Forbidden City (song)
"Forbidden City" | ||||
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Warner (Australia, US) | ||||
Songwriter(s) | Bernard Sumner, Johnny Marr, Karl Bartos | |||
Producer(s) | Bernard Sumner, Johnny Marr | |||
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"Forbidden City" is a song by English band Electronic, comprising Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr, with guesting co-writer Karl Bartos of Kraftwerk, released as the lead single from their second album Raise the Pressure, and their first new release in almost exactly four years, the last being the stand-alone single "Disappointed".
Composition
The track was one of the fastest to be written and recorded on the album,[3] with most of the music by Marr and the lyrics by Sumner (much like "Get the Message" and "Make It Happen"). It is a guitar pop/rock song with a heavily distorted guitar solo by Marr; lyrically it is about a young man who has an abusive relationship with his father but wants to return home despite this antagonism.[4]
Single
As well as a UK release, "Forbidden City" was also issued in Australia and Germany on Compact Disc, and in the US as a 1-track
The song was not a huge hit (#14 on the
Track listings
UK 7" and MC
- "Forbidden City"
- "Imitation of Life"
UK/EU CD
- "Forbidden City"
- "Imitation of Life"
- "A New Religion"
Australian CD
- "Forbidden City"
- "Imitation of Life"
- "Getting Away with It"