| 词条 | Space Invaders (Player One song) |
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| name = Space Invaders | cover = Space Invaders (Player One single, cover art - Australian version).jpg | alt = | caption = 1979 Australian 7" sleeve | type = single | artist = Player One | album = Game Over | A-side = Space Invaders | B-side = A Menacing Glow in the Sky | released = 1979 | format = 7-inch single | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Space disco | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=08}} | label = WEA | writer = Russell Dunlop, Bruce Brown | producer = Russell Dunlop, Bruce Brown | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}"Space Invaders" is a song by Australian songwriters Russell Dunlop and Bruce Brown, recording under the band name Player One (commonly stylised as Player [1]) in 1979. The song is based on the hugely successful 1978 video game Space Invaders. It was a novelty hit in Australia,[1] peaking at No.3 on the Kent Music Report charts, and ending up as the seventh best selling single in Australia for 1980. It spent 28 weeks on the Australian charts.[2] The song approached Platinum status (100,000 sales) in Australia as of October 1980.[3] HistoryThe arcade game of the same name, Space Invaders, was released by Japanese company Taito in 1978 and had become a global phenomenon by 1979. The Warner Music office in Sydney had its own arcade cabinet of the game, which prompted the idea of a song cashing in on the game's popularity. They took the project to Sydney producer duo Russell Dunlop and Bruce Brown, who took inspiration from the Space Invaders game to create the song's bassline. According to Brown: "We actually went out with a machine before we did the record and recorded all the sound effects of it and had a little fiddle around with it".[4] Dunlop and Brown also released an album as Player One, Game Over. Dunlop recalled: "We sat down and wrote a bunch of space songs, but instead of sticking to the concept of the hit, we wandered off into the 'clever' musical genre with fancy time signatures, radical chord progressions and so on. The reply came back for the States that this was intended for 13- to 14-year-olds: 'You've lost us.'"[1] The single and album were released in the US under the band name Playback, which Brown and Dunlop had used for other projects, to avoid confusion with the US band Player. The US version of the album was titled Space Invaders. The song was released internationally but failed to chart outside Australia. It was, however, influential in the history of electronic dance music, being sampled by Jesse Saunders for the bassline of what is commonly held to be the first Chicago house record, "On and On" (1984).[5][6] The "Space Invaders" bassline was thus influential in the early history of house music.[4] Player One discography
References1. ^1 A drummer for all times: Russell Dunlop, 1945-2009 (Sydney Morning Herald, 19 June 2009) 2. ^ Australian Chart Book (1970-1992) Page:391, 432 - David Kent 3. ^{{cite journal |title=Phantom Acts Creating Strong Aussie Presence |journal=Billboard |date=October 11, 1980 |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EiUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT86 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |language=en}} 4. ^1 http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rarecollections/space-invaders-and-the-birth-of-chicago-house/6301186 5. ^{{cite web|title=Jesse Saunders – On And On|url=http://www.discogs.com/Jesse-Saunders-On-And-On/release/176575|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=23 May 2012}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/black-history-jesse-saunders-and-house-music/|title=Black History Month: Jesse Saunders and house music|last=Church|first=Terry|publisher=BeatPortal|date=2010-02-09|accessdate=2010-04-10}} 7. ^Player [1] - Space Invaders (Vinyl) at Discogs] 8. ^[http://www.discogs.com/Player-Game-Over/release/1376142 Player [1] - Game Over (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs] 9. ^Playback - Space Invaders (Vinyl) at Discogs 10. ^[http://www.discogs.com/Player-Space-Invaders/release/114460 Player [1] - Space Invaders (Vinyl) at Discogs] 4 : Australian songs|1979 singles|Music based on video games|1979 songs |
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