Visitors (song)

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"Visitors"
Single by Koto
B-side"Alien Mix"
Released1985
RecordedMemory Studio, January 1985
GenreSynthpop, Italo disco
Length
  • 6:12 (12")
  • 3:55 (7")
  • 6:40 (New Version '86)
  • 7:15 (Swedish Remix)
  • 6:20 (Vocal Mix)
LabelMemory Records
Songwriter(s)Anfrando Maiola
Producer(s)Stefano Cundari
Koto singles chronology
"Japanese War Game"
(1983)
"Visitors"
(1985)
"Jabdah"
(1986)

"Visitors" is a 1985 song recorded by Italian group Koto. Composed by Maiola and produced by Cundari, it is considered one of the best songs in the Italo disco canon. It contains a sample from Michael Jackson's 1984 hit, "Thriller". It is also considered one of the first "spacesynth" songs, a style of music which became popular during the mid-late 80s.[citation needed]

'Visitors' has sold 200,000 units, making it one of the highest selling Italo disco songs.[citation needed]

Track listings[edit]

Original 12" single[edit]

  • 1. Visitors (6:12)
  • 2. Visitors (Alien Mix) (6:12)

Original 7" single[edit]

  • 1. Visitors (3:55)
  • 2. Visitors (Alien Mix) (3:40)

New version '86 12"[edit]

  • 1. Visitors (New Version '86) (6:40)
  • 2. Visitors (Alien Mix) (6:12)

New version '86 7"[edit]

  • 1. Visitors (New Version '86) (3:40)
  • 2. Visitors (Alien Mix) (3:40)

Vocal Mix 12"[edit]

  • 1. Visitors (Vocal Mix) (6:20)^
  • 2. Visitors (Alien Mix) (6:12)
  • *remixed by Fredrik Ramel
  • ^remixed by Tess