Killer" is a song by British DJ and record producer Adamski. It was written by Adamski and British singer-songwriter Seal, who also provided vocals. It was released in March 1990 by MCA Records as the first single from Adamski's second album, Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy (1990), and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. The single spent four weeks at the top in May and June 1990 and sold over 400,000 copies in the UK, earning it gold certification. It also reached number one in Belgium and Zimbabwe and number two in the Netherlands and West Germany.
The song's music video was directed by Don Searll. Melody Maker ranked "Killer" the ninth-best single of the year.[4] In 1991, Seal re-recorded "Killer" for his debut album, Seal, produced by Trevor Horn. Seal's version reached number eight in the UK and number 100 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Adamski recounted that Seal saw him perform in 1989 at an illegal rave at the Santa Pod Raceway. Seal afterwards handed a demo tape to Adamski's MC, Daddy Chester, with which both were impressed. Seal had previously been singing in blues bands but a year spent travelling in Asia had changed his view of life and he had since become involved in the rave scene.[5]
Adamski and Seal later happened to meet on New Year's Eve 1989 at a club named Solaris in London, and Seal was invited to work on one of a number of pieces that Adamski was performing at that time. Adamski had an instrumental track he called "The Killer" because he felt that it sounded 'like the soundtrack to a movie murder scene'. According to Adamski, Seal's vocals were recorded against this track on 27 January 1990: coincidentally the same day that 10,000 people gathered in Trafalgar Square (not far from the studio where they were working) for the 'Freedom to Party' demonstration against a government crackdown on rave culture, which Adamski himself attended.
Seal explained that the words he provided for "Killer" were intended as an exhortation to freedom and overcoming; that "the lyrics are about transcending whatever holds you back".[5] The song's line "Racism in amongst future kids can only lead to no good, besides, all our sons and daughters already know how that feels" was re-used in Seal's 1991 song "Future Love Paradise". The introduction to the Seal version also contains the line "It's the loneliness that's the killer", which does not occur in the Adamski version.
"Killer" debuted within the UK Singles Chart top 40 at number 39 on 14 April 1990.[6] Although the track was credited solely to Adamski by the Official Charts Company, various publications credited Seal's contribution to the song as a featured artist. It reached the top 10 during its fourth week on the chart before reaching number one on 12 May. After a four-week run at the top, the track fell one place to number two, being replaced in pole position by "World in Motion" by New Order. It spent 16 weeks in the top 40.
Ian McCann from NME declared it as "a perfect pop moment, if Adamski never makes another record half as good it will stand as a testament to its time like Bowie's, Numan's and Human League's best."[10] Tom Doyle from Smash Hits remarked that the song is "a bit of surprise", complimenting Seal, "who turns in a fine soul-singing". He explained that the song "builds up from a slow Depeche Mode-sounding beginning into a full-blown "rave" record and then drops down for the moody bit again at the end. A complete success."[11]
In 1991, Seal re-recorded "Killer" for his debut album, Seal, produced by Trevor Horn. Seal's version, released in November 1991 by ZTT Records, reached number eight in the United Kingdom,[49] number 100 on the US Billboard Hot 100,[50] and number nine on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart with a remix by William Orbit.[51]
The music video for Seal's version was produced and directed by Don Searll, and used computer-generated science-fiction themed imagery, largely built around a partial re-creation of the M. C. Escher print Another World. The song won British Video of the Year at the 1992 Brit Awards.
A new single release of "Killer", containing new remixes of both this and another Seal hit, "Crazy", was released in January 2005. This brought the single back to the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it reached number one.[51]
In 1991, English singer-songwriter George Michael performed "Killer" live at the Wembley Arena in a version that was released on the 1993 EP Five Live. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" was also recorded and released on the same album. The two songs were blended together in the live performance, then remixed several times. The P.M. Dawn extended and radio remix for the "Killer"/"Papa" combination was released in 1993. Michael shot a video for the release, in which he did not appear personally. It was directed by German director Marcus Nispel.
