Forbidden City - Music

Electronic Were A Duo Formed In Manchester UK In 1989 Consisting Of New Order Vocalist Bernard Sumner And Ex-The Smiths Guitarist Johnny Marr. Neil Tennant And Chris Lowe From Pet Shop Boys And Karl Bartos Of Kraftwerk Also Collaborated With The Band. They Released Three Albums During The '90s With Their Debut Electronic Selling Over A Million Copies Worldwide. However The Follow-Up Raise The Pressure Despite Debuting In The UK Top 10 Was A Commercial Flop By Comparison. The Group's Highest Charting Singles Is 1992's Disappointed Which Reached #6 In The UK. The Band's Biggest American Hit Was 1989's Getting Away With It Which Reached #38 On The Billboard Hot 100. Twisted Tenderness Was Released In 1999 And Again Hit The UK Top 10. This Third And Final Studio Album Was Co-Produced By Influential New York Club DJ And Dance Producer Arthur Baker With Whom Sumner Had Previously Worked On New Order's 1983 Hit Confusion Amongst Other Songs. Marr And Sumner Remained The Only Official Members Of The Band But Were Joined By Doves Jimi Goodwin On Bass And Black Grape Drummer Ged Lynch. In September 2006 The Duo's Work Was Compiled On The Album Get The Message - The Best Of Electronic. read less

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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, 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. Single As well as a UK release, "Forbidden City" was also issued in Australia and Germany on Compact Disc, and in the USA as a 1-track radio promo. The commercial releases came with two non-album B-sides: "Imitation of Life" (an edited version of which would appear on Get the Message - The Best of Electronic ten years later) and "A New Religion", which featured Denise Johnson providing backing vocals. All three songs were written with Karl Bartos. The Australian CD omitted "A New Religion" in favour of "Getting Away with It". The song was not a huge hit (#14 on the UK Singles Chart) but did receive substantial radio play in Britain. It remains one of Johnny Marr's favourite Electronic songs, and opened up the best of in 2006, with stills from its Tom Merriton-directed video used for the front cover and inside the booklet. B-side"Imitation of Life", "A New Religion" ReleasedJune 24, 1996 Format7", CD, cassette Recorded1994[1]-1995[2] GenreAlternative rock LabelParlophone (UK) Virgin (Europe) Warner (Australia, U.S.) Writer(s)Bernard Sumner, Johnny Marr, Karl Bartos Producer(s)Bernard Sumner, Johnny Marr Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.