Warriors of the Wasteland
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| Single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood | ||||
| from the album Liverpool | ||||
| A-side | "Warriors of the Wasteland" | |||
| B-side | "Warriors (Of the Wasteland)" | |||
| Released | 11 November 1986 | |||
| Format | 7", 12", CD | |||
| Recorded | Amsterdam, 1986 | |||
| Genre | Dance-rock, new wave | |||
| Length | 5:01 | |||
| Label | ZTT - ZTAS 25 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Peter Gill, Holly Johnson, Brian Nash, Mark O'Toole | |||
| Producer(s) | Stephen Lipson | |||
| Frankie Goes to Hollywood singles chronology | ||||
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"Warriors of the Wasteland" is the sixth single from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in 1986. It was taken from the album Liverpool.
Having already referenced literary heavyweights such as Coleridge in "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" and Thomas in "Rage Hard", for "Warriors of the Wasteland" Holly Johnson turned to T. S. Eliot for inspiration. Johnson cited Eliot's The Waste Land poem, the 1981 Mel Gibson film, Mad Max 2, and the 1979 film, The Warriors as inspirations.
Even though it featured 3 different 12" singles, "Warriors of the Wasteland" reached number 19 in the UK Singles Chart (making it the group's first UK hit not to go Top Five), #7 in Germany (for two weeks) and #13 in Switzerland.
(All discographical information pertains to UK releases only unless noted)
"Heavy Mental"
"Warriors" (Compacted)
"Warriors" (Compacted) was rereleased in 2012 on CD Sexmix Disk 2, Track 11.
"Warriors (Cassetted)"
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