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Music for Chameleons (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Music for Chameleons'" is a 1982 single by Gary Numan from his album, 'I, Assassin'. The song peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/gary%20numan/ GARY NUMAN | Artist | Official Charts] The song was composed during Numan's round-the-world trip in a light aircraft, which he undertook together with another pilot."Images" - Gary Numan: A Recorded Autobiography Numan states in his autobiography that he kept singing it to himself so much that it got on the nerves of his co-pilot. The song is highly unusual in using fretless bass as the main melody instrument.
Track listing
Taken from UK releases.
* 7" single (Beg.70)
# Music for Chameleons - 3:40
# Noise Noise - 3:44
* 12" single (Beg.70(T))
# Music for Chameleons (Extended Version)
# Noise Noise
# Bridge? What Bridge
There are at least three released mixes; the 7-inch edit (3:35) (also available on The Best of Gary Numan 19781983), the 12-inch "Extended Version" (6:57) (available on Exposure) and the album mix running at 6:06.
Personnel
Taken from 7" UK release.
;Music for Chameleons
* Gary Numan - vocals, keyboards
* Pino Palladino - bass
* Chris Slade - drums
;Noise Noise
* Gary Numan - vocals, instruments
* Thereza Bazar - vocals
* David Van Day - helpful hints
Charts
In popular culture
The song features in the episode I Know What Alan Did Last Summer of season two of the comedy series I'm Alan Partridge. Alan Partridge mimes along to the song on air-bass-guitar. A snippet from the scene also serves as the backdrop to the title menu of the season two DVD.
References
Category:1982 songs
Category:Gary Numan songs
Category:Beggars Banquet Records singles
Category:1982 singles
Category:Songs written by Gary Numan
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