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| "Antmusic" | ||||
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| Single by Adam and the Ants | ||||
| from the album Kings of the Wild Frontier | ||||
| B-side | "Fall In" | |||
| Released | 28 November 1980 | |||
| Genre | New wave[1] | |||
| Length | 3:37 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Chris Hughes | |||
| Adam and the Ants singles chronology | ||||
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| 'Antmusic' on YouTube | ||||
"Antmusic" is a song by English rock band Adam and the Ants, released as the third single in the UK from the album Kings of the Wild Frontier.[2]
"Antmusic" (often stylised in inverted commas) peaked at No. 2 in the UK in January 1981, being held off the top by the re-release of John Lennon's "Imagine" after his murder in New York City on 8 December 1980. In Australia, the single spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Kent Music Report and earned the band platinum certification for sales of over 100,000 copies.[citation needed] It also reached No. 2 in South Africa, No. 4 in Ireland, and No. 6 in New Zealand. In the North America, the song reached No. 14 on the US Rock Albums & Top Tracks chart, as well as number 19 on the National Disco Action Top 30 chart (alongside "Dog Eat Dog" and "Kings of the Wild Frontier"), but it did not find success in Canada.
The music video to "Antmusic" features the group playing in a discothèque with a giant juke box, and persuading the young audience to turn away from disco music and dance to the new-styled "Antmusic". The music video was directed by Steve Barron.
- ^ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1980". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. p. 375. ISBN 9781493064601.
- ^ "Adam Ant and the Ants". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010.