Antmusic was the third single released in the UK in 1980 from the - TopicsExpress



          

Antmusic was the third single released in the UK in 1980 from the Adam and the Ants album Kings of the Wild Frontier. The first single from the album Kings of the Wild Frontier was the title track making no:2. The follow up Dog Eat Dog made number 4 on the UK charts. Antmusic peaked at no:2 in January 1981 but being held off the top by the re release of John Lennons Imagine after his murder in New York City in December 1980. The music video to Antmusic featured the group playing in a discothèque with a giant jukebox and persuading the young audience to turn away from disco music and dance to the new-styled Antmusic... The music video was directed by Steve Barron. The single spent five weeks at no:1 in Australia and earned the band platinum certification for sales of over 100,000. Adam and the Ants toured Australia in 1981 and appeared on influential TV pop show Countdown..... Written by Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni with Merrick doing the remixing and the production... It was covered by many including The Charlatans with Dirty Pretty Things, OK Go, DJ Hyper, Robbie Williams and Rogue Traders amongst many more, Youtube has loads of Adam and the Ants cover versions !! anyway here is the original & the best, Adam and the Ants with ANTMUSIC live from Japan xx
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 01:45:58 +0000

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