 2006 revival CD series and multi-platform marketing campaign, "We Are the 80's".

[17] In a 2007 article for The Guardian, Alfred Hickling described the group as "dreadful", and unfavourably compared them to new wave peers OMD and other Liverpool acts of the time.