Joan of Arc (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)

"Joan of Arc" is a 1981 song by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released as the second single from their third studio album Architecture & Morality.

This is the first of two OMD songs written by lead vocalist Andy McCluskey on the subject of the French patron saint Joan of Arc.

[4][5] Sunie Fletcher of Record Mirror felt the song has a "tender mood" and is "not particularly striking on first hearing", but allowed that it may be a "grower" akin to previous single "Souvenir".

[7] Critic Dave Thompson observed a "revelation of a single" with a "gorgeous melody", adding that "the power of this song is almost equal to Joan's own".

[9] "Joan of Arc" appeared in music journalist Paul Roland's all-time "100 Essential Singles", as well as in Slicing Up Eyeballs' "Top 100 Songs of 1981".