Love Missile F1-11 Explained

Love Missile F1-11
Cover:Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F-11.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Album:Flaunt It
B-Side:Hack Attack
Released:[1]
Genre:Synth-pop[2]
Length:3:45
Label:Parlophone
Producer:Giorgio Moroder
Next Title:21st Century Boy
Next Year:1986

"Love Missile F1-11" is the debut single by the British new wave band Sigue Sigue Sputnik, released in 1986 from their debut studio album Flaunt It. It was the band's biggest hit, reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart. The track was produced by Giorgio Moroder, after Prince rejected a request to oversee production, complaining the track was "too violent."[3] The band approached Moroder due to his work on a number of Hollywood film scores, as well as his early Donna Summer records, with the latter inspiring the band's trademark repetitive, synthetic bass sound.

In 1987 Pop Will Eat Itself released a cover of the song.[4] In the 2000s David Bowie released a cover of the song.[5]

Style

The song features vocals with high echo and uses multiple sound effects to create a futuristic atmosphere. The 'Ultraviolence Mix' begins with a sample from Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange where Malcolm McDowell's character, Alex, professes his fondness for a bit "of the old ultra-violence". None of the movie samples included in the originally released version of the single were cleared, resulting in film director Kubrick taking action against the band, who were forced to pay him a substantial fee. All samples were removed for the US release of the track, with some replaced by re-recordings using voice mimics, a move founding band member Tony James blames for "killing the record" in America.

Track listing

7": Parlophone / SSS 1 (UK)

  1. "Love Missile F1-11" – 3:45
  2. "Hack Attack" – 3:50

12": Parlophone / 12 SSS 1 (UK)

  1. "Love Missile F1-11" (Extended Version) – 6:55
  2. "Love Missile F1-11" (Dance Mix) – 4:27
  3. "Hack Attack" – 3:50

12": Parlophone / 12 SSS 1 (UK)

  1. "Love Missile F1-11" (The Bangkok Remix) – 6:28
  2. "Love Missile F1-11" (Dance Mix) – 4:27
  3. "Hack Attack" – 3:50

12": Manhattan / V-56021 (US)

  1. "Love Missile F1-11" (Extended Version) – 6:52
  2. "Love Missile F1-11" (Dance Mix) – 4:31
  3. "Love Missile F1-11" (Single Version) – 3:45

Special Edition 12": Parlophone / 12 SSSX 1 (UK)

  1. "Trailer Mix" – 1:16
  2. "Love Missile F1-11" (Video Mix) – 3:45
  3. "Love Missile F1-11 & 'Actuality' Sound" – 3:46
  4. "Hard Attack" (Dub) – 3:52

Cassette: Manhattan / 4V 56021 (US)

  1. "Love Missile F1-11" (Extended Version)
  2. "Love Missile F1-11" (Dance Version)
  3. "Love Missile F1-11" (Single Version)
  4. "Love Missile F1-11" (Bangkok Remix)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 32
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[7] 13
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 3
Italy (Musica e dischi)[9] 24
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[10] 2
Spain (AFYVE)[11] 1
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)[12] 50
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)47

Year-end charts

Chart (1986)Position
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[13] 60
Spain (AFYVE)7
UK Singles (OCC)[14] 67
West Germany (Official German Charts)[15] 46

Notes and References

  1. Lift Off . . 4 . 15 February 1986 . 2 December 2021 .
  2. Jonathan Bernstein. Jay Stowe. April 1995. Where Are They Now?. Spin. 11. 1. 139.
  3. Web site: A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 39: Success to S.S. Paparazzi on Apple Podcasts . 2022-10-01 . Apple Podcasts . en-AU.
  4. Web site: Discogs . 2024-02-18 .
  5. Book: Buckley . David . David Bowie: The Music and The Changes . 2015 . Omnibus Press.
  6. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian) . 1993 . Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . illustrated . Australian Chart Book . . 273 . 0-646-11917-6.
  7. European Hot 100 Singles . . 3 . 15 . 12 . 19 April 1986 . 9 February 2021 .
  8. Web site: 13 August 2015. Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit SEN - SIG. 2022-07-04. Sisältää hitin.
  9. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e dischi. it. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Sigue Sigue Sputnik".
  10. Web site: South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (S) . Rock.co.za . 31 January 2014 .
  11. Book: Salaverri, Fernando . September 2005 . Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 . 1st . Fundación Autor-SGAE . Spain . 84-8048-639-2 . es.
  12. Web site: Flaunt It – Awards . . 31 January 2014 .
  13. European Hot 100 Singles: Hot 100 of the Year 1986 . . 3 . 51/52 . 29 . 27 December 1986 . 9 February 2021 .
  14. Top 100 Singles . . 24 January 1987 . 24.
  15. Web site: Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1986 . . 9 February 2021 . de.

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