Pandora's Box (OMD song)

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“Pandora's Box”
“Pandora's Box” cover
Single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
from the album Sugar Tax
B-side "All She Wants Is Everything"
Released 24 June 1991
Format 7", 12", CD Single, Cassette single
Genre Synth-pop
Length 4:09
Label Virgin Records
Writer(s) OMD
Producer OMD
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark singles chronology
"Sailing on the Seven Seas"
(1991)		 "Pandora's Box"
(1991)		 "Then You Turn Away"
(1991)

"Pandora's Box", subtitled "It's a Long, Long, Way" for the US release, was the second single released by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from the album Sugar Tax. The song was inspired by silent film actress Louise Brooks and is named after one of the films she starred in. The phrase "Pandora's Box" does not appear in the song.

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[edit] Music video

The video is in black and white and features Louise Brooks and singer Andy McCluskey. According to the video intro, all of the scenes of Brooks in the video are from the original 1928 film Pandora's Box.

[edit] Track listings

[edit] 7" (VS 1331) and cassette single (VSC 1331)

  1. "Pandora's Box"
  2. "All She Wants Is Everything"

[edit] 12" (VS 1331)

  1. "Pandora's Box" (Constant Pressure 12" Mix)
  2. "All She Wants Is Everything"
  3. "Pandora's Box" (Abstract Mix)

[edit] CD Single (VSCDT1331)

Second part of the Special Collectors Edition tri-pack released with Sailing on the Seven Seas.

  1. "Pandora's Box"
  2. "All She Wants Is Everything"
  3. "Pandora's Box" (Constant Pressure 12" Mix)
  4. "Pandora's Box" (Diesel Fingers 12" Mix)

[edit] CD Single (VSCDX1331)

This release was issued in a black-stained wooden box with a paper wrap.

  1. "Pandora's Box"
  2. "Pandora's Box" (Lost Girl Mix)
  3. "Pandora's Box" (Abstract Mix)
  4. "Pandora's Box" (American Venus 7" Mix)

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (1991)[1] Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart 7
French Singles Chart 49
Swedish Singles Chart 7
UK Singles Chart 7
US Hot Dance Club Play Chart 11
US Modern Rock Chart 19
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 25

[edit] References

  1. ^ French, Austrian and Swedish Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved December 26, 2007)

[edit] External links