"Land of Confusion" | ||||
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from the album Invisible Touch | ||||
B-side | "Feeding the Fire" | |||
Released | October 1986 (US) 10 November 1986 (UK)[1] | |||
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Lyricist(s) | Mike Rutherford | |||
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"Land of Confusion" is a song by the English rock band Genesis from their thirteenth studio album, Invisible Touch (1986). The music was written by the band, while the lyrics were written by guitarist Mike Rutherford.[4] The song was the third track on the album and was the third track released as a single, reaching No. 14 in the UK in December 1986[5] and No. 4 in the US in January 1987.[6] It also reached the top 10 in several other countries including Canada, Ireland, West Germany and the Netherlands. The song's video featured puppets from the 1980s UK sketch show Spitting Image.
The tribal drums and the keyboard or synthesizer effects way off on the treble side of the soundscape give the song a nuanced feel that shows it as more than just a heavy metal song that used to be a pop-rock song.
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