Antmusic

Infobox Single
Name = Antmusic


Artist = Adam & the Ants
from Album = Kings of the Wild Frontier
Released = 1980
Format = Vinyl single
Recorded =
Genre = New Wave
Length = 3:37
Label = Epic (UK); CBS (AUS)
Writer = Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni
Producer =
Last single = "Dog Eat Dog"
(1980)
This single = "Antmusic""
(1980)
Next single = "Young Parisians"
(1980)

"Antmusic" was the third single released in the UK in 1980, from the hugely popular Adam & the Ants album "Kings of the Wild Frontier". The first single from the album "Kings of the Wild Frontier" was relatively unsuccessful at first, only making number 48 (although it re-entered the charts in early 1981 peaking at number 2). The follow up "Dog Eat Dog" made number 4 on the UK charts. This, arguably, was as a result of an energetic performance on the BBC chart show Top of the Pops earlier in the year. "Antmusic" fared better and peaked at #2 in January 1981, being held off the top by the re-release of John Lennon's "Imagine" after his murder in New York City in Dec 1980.

The video to "Antmusic" featured the group playing in a discotheque with a giant juke box, and persuading the young audience to turn away from disco music and dance to the new-styled 'Ant-Music'.

The chart success of the single was even better in Australia, where it spent five weeks at No. 1, and earned the band platinum certification for sales of over 100,000. Adam & the Ants toured Australia in 1981 and appeared on influential TV pop show "Countdown".

Covers

* Robbie Williams recorded a cover version on the B-side of his single "No Regrets" in 1998.
* OK Go released a cover version of it on the b-side of the single "Get Over It"
* Hyper recorded a cover featuring Leeroy Thornhill for their album "We Control".
* The Charlatans and Dirty Pretty Things covered it live on Transmission on September 5, 2008

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPsFIiGvKQU "Antmusic" music video on YouTube]