Tesla Girls

"Tesla Girls" is a song by British band Orchestral Ma- 2 Track listing

noeuvres in the Dark released as the third single from
their 1984 album, Junk Culture. It charted at number 21 7 and 7 picture disc
in the UK and Ireland, and number 33 in the Netherlands.
Although only moderately successful on the charts, it be1. Tesla Girls 3:26
came one of the groups biggest club hits.[1]
2. Telegraph (live) 3:57
Musician and writer Kim Wilde slammed Tesla Girls
on release, calling it inane and monotonous.[2] Critic First 12
Dave Thompson, in a retrospective review for AllMusic
described the song as electrifying, adding: The clever
1. Tesla Girls (extended version) 4:35
lyrics are almost as smart as the music pounding across
2. Garden City 4:05
this song. Cutting-edge scratch production drives the
sound, slamming beats fuel the re, and an irrepressible
3. Telegraph (live) 3:57
melody and 'no, no, no' chorus all conspire to turn 'Tesla
Girls anthemic, while the soaring synths set the blood Second 12 and Cassette
pumping...a quintessential dance number.[1] Colleague
Ned Raggett wrote: "'Tesla Girls is easily the groups
1. Tesla Girls (Extra Remix) 3:37
high point when it comes to sheer sprightly pop...witty
2. Garden City 4:05
lines about science and romance [are] wedded to a great
[3]
melody (prefaced by a brilliant, hyperactive intro).
3. Telegraph (live) 3:57
The single performed more poorly than expected mainly
4. Tesla Girls (extended version) 4:35
due to a lack of media coverage. Controversy surrounded
the songs video, which some in the media had slammed
as 'sexist'. In fact, the video, which was largely Andy
3 Chart performance
McCluskey's idea, was lampooning the style of American music videos the band was pressured into making by
Virgin Records in the hope of breaking into the US mar- 4 References
ket. He believed that American music videos relied heavily on attractive young female models posing and preening [1] Tesla Girls review at AllMusic.
in front of the camera. While few got the joke, a furore
did develop. It was the last time Virgin Records inter- [2] Waller, Johnny; Humphreys, Mike. Messages. Sidgwick
& Jackson. 1987. ISBN 0-283-99234-4. p. 137.
fered with the style of videos of the bands singles.
[3] Junk Culture review at AllMusic

The song featured in the 1985 lm Weird Science.

[4] Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Navigation - The

OMD B-Sides (CD, Comp) at Discogs. Retrieved 20
June 2010.
[5] "Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Artist Chart History UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 20 June 2010.

B-sides

[6] irishcharts.ie search results. Retrieved 20 June 2010.

[7] "Dutchcharts.nl OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The
Dark) Tesla Girls (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 20 June 2010.

The live version of "Telegraph" was recorded in 1983

at the Hammersmith Odeon, London. Telegraph was
the second and nal single from their fourth studio album, Dazzle Ships. The other B-side, Garden City, was
only released on the 12 vinyl and cassette single versions. Garden City was featured on the B-sides album
Navigation: The OMD B-Sides, released in 2001.[4]

5 External links
"Tesla Girls" at Discogs (list of releases)

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