Doctor! Doctor!

In 1983, after the commercial success of their third album Quick Step & Side Kick, the Thompson Twins collaborated again with producer Alex Sadkin to record Into the Gap at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas.{{cite AV media notes|title=Into the Gap: Expanded Edition|title-link=Into the Gap|author=Damian Thomas|others=Thompson Twins|year=2008|type=Back cover|publisher=Demon Music Group|id=EDSD2009|location=London}} Bailey and Sadkin co-produced the album's tracks, including "Doctor! Doctor!".

The single peaked at #3 in the United Kingdom and #11 in the United States in July 1984. The song also peaked at #18 on the US Dance chart in the same year, and the Top 20 in Canada, Germany, Switzerland, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. In the UK, it was the 29th best-selling single of 1984.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-best-selling-songs-of-1984__32765/ |title=The Official Top 40 best-selling songs of 1984 |publisher=Official Chart Company}}

Sleeve photography was by Peter Ashworth.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

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The promotional music video was directed by Dieter 'Dee' Trattmann. It was released in 1984 and received heavy rotation on MTV.

The video opens on a scene of darkness, shifting clouds and a rising moon. Electronic music begins to play. A keyboard with hands playing superimposes over the silhouette of blocks like buildings. People appear against the backdrop of moon and clouds with a couple on ice skates just behind Tom Bailey as he begins to sing. The scene shifts quickly to a woman standing alone (Alannah Currie), then to Currie playing drums and Joe Leeway playing keyboard. As Bailey sings, the characters behind him act out the lyrics, intercut with shots of the band playing their instruments. As the song continues, Bailey, Currie and Leeway join the characters to act out the lyrics around blocks emitting smoke. The skaters and actors perform during the synthesizer solo. The scene continues to shift between the singer, the band playing, the actors and the ice skaters moving and turning. The video fades out in the same sequence it began, changing from the characters to the blocks against the sky, and then to the distant moon and shifting clouds.

An alternative edit of the video features more of the band playing instruments (e.g., Currie playing percussion and Bailey playing the synthesizer while the ice skaters dance) and less interaction with the other characters.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x20zaq_thompson-twins-doctor-doctor_music|title=Thompson Twins Doctor Doctor – Video Dailymotion|date=20 May 2007|website=Dailymotion}}

• 12" Single (601 182)

1. "Doctor! Doctor! (Extended Version)" – 7:50
2. "Nurse Shark" – 4:05

• 7" Single Arista (ARI 8366)

1. "Doctor! Doctor!" – 4:30
2. "Nurse Shark" – 4:07

• 7" Promo Single Arista (AS 1–9209)

1. "Doctor! Doctor!(Short Edit)" – 3:46
2. "Doctor! Doctor!"-4:29

1. Promo Version – 3:46
2. Album Version – 4:39
3. Extended Version – 7:50
4. Live from Thompson Twins Live – 5:53
5. Introduction sample (from The Thompson Twins Adventure) – 0:50

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• 1984 in British music

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• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APyl6Cnbfzw Official music video]
• [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x20zaq_thompson-twins-doctor-doctor_music Alternate edit of official music video]
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