The Metro (song)
| "The Metro" | ||||
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Original 1981 U.S. edition
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| Single by Berlin | ||||
| from the album Pleasure Victim | ||||
| B-side | "Tell Me Why (1981) World of Smiles (1983)" |
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| Released | 1981 May 1983 (re-release) |
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| Format | 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl | |||
| Recorded | 1981, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 4:07 | |||
| Label | MAO Music Geffen (re-release) |
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| Songwriter(s) | John Crawford | |||
| Producer(s) | Daniel R. Van Patten | |||
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"The Metro" is a song written by John Crawford for his band, Berlin. It has been covered by a number of artists, including System of a Down, Alkaline Trio, John Frusciante, Hannah Fury and Idle Warship.
The song first appeared on the non-album single, "The Metro" b/w "Tell Me Why", released by MAO Music in 1981. It reappeared, slightly remixed, on Berlin's breakthrough album Pleasure Victim, released on the independent label Enigma in 1982 and re-released on Geffen in 1983. In May 1983, "The Metro" was re-released as the third single from the album, and the second to appear on the Geffen label. It was produced and engineered (as was most of the album) by the band's then-drummer and drum programmer, Daniel Van Patten.
The Berlin recording is known for epitomizing the new wave genre as a blending of punk rock and pop, with heavy use of the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 synthesizer.Terri Nunn said the song, which was a breakthrough hit for Berlin, "defined us and defined that period of music."
The song's music video was their first MTV hit, in heavy rotation on the young channel in its second and third years. Directed by Dominic Orlando, it was filmed in 1983 at GMT Studios in West Los Angeles, California. Terri Nunn only sang two lyrics on camera: "I remember hating you for loving me" and "Sorry". The video became a part of the Berlin Video 45 Geffen-VHS home video, released in 1984.
The single surpassed the Billboard Hot 100 peak of their previous single, "Sex (I'm A...)", reaching No. 58 in July 1983. It is currently their third-highest charting single in the U.S. A dance remix of the song received club play in 1983.
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