German DJ ATB recorded a version of "Killer" in 1999, released as a single on 31 May 1999 in Germany and on 19 September 2000 in the United States. Featuring vocals by Drue Williams, it was the producer's first fully vocal-based song under the ATB name. The song uses elements from both Adamski and Seal's versions, updated with more contemporary production techniques. The UK radio edit differs from others in that it includes ATB's signature guitar sound. This version of "Killer" peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart and number 36 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
An instrumental version of "Killer" was used as the Goal of the Tournament backing music for the BBC's Italia 90 coverage. It also featured in the 1991 Only Fools and Horses Christmas special, Miami Twice. It has also been used in video games DJ Hero 2 (as a remix by Tisto) and Forza Horizon 3 (on the in-game radio station "Bass Arena"). A short fragment of the song was played in the first scene of the first episode of Bancroft. It was also used in a May 2018 episode of ITV soap opera Emmerdale, playing on the radio in Charity Dingle's car, and triggering memories of when she was raped at age 14 by Detective Inspector Mark Bails in 1990. Most recently, it has been used by BT in a 2018 advertising campaign.
Finally, can I say? I hope they have another pizza in the oven. Zach could probably eat that whole thing himself. Even with a big salad, that is not a two teenager sized pizza. And finally, anyone else like the song? Can you get that beat out of your head?
So I understand your annoyance with Peter, but I am not surprise. Its obvious he is learning about his wife again, remember how shock he was in Taking Control, how turned on he was. Alicia is a different woman to him now, who stands up for herself. I can truly believe he was not in love with her when he cheated on her, cause seriously you do not hurt the person you love so much. So his line about falling in love again makes sense to me. However, that does not mean he deserved a second chance? he totally ruined the life he had with her, so if hew as dumb enough to fall out of love, then maybe he does not deserve her. However you know how I feel about A/P, I wish I did not like them so much, I wish I did not love the idea of all the great story lines we could have with them, but truth is I do and I cannot help to still root for them *shrug* (sometimes I think something has to be wrong with me LOL) Also, I have to say, that even though what Peter did is unforgivable, his face at the end, was so sad. You can tell this secret is ripping him apart, but instead of telling her the truth, he does what he knows best, he falls back to using his political power. I think though, if it would have been any other woman and not Kalinda, he might have told her the truth,but the fact it was Kalinda further complicates matter. I am not defending him not telling her, just understand why is so hard to tell her.
As for Kalinda, man she breaks my heart. That first scene were she calls Alicia to tell her, but just cannot. I feel for her, is so hard to keep a secret for so long and then to tell something is so hard it kind of hurts. I really hope her and Alicia make it through this. I get where Kalinda is coming from, Alicia is her only friend and not only that she does not want to turn her life upside again ? Man, this plot twist just makes me so sad, I think its new and interesting, but just leaves such a sour taste in my mouth ?
And I get it as well, it is in infuriating, which is why you do not find many people rooting for A/P lol. You are so right, that just because he might not have loved her, that is NO excuse to cheat. If you are out of love, leave the person, instead of further hurting them. He really messed up, there is no going back, even if he is trying to change now, his total disregard for his family are sometimes hard to overlook. The thing is, as bad as Peter might seem, there is still some good in him, which still makes you root for him just a bit. We seem the man change since S1, so that also influences the way we can look at him.
The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes theme song was written by John DeBello, released by Four Square Productions and published by W. Finletter Films LLC. Different variations of it were used for the other films.
It has long been rumored that Del Rey and Ibsen recorded "Paradise" and the second and third demos of "This Is What Makes Us Girls" in the same session as this song, though Ibsen has since claimed this song to have been recorded on April 16, 2011.[1] The title of an original file of "Paradise" showed that it predates "Serial Killer" by an entire month. Both songs were considered for inclusion on Del Rey's debut major-label studio album, Born to Die, but were ultimately cut from consideration.
On March 29, 2022, Ibsen released the song - alongside "Paradise" - on all streaming platforms as a single under his stage name Neros. The cover art of the single included stanzas of early lyrics of the song, handwritten by Del Rey. The tracks were removed the following day.
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