Warriors of the Wasteland

"Warriors of the Wasteland"
Single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
from the album Liverpool
A-side "Warriors of the Wasteland"
B-side "Warriors (Of the Wasteland)"
Released 11 November 1986
Format 7", 12", CD
Recorded Amsterdam, 1986
Genre Dance, new wave
Length 5:01
Label ZTT - ZTAS 25
Producer(s) Stephen Lipson
Frankie Goes to Hollywood singles chronology
"Rage Hard"
(1986)
"Warriors of the Wasteland"
(1986)
"Watching the Wildlife"
(1987)

"Warriors of the Wasteland" is the sixth single from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in 1986. It was taken from the album Liverpool.

Having already referenced literary heavyweights such as Coleridge in "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" and Thomas in "Rage Hard", for "Warriors of the Wasteland" Holly Johnson turned to T. S. Eliot for inspiration. Johnson cited Eliot's The Waste Land poem, the 1981 Mel Gibson film, Mad Max 2, and the 1979 film, The Warriors as inspirations.

Even though it featured 3 different 12" singles, "Warriors of the Wasteland" reached number 19 in the UK Singles Chart (making it the group's first UK hit not to go Top Five), #7 in Germany (for two weeks) and #13 in Switzerland.

Track listings

(All discographical information pertains to UK releases only unless noted)

7"
ZTT / ZTAS 25
  1. "Warriors of the Wasteland" - 5:01
  2. "Warriors (Of the Wasteland)" - 3:55
12"
ZTT / 12 ZTAS 25
  1. "Warriors" (Twelve Wild Disciples Mix) - 9:45
  2. "Warriors" (instrumental) [unlisted] - 4:50
  3. "Warriors" (return) - 1:22
  4. "Warriors" (end) - 3:29
Warriors (Attack) excerpt
An excerpt from Warriors (Attack)

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12"
ZTT / 12 ZTAX 25
  1. "Warriors" (Turn of the Knife Mix) - 8:09
  2. "Warriors" (instrumental) [unlisted] - 4:50
  3. "Warriors" (return) - 1:22
  4. "Warriors" (end) - 3:29
Warriors (Turn of the Knife Mix)
12"
ZTT / 12 ZTAK 25

"Heavy Mental"

  1. "Warriors" (attack mix) - 6:30
  2. "Warriors" (instrumental) [unlisted] - 4:50
  3. "Warriors" (return) - 1:22
  4. "Warriors" (end) - 3:29
12"
Island / 0-96799 United States
  1. "Warriors of the Wasteland" (Twelve Wild Disciples Mix) - 9:42
  2. "Warriors of the Wasteland" (Turn of the Knife Mix) - 8:11
Warriors Attack had a white label release
CD
ZTT / ZCID 25

"Warriors" (Compacted)

  1. "Warriors" (introduction) - 2:25
  2. "Warriors" (Twelve Wild Disciples Mix) - 9:45
  3. "Warriors of the Wasteland" [fewer lyrics] - 5:02
  4. "Warriors (Of the Wasteland)" - 3:57
  5. "Warriors" (Monopoly Re-Solution) ['rats in a cage'] - 2:21

"Warriors" (Compacted) was rereleased in 2012 on CD Sexmix Disk 2, Track 11.

MC
ZTT / CTIS 25

"Warriors (Cassetted)"

  1. "A Matter of Life and Death" - 0:04
  2. "Warriors of the Wasteland" [instrumental] - 2:59
  3. "Warriors (Of the Wasteland)" [7" version] - 3:09
  4. "Warriors" (Twelve Wild Disciples) [instrumental] - 8:32
  5. "we're rats" [various noises from 'Introduced'] - 0:43
  6. "Warriors" [excerpts from 'Return'] - 1:27
  7. "Warriors" (Monopoly Re-Solution) ['rats in a cage'] - 3:03

Chart performance

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Total
weeks
Dutch Singles Chart[1] 26 5
French Singles Chart[2] 50 8
German Singles Chart[3] 7 17
Irish Singles Chart[4] 12 3
Italian Singles Chart[5] 26 4
New Zealand Singles Chart[6] 30 4
Swiss Singles Chart[7] 13 8
UK Singles Chart[8] 19 10

References

  1. Steffen Hung. "Dutch charts portal". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  2. "InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste". Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  3. "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  4. Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Ltd. - http://www.fireballmedia.ie (1962-10-01). "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  5. Dario Salvatori. Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gramese, 1989. p. 100. ISBN 8876054391.
  6. Steffen Hung. "New Zealand charts portal". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  7. Steffen Hung. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
  8. "UK Singles & Albums Chart Archive". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2012-03-13.

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