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by British musician

Thomas Dolby Thomas Morgan Robertson (born 14 October 1958), known by the stage name Thomas Dolby, is an English musician, producer, composer, entrepreneur and teacher. Dolby came to prominence in the 1980s, releasing hit singles including "She Blinded Me ...

, taken from his second album ''

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'', released in 1984. Backing vocals were provided by

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. Additional spoken word vocals were provided by Louise Ulfstedt and Kevin Armstrong as "The Analyst." According to Thomas Dolby, he initially composed the song for

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, whom he met in 1982. He decided to record it by himself since he never got any feedback from Jackson after sending him a demo tape.''

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'', Issue 366/2009 It was the first single to be taken from the album and peaked at number 17 on the

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and number 16 on the Canadian

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charts, but only reached number 62 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Chart positions

In other media

The song appeared in the 2002 video game '' Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' on the fictional in-game radio station "Wave 103". In 2017, the song was featured over the second episode closing credits of the FX series ''

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''. The song appears in the ninth episode of fourth season of ''

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''.

References

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