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| cover = Thomas Dolby Hyperactive Single.jpeg

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| type = single

| artist = Thomas Dolby

| album = The Flat Earth

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| released = January 1984

| recorded = 1983

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| genre = Synthpop, new wave

| length = 4:46

| label = EMI, Capitol Records

| writer = Thomas Dolby

| producer = Thomas Dolby

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"'Hyperactive!'" is a single by British musician Thomas Dolby, taken from his second album 'The Flat Earth', released in 1984. Additional vocals were provided by Louise Ulfstedt.

According to Thomas Dolby, he initially composed the song for Michael Jackson, whom he met in 1982. He decided to record it by himself since he never got any feedback from Jackson after sending him a demo tape.'Record Collector', Issue 366/2009

It was the first single to be taken from the album and peaked at number 17 on the UK Singles Chart and number 16 on the Canadian RPM Magazine charts, but only reached number 62 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100.

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In other media



The song appeared in the 2002 video game 'Grand Theft Auto: Vice City' on the fictional in-game radio station "Wave 103".

In 2017, the song was featured over the second episode closing credits of the FX series 'Legion'.

The song appears in the ninth episode of fourth season of 'Breaking Bad'.

References



Category:1984 singles

Category:1984 songs

Category:Thomas Dolby songs

Category:EMI Records singles

Category:Capitol Records singles

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