"Warriors" is a song written and recorded by English musician

Gary Numan Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two albums with the band, he released his d ...

, released in 1983 as both a seven- and 12-single from his fifth solo

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''. Numan promoted the song on many popular television shows such as '' The Saturday Show'' and '' Crackerjack''. It peaked at No. 20 on the

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, and was Numan's final Top 20 hit until 2003. Of the song Numan commented: "Warriors was about how I felt being a pop star more or less, I felt I was losing it and slipping down the ladder of success. The line “The ghost of the white faced clown” was a direct reference back to the old images that I'd had before and I wanted to establish that was all done and gone, I was over my ''

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'', Buck Rogers type period". The

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for the song shown on ''

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'' shows Numan's love of flying and his new '' Mad Max''-style image. He commented: "I had a lot of fun making the video for the single, sort of a mix between joy and terror. I think 'Warriors' is probably by far my favourite song on the album". Although the 7" and 12" versions of the track are the same, the album version ran for almost two minutes longer with an extended instrumental section at the end.

Track listing

* 12" Single #"Warriors" – 4:08 #"My Car Slides (1)" – 3:01 #"My Car Slides (2)" – 4:42 * 7" Single #"Warriors" – 4:08 #"My Car Slides (1)" – 3:01

Chart performance

References

External links

* 1983 singles 1983 songs Gary Numan songs Beggars Banquet Records singles Songs written by Gary Numan {{1980s-rock-song-stub