All you zombies

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All you zombies
The Hooters
publication 1982
length 5:52
Genre (s) Pop rock
Author (s) Eric Bazilian , Rob Hyman
album Amore

All You Zombies is a song by the American rock band The Hooters from 1982. The song from the melodic folk rock category was first recorded live and released in 1982 as a single. A year later he appeared on the debut album Amore (1983) and an extended version on the second studio album Nervous Night (1985), which was also released as a single.

The song reached number three on the US mainstream rock chart and number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985 .

history

On April 11, 1981, The Hooters first released a single from All You Zombies , which was previously recorded live at the Emerald City nightclub. Another version of the song later appeared on the album Amore , which was released independently in 1983. Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian worked with Cyndi Lauper on the album She's So Unusual , which led Columbia Records to offer the band a contract. They released All You Zombies with additional instrumental sections that made the song almost six minutes. The hit entered the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and Top 10 in Australia. The Hooters played the song on July 13, 1985 at the Live Aid benefit concert in front of 100,000 people in Philadelphia .

composition

Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian composed the song, for which the two band founders only needed one night. The biblical metaphors and references to Moses and Noah in the lyrics led to controversy. Hyman said:

“I think the spirituality of it wasn't premeditated. I think everyone is a spiritual person in whatever they believe or not. There was no real agenda on our part. I know it got banned on several stations, which interested us - there were some Christian station that refused to play it. ”

“I think the spirituality wasn't premeditated. I think everyone is a spiritual person in what they believe or not. There was no real agenda on our part. I know it has been banned by several radio stations that interested us - some Christian radio stations refused to play it. "

- Song facts

Despite their Jewish origins and Old Testament references , according to Hyman, a deeper meaning of the lyrics of the song was neither considered nor discussed by the composers. The reggae- inspired song has a tempo of 87 beats per minute and a length of 5:52 minutes. The key is A minor . The music producer was Rick Chertoff.

Cover versions

The song was covered by the German singer Sandra for her eighth studio album The Art of Love and released as a promo single. Another cover was released in 2013 by the German band Santiano on the album Mit den Gezeiten . Santiano changed the lyrics to a German-language story about Vikings going to the mythical place Valhalla , as the title is.

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Track list

7 "live single (1982)
A side: "All You Zombies (Live)" (4:09)
B side: "Rescue Me" (4:03)
12 "single (1985)
A side: "All You Zombies (Extended Version)" (5:58)
B side: "Where Do the Children Go" (5:29)
12 "Promo Single (1985)
A side: "All You Zombies (Long)" (5:54)
B side: "All You Zombies (Short)" (3:52)
7 "single (1985)
A side: "All You Zombies (Long)" (5:54)
B side: "Nervous Night" (3:57)

Charts

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 17th (14 weeks) 14th
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 58 (11 weeks) 11

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nervous Night Awards. In: AllMusic . Retrieved July 30, 2018 .
  2. ↑ All you zombies by The Hooters. In: songfacts.com. Accessed August 9, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Sebastian Müller: Biography: Hooters. In: SWR3 . August 7, 2007, accessed July 30, 2018 .
  4. ↑ All You Zombies (Live) . In: Discogs.com .
  5. ↑ All You Zombies . In: Discogs.com .
  6. ↑ Hooters - All you zombies. In: GfK Entertainment / officialcharts.de. Retrieved October 14, 2018 .
  7. ^ Billboard: The Hot 100, June 29, 1985 . billboard.com. Retrieved April 15, 2017.