Drama!

"Drama!"
Single by Erasure
from the album Wild!
B-side	"Sweet, Sweet Baby" "Paradise"
Released	18 September 1989 (1989-09-18)[1]
Genre	Hi-NRG
Length	4:08
Label	Mute (UK) Sire, Reprise (US)
Songwriter(s)	Vince Clarke Andy Bell
Producer(s)	Gareth Jones Mark Saunders Erasure
Erasure singles chronology
"Stop!" (1988) "Drama!" (1989) "You Surround Me" (1989)
Music video
"Drama!" on YouTube

"Drama!"

A 5.5 second sample of "Drama!" demonstrating the layered vocals and the mob call out of "Guilty!"

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"Drama!" is the first single released from English synth-pop duo Erasure's fourth studio album, Wild! (1989). Written by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, the song begins with a low-key keyboard line and a subdued vocal from Bell. As the song progresses, the instrumentation and vocals become more hectic, ultimately ending as a full-blown dance track. "Drama!" contains a "Guilty!" exclamation throughout, provided by Scottish band the Jesus and Mary Chain, who were recording in the studio next door.^[2] The song was met with critical acclaim from both music critics and fans.

"Drama!" was issued by Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the United States. The B-side, "Sweet, Sweet Baby", contains vocal samples from the 1968 Jane Fonda film Barbarella and the 1974 John Carpenter film Dark Star.