Pandora's Box (OMD song)
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| Single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | ||||
| from the album Sugar Tax | ||||
| B-side | "All She Wants Is Everything" | |||
| Released | 24 June 1991 | |||
| Format | 7", 12", CD single, Cassette single | |||
| Genre | Synthpop, Euro disco | |||
| Length | 4:09 (album version) 4:06 (single version) |
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| Label | Virgin Records | |||
| Writer(s) | OMD | |||
| Producer(s) | OMD | |||
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"Pandora's Box", subtitled "It's a Long, Long Way" for the US release, is a song by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released as the second single from their 1991 album Sugar Tax. It was inspired by silent film actress Louise Brooks and is named after the 1929 film Pandora's Box in which she starred. The phrase "Pandora's box" does not appear in the song.
The single was a Top 10 hit in the UK and throughout Europe. Three remixes were made for this release, remixed by Danny Griffiths, Carl Segal, and Steve Anderson respectively. Anderson's shorter remix is the main single version. Additional remixes and edits appear on promotional and limited editions.
MTV Europe ranked "Pandora's Box" as the 55th greatest song of 1991.
The video is in black and white and features Louise Brooks and singer Andy McCluskey. According to the video intro, all of the scenes of Brooks in the video are from the original 1928 film.
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Also available as second part of the Special Collectors Edition tri-pack released with Sailing on the Seven Seas.
This release was issued in a black-stained wooden box with a paper wrap.
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