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"America" | ||||
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Single by Killing Joke | ||||
from the album Outside the Gate | ||||
A-side | "America" | |||
B-side | "Jihad" | |||
Released | 18 April 1988 | |||
Genre | New wave, synthpop | |||
Length | 3:44 | |||
Label | E.G. Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jaz Coleman Kevin "Geordie" Walker | |||
Producer(s) | Jaz Coleman Kevin "Geordie" Walker | |||
Killing Joke singles chronology | ||||
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"America" is Killing Joke's first single from their seventh studio album, Outside the Gate . It was released by E.G. Records on 18 April 1988. It was the first official single by Killing Joke to be self-produced, after the departure of producer Chris Kimsey.
The single was accompanied by a satirical music video depicting Jaz Coleman as a presidential candidate and dressed as Uncle Sam, in a dystopian scene of the United States.
"America" charted at No. 77 on the UK Singles Chart. [1]
The song was first released as a 7" single with "Jihad" as the B-side. It was also released as a 12" single in the UK and Germany, featuring "America (The Extended Mix)" as the A-side, and "Jihad" and a remix of "America" by Glenn Skinner on the B-side.
This was the first single by Killing Joke to be released as a CD maxi single, featuring the Glenn Skinner remix of "America", "Jihad (Beyrouth Edit)", "America (The Extended Mix)" and the original 1980 remix of "Change".
Both versions of "America" were mixed by Glenn Skinner.
Both versions of "America" were mixed by Glenn Skinner.
Year | Chart | Peak Position |
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1988 | UK Singles Chart [1] | 77 |