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Wikipedia article


{{Infobox song

| name = She Blinded Me with Science

| cover = She Blinded Me with Science.jpg

| alt =

| caption = UK cover art

| type = single

| artist = Thomas Dolby

| album = The Golden Age of Wireless

| B-side = *"One of Our Submarines" (UK, 1982)

*"The Jungle Line" (UK, 1983)

*"Flying North" (US)

| released = 1982

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = *Synth-pop

*new wave

| length = *

*5:09 (extended version)

| label = *Venice in Peril (UK)

*Capitol Records (US)

| writer = *Thomas Dolby

*Jo Kerr

| producer = Thomas Dolby

| prev_title = Windpower

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = One of Our Submarines

| next_year = 1982

| misc =

}}

"'She Blinded Me with Science'" is a song by the English musician Thomas Dolby, released in 1982. It was first released as a single in the UK in October 1982. It was subsequently included on the EP 'Blinded by Science' and the 1983 re-release of Dolby's debut album 'The Golden Age of Wireless'.

Although viewed as a success in both the United States and Canada, peaking at No. 5 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and 2 weeks at No. 1 in Canada's RPM Magazine, the song barely managed to score among the Top 50 in Dolby's native United Kingdom, peaking at No. 49 on the UK Singles Chart in 1982.

Dolby is often considered a one-hit wonder in the United States on the basis of the song's chart success there. In 2002, US cable television network VH1 named "She Blinded Me with Science" No. 20 on its list of the "100 Greatest One-hit Wonders". While the song is Dolby's only Top 40 single on the 'Billboard' Hot 100, he has had other songs that scored on the music charts. In 2006, VH1 placed it at No. 76 on their list of "Greatest Songs of the '80s". Then, in 2009, it ranked No. 13 on VH1's "100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s" list.

Song structure



The song features exclamations from the British scientist and TV presenter Magnus Pyke, who repeatedly interjects "Science!" and delivers other lines in a deliberately caricatured mad scientist manner, such as, "Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto, you're beautiful!"

Music video



The video for "She Blinded Me with Science" was conceived and storyboarded before the song was written. Dolby added the song title, wrote the song to fit the planned video, and then directed the music video. The video features Magnus Pyke as The Doctor, at "The Home for Deranged Scientists".

Chart positions



Weekly charts



Year-end charts



See also



*List of number-one singles of 1983 (Canada)

References




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