| "We Take Mystery (To Bed)" | ||||
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| Single by Gary Numan | ||||
| from the album I, Assassin | ||||
| Released | 11th June 1982 | |||
| Format | 7"/12" single | |||
| Recorded | Rock City Studios, London 1982 | |||
| Genre | New Wave | |||
| Length | 3:42 | |||
| Label | Beggars Banquet BEG 77 (7"), BEG 81 (12") |
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| Producer | Gary Numan | |||
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"We Take Mystery (To Bed)" is a 1982 song by the British musician Gary Numan. Released as the second single from his I, Assassin album, it reached number nine in the UK Singles Chart (the biggest of three Top 20 hits from the album and Numan's last Top 10 hit to date).[1] Two music videos were made for the song; one being for the American market which begins outdoors with Numan and his band driving through New York in an open-top car before cutting to a studio performance of the song,[2] the other was an entirely studio-based video for the UK market featuring Numan by himself in a variety of costumes.[3]
A different version of the song (known as the Early Version) is available as a bonus track on the 12" single (and subsequently on reissues of the album on CD) this early version was recorded in 1981 as part of early sessions for the album, I, Assassin. There is also another early version, which was discovered on the studio master tapes when Beggars Banquet Records remastered the album in 1999, though this has never been released. The extended version features a lengthy fretless bass solo by Pino Palladino.
Being one his biggest hits, the song has been played frequently on live tours throughout Numan's career.