| "I'm in Love with a German Film Star" | ||||
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| Single by The Passions | ||||
| from the album Thirty Thousand Feet Over China | ||||
| B-side | "(Don't Talk to Me) I'm Shy" | |||
| Released | 23 January 1981 | |||
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| Length | 3:57 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | The Passions | |||
| Producer(s) | Peter Wilson | |||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "I'm in Love with a German Film Star" on YouTube | ||||
"I'm in Love with a German Film Star" is a post-punk song by the British band The Passions.[2] It was released as a single by Polydor Records on 23 January 1981,[3] and reached No. 25 on the UK Singles Chart.[4] It was the band's only charting single. The song was later included on the band's second album, Thirty Thousand Feet Over China (1981).
The lyrics were written by the band's vocalist Barbara Gogan about Steve "Roadent" Connelly, a one-time roadie for The Clash and Sex Pistols, who had minor roles in several German films[5] and played the Joker in the 1978 miniseries Das Ding.[6]
The song features Clive Timperley's Echoplex guitar.
The song is featured in the 2006 action adventure video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on the in-game radio station Emotion 98.3.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "80's New Wave: New Wave Dance - Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via AllMusic.
- ^ Gleadell, Colin (29 September 2008). "Pamela Anderson, art collector: art market news". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ Post Punk Diary: 1980–1982 by George Gimarc
- ^ "Passions: Top 75 Releases". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved on 29 April 2010.
- ^ Gray, Marcus. The Clash: Return of the Last Gang in Town. Hall Leonard Corporation. 2004. P. 128. ISBN 0-634-04673-X
- ^ "I'm In Love With A German Film Star by The Passions Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 19 October 2016.