I Predict

Not to be confused with I Predict 1990.

"I Predict"
Single by Sparks
from the album Angst in My Pants
B-side	"Moustache"
Released	1982
Genre	New wave [1]
Length	2:56
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Ron Mael Russell Mael [2]
Producer(s)	Mack
Sparks singles chronology
"Funny Face" (1981) "I Predict" (1982) "Cool Places" (1983)
Music video
"I Predict" on YouTube

"I Predict" is a song by American new wave duo Sparks. It was released in 1982 as the first single from their eleventh studio album Angst in My Pants , although an effort was made to release "Eaten by the Monster of Love" as a second single. The group promoted the single with an eclectic performance on Saturday Night Live (SNL). They also performed "Mickey Mouse", another Angst in My Pants track. It was their first single to ever enter the Billboard Hot 100 charts in America. ^[3]

Music video

A music video made to accompany the single featured Ron Mael in drag doing a striptease dance performance in a Los Angeles nightclub while Russell lip syncs the lyrics to the song. The music video is sometimes erroneously credited to David Lynch, ^[4] but the book Talent is an Asset: The Story of Sparks credits the video to be done by Steve and Doug Martin in the style of Lynch. ^[5]

Due to the more "mature and inappropriate sexual themes" and "adult nature" of the video, MTV usually only played it during nightly hours or at midnight.

Track listing

7" vinyl (US, Atlantic 4030)

1. "I Predict" – 2:56
2. "Moustache" – 3:32

12" vinyl promo (US, Atlantic DMD 325)

1. "I Predict" – 2:56
2. "I Predict" (club mix) – 6:19

12" vinyl (France, Underdog 8159)

1. "I Predict" (club mix) – 6:19
2. "Moustache" – 3:32

Personnel

Sparks

• Russell Mael – vocals
• Ron Mael – keyboards and synthesizers

Additional musicians

• Leslie Bohem – bass guitar and additional background vocals
• Bob Haag – guitar and additional background vocals
• David Kendrick – drums
• James Goodwin – synthesizers
• Mack – synthesizer programming

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100 [3]	60

References

1. "Sparks - I Predict". AllMusic . Retrieved 23 December 2014.
2. "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
3. "Sparks Hot 100". billboard.com. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
4. Thompson, David. "I Predict". AllMusic . Retrieved May 23, 2016.
5. Easlea 2009, p. 185.

• Easlea, Daryl (2009). Talent Is An Asset: The Story of Sparks. Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-1-84772-781-7.

External links

• " I Predict " at Discogs (list of releases)