- Style
- Track listing 7": Parlophone / SSS 1 (UK) 7": Manhattan Records / B-50035 (US) 12": Parlophone / 12 SSS 1 (UK) 12": Manhattan Records / V-56021 (US) Special Edition 12": Parlophone / 12 SSSX 1 (UK)
- Cover versions
- Video
- Charts
- See also
- References
- External links
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| artist = Sigue Sigue Sputnik
| album = Flaunt It
| B-side = Hack Attack
| released = February 1986
| format = {{hlist|7"|12"}}
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| length = 3:49
| label = Parlophone
| writer = {{hlist|Anthony James|Martin Degville|Neal Whitmore}}
| producer = Giorgio Moroder
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}}"Love Missile F1-11" is a song by British band Sigue Sigue Sputnik released in March 1986 as the first single from their debut album Flaunt It. It was the band's biggest hit, reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart. StyleThe 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". Track listing7": Parlophone / SSS 1 (UK)- Side one
- "Love Missile F1-11" – 3:45
- Side two
- "Hack Attack" – 3:50
7": Manhattan Records / B-50035 (US)- Side one
- "Love Missile F1-11" – 3:45
- Side two
- "Hack Attack" – 3:50
12": Parlophone / 12 SSS 1 (UK)- Side one
- "Love Missile F1-11 (Extended Version)" – 6:55
- Side two
- "Love Missile F1-11 (Dance Mix)" – 4:27
- "Hack Attack" – 3:50
12": Manhattan Records / V-56021 (US)- Side one
- "Love Missile F1-11 (Extended Version)" – 6:55
- Side two
- "Love Missile F1-11 (Dance Mix) – 4:27
- "Love Missile F1-11 (Single Version)" – 3:45
Special Edition 12": Parlophone / 12 SSSX 1 (UK)- Side one
- "Trailer Mix" – 1:16
- "Love Missile F1-11 (Video Mix)" – 3:45
- Side two
- "Love Missile F1-11 & 'Actuality' Sound" – 3:46
- "Hard Attack (Dub)" – 3:52
Cover versionsDavid Bowie covered the song as an outtake during the sessions for his 2003 album, Reality. It was then released as a B-side for the single "New Killer Star". Pop Will Eat Itself released a cover of the song as a single in May 1987, before including it on the Box Frenzy LP in 1988. Thermopyle released a cover version as a CD single in 1998. There is also an electronic version remixed by WestBam released on a single in 2000. The Stone Roses also used to occasionally cover "Love Missile F1-11" at some of their earlier concerts. VideoThe music video features many shots of a futuristic city and references The Terminator, Star Wars, Star Trek, Blade Runner and Scarface. The video is primarily set in a future war; the band are depicted as soldiers armed with weapons and space ships. In some countries, the video censors a scene in which the members of the group installs a silencer on a MAC-10 (which is censored with a censor bar over the gun), and fires it later in the video (which is censored with stock war footage), due to it being deemed as an "Instruction in the Use of a Firearm". Charts| Chart (1986) | Peak
position | {{singlechart|Austria|9|artist=Sigue Sigue Sputnik|song=Love Missile F1-11|accessdate=31 January 2014}} {{singlechart|Flanders|20|artist=Sigue Sigue Sputnik|song=Love Missile F1-11|accessdate=31 January 2014}} | France (IFOP)[1] | 58 | {{singlechart|Germany2|3|songid=1418|artist=Sigue Sigue Sputnik|song=Love Missile F1-11|accessdate=31 January 2014}} {{singlechart|Ireland2|3|song=Love Missile F1-11|accessdate=31 January 2014}} | Italy (FIMI)[2] | 27 | {{singlechart|Dutch40|36|artist=Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11|accessdate=31 January 2014}} {{singlechart|Dutch100|30|artist=Sigue Sigue Sputnik|song=Love Missile F1-11|accessdate=31 January 2014}} {{singlechart|New Zealand|21|artist=Sigue Sigue Sputnik|song=Love Missile F1-11|accessdate=31 January 2014}} | South Africa (Springbok Radio)[3] | 2 | | Spain (AFYVE)[4] | 1 | {{singlechart|Switzerland|6|artist=Sigue Sigue Sputnik|song=Love Missile F1-11|accessdate=31 January 2014}} {{singlechart|UK|3|date=1986-03-08|accessdate=31 January 2014|refname="UK"}} | US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[5] | 50 | | US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[5] | 47 |
See also- List of number-one singles of 1986 (Spain)
References1. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_S.php |title= InfoDisc : Tous les Titres par Artiste |publisher= InfoDisc |id= Select "Sigue Sigue Sputnik" from the artist drop-down menu |accessdate= 31 January 2014 |language= fr |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20050319102619/http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_S.php |archivedate= 19 March 2005}}
2. ^{{cite web|title= Indice per Interprete: S |publisher= Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons |url= http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/as.htm |accessdate= 31 January 2014 |language= it}}
3. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(S).html |title= South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (S) |publisher= Rock.co.za |accessdate= 31 January 2014}}
4. ^{{cite book|first= Fernando |last= Salaverri |title= Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |edition= 1st |date= September 2005 |publisher= Fundación Autor-SGAE |location= Spain |isbn= 84-8048-639-2 |language= es}}
5. ^1 {{cite web|title= Flaunt It – Awards |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/flaunt-it-mw0000650770/awards |accessdate= 31 January 2014}}
External links- {{MetroLyrics song|sigue-sigue-sputnik|love-missile-f111}}
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