Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
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"Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)" is a song performed by British pop duo Eurythmics. It was written by group members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart for their album 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother), which served as the soundtrack to the film Nineteen Eighty-Four, an adaptation of the political novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. The song was produced by Stewart.
[edit] Background and performance
"Sexcrime" is a synthpop tune which features a heavily-sampled Lennox, utilizing snippets of her vocal performance to produce a stuttering effect. Also prominently featured is the voice of Stewart, with the aid of a vocoder, uttering the phrase "1984". It was the first of two singles released from the soundtrack album. The term "sexcrime" is one of several Newspeak words found within the novel.
[edit] Chart performance
The single peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart,[1] becoming Eurythmics' sixth song in a row to enter the Top 10. It was also a big hit throughout Europe and became one of the duo's biggest selling singles in Australia. "Sexcrime" met with resistance on United States radio — its title and bleak lyrical content did not earn mainstream success. The music video (featuring a straightforward performance of the song by Lennox and Stewart) had limited rotation on MTV. It peaked at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100, but was much more successful on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it reached number two.
[edit] Track listings
- A: "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)"
- B: "I did it just the same" (edited) *
- A: "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)" (extended mix)
- B1: "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)"
- B2: "I did it just the same" (edited) *
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (1984/1985) |
Peak
position |
| Belgian Singles Chart[citation needed] |
3 |
| Canadian Singles Chart[2] |
18 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[3] |
12 |
| French Singles Chart[4] |
7 |
| German Singles Chart[5] |
3 |
| Irish Singles Chart[6] |
4 |
| Italian Singles Chart[7] |
25 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart[8] |
8 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart[9] |
9 |
| Polish Singles Chart[citation needed] |
6 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[10] |
3 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[11] |
6 |
| UK Singles Chart[12] |
4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[13] |
81 |
| U.S. Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs Chart[13] |
2 |
[edit] References
- ^ www.chartstats.com Eurythmics; Sexcrime (1984) UK singles chart
- ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=53gtrvbfj0gk7r9b4sd40dtvu0&q1=Sexcrime&q2=&interval=20. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)". dutchcharts.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Eurythmics&titel=Sexcrime+%28Nineteen+Eighty-Four%29&cat=s. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)". lescharts.com. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eurythmics&titel=Sexcrime+%28Nineteen+Eighty-Four%29&cat=s. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Eurythmics/single. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Group - http://www.fireballmedia.ie. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: E". Hitparadeitalia.it. http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/ae.htm. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Eurythmics&titel=Sexcrime+%28Nineteen+Eighty-Four%29&cat=s. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)". norwegiancharts.com. http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eurythmics&titel=Sexcrime+%28Nineteen+Eighty-Four%29&cat=s. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)". swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eurythmics&titel=Sexcrime+%28Nineteen+Eighty-Four%29&cat=s. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Eurythmics - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)". hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Eurythmics&titel=Sexcrime+%28Nineteen+Eighty-Four%29&cat=s. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ "Eurythmics - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)". Chart Stats. 1985-02-16. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=11821. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/eurythmics/chart-history/4567?f=359&g=Singles
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