"Red Frame/White Light" is the second single by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD). The song is about a red telephone box in Meols, on the Wirral peninsula in Cheshire, that was used by the group to make calls to organise their gigs in the late 1970s. The track is composed of two alternating major/minor sections, each built around a synthesizer hook. Lyrical content is minimal, comprising mostly brief, spoken word utterances. It was the band's first single to chart. The song had previously never been included in any of the group's compilation albums (except for the promo video being included on the DVD of Messages - OMD Greatest Hits in 2008) until 2019, when it appeared as part of Souvenir: The Singles Collection 1979-2019. Reception Simon Ludgate of Record Mirror described the song as "a fab record to dance to" and "irresistibly catchy". Melody Maker called it "synth-pop of the new sensibility, which incorporates humour, emotion and a healthy awareness of disposability." Other appraisals were mixed, making unfavourable comparisons to Gary Numan, or suggesting that it was not the best album track to be chosen as a single. Retrospectively, AllMusic critic Ned Raggett praised the song's "mysterious chimes and spy-movie dramatics", while John Doran in The Quietus described the track as "awesome". The Human League frontman Philip Oakey described "Red Frame/White Light" as a "personal favourite" that cemented his fandom of OMD. Track listing "Red Frame/White Light" – 3:15 "I Betray My Friends" – 3:50 Sleeve design The sleeve was designed by Ben Kelly and Peter Saville. Telephone box The telephone box that inspired "Red Frame/White Light" is located at the junction of Birkenhead Road and Greenwood Road in Meols. In the nearby pub "The Railway Inn" the band would meet and used the telephone box to organise their gigs and transportation. In the song's lyrics the phone number is mentioned: 6323003. Fans would ring the number expecting to get one of the band members, but got a confused home owner in their own area code. Over the years it has become a kind of sacred place for OMD fans. In 2004 OMD fan Stephen Cork started a successful campaign to get the telephone box repainted in time for a fan tour on . On the evening of 18 August 2017 the phone box was removed by BT Group. It has subsequently been restored and returned