EIGHTIES KILLING JOKE AT 33 RPM MOVIE

Their performance is intercut with stock footage of Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Leonid Brezhnev (with the footage deliberately skipping), Anwar Sadat, Pope John Paul II, Ruhollah Khomeini, Konstantin Chernenko and John DeLorean. Behind him the flag of the Soviet Union can be seen. The official 1984 music video to 'Eighties' was directed by Anthony Van Den Ende, and shows the band performing the song while frontman Jaz Coleman stands in front of a microphone stand which has the U.S. Also, the 7-inch single was sold with a bonus 7-inch single of ' Let's All Go (to the Fire Dances)'. The 7-inch single exempted the 'Serious Dance Mix' and instead, featured 'Eighties' as the A-side.

The 12-inch single A-side featured the track 'Eighties (Serious Dance Mix)' with 'Eighties' and 'Eighties (The Coming Mix)' as B-sides. The studio version was released in April 1984 by E.G. It was also used as the music at the closing credits of Season 1, Episode 6, 'Bent', of The Lincoln Lawyer. It is also used as the theme song for the Investigation Discovery series The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade.

EIGHTIES KILLING JOKE AT 33 RPM MOVIE

It was used for a party scene in the 1985 movie Weird Science. 60 in the UK Singles Chart.Ī short snippet of 'Eighties' was the opening theme to the 2002 sitcom That '80s Show. The song had been premiered during a three track live performance for UK TV show the Tube in December 1983. ' Eighties' is the lead single from English post-punk band Killing Joke's fifth studio album, Night Time (1985), produced by Chris Kimsey.

Eighties killing joke at 33 rpm