THE YEAR IS 1983!
- Thomas Dolby was interested in creating a very stylized video. Something along the lines of the silent films with Charlie Chaplin. He says the song “She Blinded Me With Science” was written to accompany his vision for the video!
- Thomas Dolby refers to this song as probably about the most frivolous song that I’ve ever written,”! But, he still loves it. He goes on to say… “When I play it now, I still get a big kick out of it. I mean, I’m perfectly proud of the song, and it’s got a great groove and loaded with hooks. And when I play, it’s iconic, I think, for many people. Especially people who were around the first time. It makes people very happy. I have no regrets over that because I think that it provided a sort of starting point for people to get into the more serious, more personal aspects my music.”
- This was Dolby’s only hit in the US, although he had a few hit singles in England. Commercial appeal was never the point for him.
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The speaking voice parts were done by Magnus Pyke, a famous TV show host for a children’s educational show in England. His trademark was yelling “Science!” throughout the show. Dolby, who was raised in London, liked the idea of bringing Pyke to an American audience, and thought he was a perfect character for the video.
- Dolby remains mostly known for this song, but he also became a successful producer and computerized music innovator. He has written music for video games and a few movies (including Howard The Duck), and became the music director at the TED conferences.
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