"Struggle for Pleasure" is a musical piece released in 1983 by

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composer

Wim Mertens Wim Mertens (; born 14 May 1953) is a Flemish Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist. Life and work Mertens was born in Neerpelt, Belgium. He studied social and political science at the University of Le ...

. It is the theme music used by the Belgian phone operator

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. It was featured in the

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movie ''

The Belly of an Architect ''The Belly of an Architect'' is a 1987 film drama written and directed by Peter Greenaway, featuring original music by Glenn Branca and Wim Mertens. Starring Brian Dennehy and Chloe Webb, it was nominated for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) award a ...

''.

Energy 52 Energy 52 is a solo project with only Paul M. (DJ Kid Paul) as the performing artist. Paul M. (DJ Kid Paul) is the sole performing artist on all tracks by Energy 52. Cosmic Baby (Harald Blüchel) only produced, co-composed, remixed Energy 52 tr ...

's track "Café Del Mar" features a main melody based on "Struggle for Pleasure".Harald Blüchel in Oct 2005, interviewed by Detlef Buske
/ref> It was also covered by Belgian dance music group

Minimalistix Minimalistix was a progressive trance music project from Belgium, consisting of members Dave Lambrechts, Janus De Decker, Johan Casters, Peter Bellaert and Steve Sidewinder (Andy Vandierendonck) Poison Ivy (Els Mortelmans) voice and performance on ...

in 2000 and reached dance charts across Europe.

Notes and references

1983 songs Minimalistic compositions {{1980s-song-stub