Antmusic
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| Single by Adam & the Ants from the album Kings of the Wild Frontier |
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| Released | 1980 | ||||
| Format | Vinyl single | ||||
| Genre | New Wave | ||||
| Length | 3:37 | ||||
| Label | Epic (UK); CBS (AUS) | ||||
| Writer(s) | Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni | ||||
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"Antmusic" was the third single released in the UK in 1980, from the hugely popular Adam & the Ants album Kings of the Wild Frontier. The first single from the album Kings of the Wild Frontier was relatively unsuccessful at first, only making number 48 (although it re-entered the charts in early 1981 peaking at number 2). The follow up "Dog Eat Dog" made number 4 on the UK charts earlier in the year of 1980. "Antmusic" fared better and peaked at #2 in January 1981, being held off the top by the re-release of John Lennon's "Imagine" after his murder in New York City in Dec 1980.
The video to "Antmusic" featured the group playing in a discotheque with a giant juke box, and persuading the young audience to turn away from disco music and dance to the new-styled 'Ant-Music'.
The chart success of the single was even better in Australia, where it spent five weeks at No. 1, and earned the band platinum certification for sales of over 100,000. Adam & the Ants toured Australia in 1981 and appeared on influential TV pop show Countdown.
[edit] Covers
- Robbie Williams recorded a cover version on the B-side of his single "No Regrets" in 1998.
- OK Go did release a cover version of it on the b-side of the single "Get Over It"
- Hyper recorded a cover featuring Leeroy Thornhill for their album We Control.
