A Flock of Seagulls is an English band (Liverpool) of new wave music that had success in the early 1980s with the titles I Ran (So Far Away) (1982), Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) (1983) and The More You Live, the More You Love (1984) ranked well, everywhere on the planet (England, Germany, Australia, Canada, United States, Netherlands, New Zealand).
The name of the band comes from a part of the text of the song "Toiler on the Sea" of Stranglers.
In 1981, signed on Jive Records, then on Zomba Records the following year and returned to Jive.
In 1984, the formation moved to Philadelphia in the United States, without Paul Reynolds.
Separation of the formation in 1986 following the commercial failure of their 4> album.