BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1986
“Love Missile F1-11” is a song produced by Giorgio Moroder and performed by British synthpop 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 #3 on the UK Singles Chart.
The bass line, repeated on their follow up single “21st Century Boy”, is similar to both Devo’s earlier “Girl U Want”, and Suicide’s 1977 track “Rocket USA”. Relying on gimmicks and sound FXs to create a futuristic atmosphere, the song features vocals with high echo and multiple sound effects. It 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”.
SIDE A:
Love Missile F1-11 (Extended Version) 6:52
SIDE B:
Love Missile F1-11 (Dance Version) 4:31
Love Missile F1-11 (Single Version) 3:45
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
CHARTS:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Love Missile F1-11 | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play | #50 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Manhattan Records – V-56021
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Maxi-Single
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop
Credits: Engineer – Brian Reeves
Producer – Giorgio Moroder
Programmed By – Laslo
NOTES:
From the album “FLAUNT IT”
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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
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Downsampled to 24bit/96kHz and16bit /44kHz using iZotope RX Advanced 2
FLAC (Level Eight)
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Artwork scanned at 600dpi
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Great memories. Thanks Paul 🙂
Check out the Sigue Sigue Sputnik ‘South Of Watford’ documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbMXM5X5KbU
Made before they’d even released a record! Voiced by Hugh Laurie. 😀 😀
Call them a flash in the pan, but Tony James was so ahead of his time – he totally understood which music biz buttons to press (literally, and not literally).
SSS really did invent the future.
had to use a different program to open it..some expanders dont work correctly…thank you..problem solved..dont use stuffit expander its lame..
error number 17540 stuffit expander..
Don’t use Stuffit. Try UnRarX http://www.unrarx.com/
some opened some didnt…tried it several times… burningtheground is what i entered…some of them are corrupt..
password doesnt work anymore…
You must not be entering it correctly.
I always think of Ferris Bueller whenever I roll out this track.
Thanks man – you made my night with this one – I used to love them back in the day! Hope all is well – Peace 🙂
Thank you very VERY much!
I have many vinyls but no file for my comuter.
As Juliano said: I hope there’s more SSS remixes to come!
Greetings from France!
You’re welcome Phil!!
What a great surprise!!!
I hope there’s more SSS remixes to come!!!
Greetings from Brazil 🙂
You’re very welcome Juliano!
Thanks for the songs, I remember them when they came on the scene, the did some over the top promotional stuff about how they were going to be the greatest thing in the world and poof here in the states nothing was heard from them the next year. The video which was in heavy rotation on mtv at the time was really strange.
You’re welcome Mike 🙂 Sometimes too much promotion can be a bad thing.
i think i have that mix; i have one called the “ultraviolent mix” with a bunch of samples….
Feanor I think you are right. Pretty sure it’s on the UK 12″.
Yes, it was the Ultraviolence Mix on the UK 12″ with the move samples (Bladerunner mainly, I recall, from the interrogation scene towards the start of the movie and parts of dialogue from the original narrated version of the movie). It was one of the first 12″ singles I ever bought back in ’86. The B-side was the non-album track, ‘Hack Attack’.
Thank you Chrisb for the very helpful info 🙂
Yeah, these are re-voiced, aren’t they? That isn’t Harrison Ford saying “I’d rather be a killer than a victim”, it is just some guy trying to sound vaguely like him.
Ahhh, the Sputniks! So much publicity and hype when they arrived on the scene in early ’86, apparently signed up for the largest $$$ for EMI till that point. (Maybe a lot of the $$$ went to employing Giorgio Moroder! LOL!) Trying to do what The Clash did in the 70s, but not as successful or long-lasting. This single was fresh and different when it debuted, and rightly became a Top 3 smash. But the novelty wore off quickly and they didn’t manage to sustain the public’s interest with their form over-riding substance. Their collaboration with SAW on “Success” was… Read more »
Great inside scop as always. Thank you Ric!
yeah the really rare version is the one with the samples of the movies themselves they changed it before goin to press there are some promos out there just hidden form our ears
Music archivist do you happen to know which release has the samples? Catalog number or Discogs link? Thanks
not off the top of my head
it would have to be one of the promo 12 inches since cdrs wernt even ready yet back then
On “Hardest Hits 5” (http://www.discogs.com/Various-Hardest-Hits-Volume-Five/release/190150), there’s a version of this with samples running throughout it. It’s listed as “Extended Version” but it isn’t the same as any of the versions on the release Paul has here. Does anyone know what mix it actually is?
yeah thats the one im thinking of they used movie samples but they didnt get clearance for them so they had to stop using it i know KROQ used to play it all the time
sweet! thanks for posting this. i just bought this on vinyl about a year or two ago and i’ve been wondering what the tracks on it sounded like. and now i know 🙂
You’re welcome Drain!
Glad to see you got it transfered! Hope it wasn’t in to bad of condition to work with.
Thank you Andrew! It was in great shape 🙂
Awesome. And I had no idea this was produced by Giorgio Moroder, a bit of a departure for him eh?
Yeah I was shocked when I found out this was a Giorgio Moroder production as well. Great stuff 🙂
Amazing! About time for some SSS. Saw them live in 2000, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Friends on Facebook with Martin and met him by chance at a Soft Cell reunion gig in 2002 i think. Sorry if any miss-spellings here i get an awful font from your site unfortunately and can barely read what i’m writing!