Duel (Propaganda song)
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| Single by Propaganda | ||||||||
| from the album A Secret Wish | ||||||||
| B-side | "Jewel" | |||||||
| Released | 7 April 1985 | |||||||
| Format | 7", 12", cassette, picture disc | |||||||
| Genre | Synthpop, new wave | |||||||
| Label | ZTT | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Claudia Brücken, Ralf Dörper, Michael Mertens | |||||||
| Producer(s) | Stephen Lipson | |||||||
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"Duel" is the second single by German pop group Propaganda. The song was included on their first album, A Secret Wish.
Released in the United Kingdom in April 1985, it became their most successful single in the UK, reaching no. 21. This led to the band making their sole appearance on the flagship BBC music programme, Top of the Pops, in June of that year.
"Duel" was originally released with an alternative version of the track, "Jewel (Rough Cut)" as the B-side. This featured the same lyrics delivered in a more aggressive manner over a backing track of heavy beats and industrial sound effects.
A 12-inch mix, "Jewel (Cut Rough)" extended this with further sound effects, and an instrumental version appeared on the group's debut album, A Secret Wish.
The two approaches to the song were combined in two different tracks. "Bejewelled" played the song through, alternating between the two versions, while "Jewelled", on the remix album Wishful Thinking, combined elements of both, with the melodies of "Duel" playing alongside the rhythms of "Jewel".
The song is often played at the stadium of Heart Of Midlothian Football Club during home matches. A remix, "Jewelled", was also used as the title and credits music of the BBC programme Rally Report (later Top Gear Rally Report) covering the Lombard RAC Rally (now called Rally GB) which is the UK round of the World Rally Championship. The instrumental was also used as the sport "bed" by BBC Radio 1 on the evening news report News90, News91, and News92.
A section on "Duel" was used in the mid-to-late 1980s by Australian Television Network's sports section "7 Sport" as an intro theme for their coverage of the Australian Touring Car Championship which was quite long as the presenter/main commentator also used the timing of the intro to advise the viewers as the contents of the program as well as the races themselves.
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