| 词条 | I'm in Love with a German Film Star |
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| name = I'm in Love with a German Film Star | cover = Passions-German-Film-Star.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = The Passions | album = Thirty Thousand Feet Over China | B-side = (Don't Talk To Me) I'm Shy | released = 23 January 1981 | format = 7-inch | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Post-punk | length = 3:57 | label = Polydor | writer = The Passions | producer = Peter Wilson | prev_title = Swimmer | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Skin Deep | next_year = 1981 }} "I'm in Love with a German Film Star" is a post-punk song by the British band the Passions.[1] It was released as a single by Polydor Records on 23 January 1981,[2] and reached No. 25 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] It was the band's only charting single. The song was later included on the band's second album, Thirty Thousand Feet Over China (1981). The lyrics were written by the band's vocalist Barbara Gogan about Steve "Roadent" Connelly, a one-time roadie for the Clash and Sex Pistols, who had minor roles in several German films[4] and played the Joker in the 1978 miniseries Das Ding.[5] Cover versionsLinoleum covered the song on their second album and also released it as a single in 2000 on the Fierce Panda label.[6]The American rock band Foo Fighters covered "I'm in Love with a German Film Star" as the B-side to their 2005 single "Best of You". The British electronic duo Kish Mauve recorded a version for the B-side of their 2006 single "Modern Love". It was also recorded by the American singer-songwriter Chris Whitley for his 2006 album Reiter In. "I'm in Love with a German Film Star" was also covered by the British artist and filmmaker Sam Taylor-Wood, who released it as a single on 20 October 2008 on the German Kompakt label.[7] It was produced by Pet Shop Boys, who also contributed a full length "Symphonic Mix". Other remixes were provided by Gui Boratto, Mark Reeder and Jürgen Paape. The single reached No. 1 on the UK Dance Singles Charts in November 2008.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} On 12 April 2010, the band Dubstar released a cover version of the song for an Amnesty International project. The track appeared on the Peace compilation, available via download.[8] Track listingsThe PassionsAll tracks written by the Passions.
Linoleum
Sam Taylor-Wood
References1. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/artsales/3561390/Pamela-Anderson-art-collector-art-market-news.html|title=Pamela Anderson, art collector: art market news|first=Colin|last=Gleadell|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=29 September 2008 |accessdate=1 September 2016}} 2. ^Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982 by George Gimarc 3. ^"Passions: Top 75 Releases". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved on 29 April 2010. 4. ^Gray, Marcus. The Clash: Return of the Last Gang in Town. Hall Leonard Corporation. 2004. P. 128. {{ISBN|0-634-04673-X}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=8170 |title=I'm In Love With A German Film Star by The Passions Songfacts |website=Songfacts.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-19}} 6. ^Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-335-0}}, p. 837 7. ^"Kompakt press release". Petshopboys.co.uk (20 September 2008). Retrieved on 29 April 2010. 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.electricityclub.co.uk/dubstar-you-were-never-in-love/|title=DUBSTAR You Were Never In Love|date=28 June 2018|website=Electricityclub.co.uk|accessdate=27 March 2019}} External links
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