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Writer(s): Eric Bazilian, Rob Hyman (see lyrics here) First Recorded: April 11, 1981 First Released: 1982 First Charted: May 11, 1985 Peak: 58 US, 11 AR, 12 CO, 8 AU, 1 DF (Click for codes to singles charts.) Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 13.0 video, 18.4 streaming |
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About the Song:The Hooters first recorded “All You Zombies” live on April 11, 1981 at the Emerald City nightclub in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. WK Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman, the songwriters, considered it “too quirky to be a hit,” SF but when they did a live concert for Philadelphia radio station WMMR, the station was flooded with requests for the song. SF It was released as a single in 1982. Another version was included on their 1983 independent debut album, Amore. Two years later, a longer version appeared on their major label debut, Nervous Night. It was released as the first single in support of that album. It was a minor hit in terms of its Billboard Hot 100 appearance, but reached #11 on the album rock chart and #8 in Australia. It was also a top-20 hit in New Zealand and Germany. The song “mingles mentions of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments and Noah building his ark with warnings to people ‘sittin’ in high places’ that ‘the pieces gonna fall on you.’” CT Hyman said of the controversy created by the Bibilca images that “the spirituality of it wasn’t premeditated…There was no real agenda on our part.” SF We were “just combining those kind of icons and images with this reggae beat.” SF Bazilian said, “Even though we wrote it, I still feel very much on the outside of it…We’re still trying to really understand the song.” CT Hyman said it was the fastest song they had written “that was of any quality.” WK Resources:
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First posted 11/13/2021; last updated 10/28/2022. |
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