Pandora's Box (OMD song)

Infobox Single
Name = Pandora's Box


Artist = Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
from Album = Sugar Tax
A-side =
B-side = "All She Wants Is Everything"
Released = 24 June 1991
Format = 7", 12", CD Single, Cassette single
Recorded =
Genre = Synth-pop
Length = 4:09
Label = Virgin Records
Writer = OMD
Producer = OMD
Certification =
Last single = "Sailing on the Seven Seas" (1991)
This single = "Pandora's Box" (1991)
Next single = "Then You Turn Away" (1991)
Misc =

"Pandora's Box", subtitled "It's a Long, Long, Way" for the US release, was the second single released by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from the album Sugar Tax. The song was inspired by silent film actress Louise Brooks and is named after one of the films she starred in. The phrase "Pandora's Box" does not appear in the song.

Music video

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 "Pandora's Box".

Track listings

7" (VS 1331) and cassette single (VSC 1331)

# "Pandora's Box"
# "All She Wants Is Everything"

12" (VS 1331)

# "Pandora's Box" (Constant Pressure 12" Mix)
# "All She Wants Is Everything"
# "Pandora's Box" (Abstract Mix)

CD Single (VSCDT1331)

Second part of the Special Collectors Edition tri-pack released with Sailing on the Seven Seas.

# "Pandora's Box"
# "All She Wants Is Everything"
# "Pandora's Box" (Constant Pressure 12" Mix)
# "Pandora's Box" (Diesel Fingers 12" Mix)

CD Single (VSCDX1331)

This release was issued in a black-stained wooden box with a paper wrap.
# "Pandora's Box"
# "Pandora's Box" (Lost Girl Mix)
# "Pandora's Box" (Abstract Mix)
# "Pandora's Box" (American Venus 7" Mix)

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References

External links

* [http://www.omd.uk.com/songwords/html/pan.html Lyrics]