"Obsession" | ||||
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Single by Animotion | ||||
from the album Animotion | ||||
B-side | "Turn Around" | |||
Released | October 1984 | |||
Recorded | 1983 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 5:34 (album version) 3:58 (single/video version) | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | John Ryan | |||
Animotion singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Obsession" on YouTube |
"Obsession" is a 1983 song by Holly Knight and Michael Des Barres, covered in 1984 by American synth-pop band Animotion. The song hit number six in the United States, and number five in the United Kingdom in June 1985, helped by a distinctive video that MTV played frequently. "Obsession" also hit the top 40 on the US dance chart, twice: once in 1984 (the single reached No. 35 the week ending November 24);[4] then in 1986, as a double-sided hit, along with the track "I Engineer".