Land of Confusion

"Land of Confusion"
Original single cover parodying
1963's With the Beatles
Single by Genesis
from the album Invisible Touch
B-side"Feeding the Fire"
Released17 November 1986 (1986-11-17) (UK)[1]
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Length
  • 4:45 (LP / 7" Version)
  • 6:55 (12" Version)
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Genesis singles chronology
"In Too Deep"
(1986) 		"Land of Confusion"
(1986) 		"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"
(1987)
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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.

  1. ^ Aldous, Steve (2020). The Songs of Genesis: A Complete Guide to the Studio Recordings. McFarland & Company. p. 248. ISBN 978-1-476-681382.
  2. ^ Miller-Gould, Dodie (19 April 2018). ""Land of Confusion" by Disturbed one of the best covers of a Genesis song". LemonWire. Retrieved 16 January 2019. 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.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (5 January 2024). "The Top 20 unlikely Progressive Rock hits, ranked". Goldmine. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  4. ^ Prasad, Anil. "Genesis: Turning it on again". Innerviews. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference UK was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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