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| B-side = | Released = April 1984 | Format = | Genre = Post-punk | Length = 3:51 | Label = E.G. | Writer = | Producer = | Last single = "Me or You?" (1983) | This single = "Eighties" (1984) | Next single = "A New Day" (1984) | Misc = }} "Eighties" is Killing Joke's first single from their fifth studio album, ''Night Time''. It was originally released in April 1984〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eighties )〕 by E.G. Records as a 12" and 7" single, produced by Chris Kimsey. The 12" single A-side featured the track "Eighties (Serious Dance Mix)" with "Eighties" and "Eighties (The Coming Mix)" as B-sides. The 7" single exempted the "Serious Dance Mix" and instead, featured "Eighties" as the A-side. Also, the 7" single was sold with a bonus 7" single of "Let's All Go (To the Fire Dances)". The single reached No. 60 in the UK Singles Chart,.〔(Chart Stats - Killing Joke ). chartstats.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-05〕 A short snippet of "Eighties" was the opening theme to the short-lived 2002 Fox sitcom ''That '80s Show''. ==Reception== According to drummer Paul Ferguson, "Eighties", like other music by Killing Joke, was "aggressive music. It's not polite entertainment...we've got songs in the dance charts...as far as I'm concerned, Killing Joke is dance music. I'm not at all displeased with getting into the disco charts. I think it shows great hope for the world."〔 In a 2004 interview with Alex Smith, Ferguson described the band's music as "the sound of the earth vomiting. I’m never quite sure whether to be offended by the question of 'are we Punk' or not, because, I loved Punk music, but we weren't. And I think our influences were beyond Punk. Obviously before Punk, there was Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and there was Yes even and King Crimson, and those had all influenced me as a player, and the other guys would say other things, but I’m sure they were all part of their history as well."〔Smith, Alex (4 September 2004). (Interview with Big Paul Ferguson ). ''Flaming Pablum''. Retrieved on 12 December 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eighties (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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