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| Length = 3:32 | Label = | Writer = | Producer = | This single = "Electricity" (1979) | Next single = "Red Frame/White Light" (1980) }} "Electricity" is the 1979 debut single of the new wave and synthpop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, featured on their eponymous debut album the following year. Inspired by Kraftwerk's "Radioactivity",〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Songfacts )〕 the song addresses society's wasteful usage of energy sources. Frontman Andy McCluskey shares lead vocals with Paul Humphreys, who ordinarily functions as keyboard player and backing vocalist. As with single "Messages", from the same album, the band embraced the concept of machines singing the song's chorus. It was on the strength of "Electricity" that the band were offered a recording contract with Dindisc.〔''Synth Britannia''. BBC Four. 16 October 2009.〕 Three attempts at scoring a hit achieved the peak of no. 99 in 1979.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Official OMD website discography entry for third issue. )〕 However, ''NME'' named "Electricity" as one of the best singles of the year, placing it on the magazine's end-of-year list for 1979. The song is consistently featured on OMD compilations. In 2012, "Electricity" peaked at no. 126 in the French charts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=OMD+%28Orchestral+Manoeuvres+In+The+Dark%29&titel=Electricity&cat=s )〕 Vince Clarke of Erasure (and formerly chief songwriter of Depeche Mode, Yazoo and The Assembly) has cited "Electricity" as his primary inspiration to pursue a career in electronic music. Critic Dave Thompson from AllMusic described the song as the "perfect electro-pop number", and "Far from a celebration of the power of our power sources." Colleague Ned Raggett called it "pure zeitgeist, a celebration of synth pop's incipient reign with fast beats and even faster singing." ==Tracklisting== # "Electricity" # "Almost" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Electricity (OMD song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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