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Strike Me Pink
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Wikipedia article
"'Strike Me Pink'" is a 1993 song by the American singer Debbie Harry, released as the second single from her fourth solo album 'Debravation'. It was written by Harry, Anne Dudley and Jonathan Bernstein, and produced by Dudley.
Song information
"Strike Me Pink" peaked at #46 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1993, and #136 on the Australian ARIA singles chart.
The accompanying promo video for the single was controversial because it depicted Harry watching a man drown in a tank. The video was banned from several music television channels.
The single also marked Harry's final release with Chrysalis Records and the end of her long tenure with the company (she had originally signed with Chrysalis in the mid 1970s as part of Blondie). This would also be Harry's last solo single for fourteen years until she released "Two Times Blue" in 2007.
Critical reception
Upon release, 'The Advocate' selected "Strike Me Pink" as "the best cut by far" on 'Debravation', adding that it evokes Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time". 'Entertainment Weekly' picked the song as one of the album's "gems", while the 'Chicago Tribune' highlighted it as an example of one of the album's "light and airy" tracks. Kris Needs of 'Record Collector' felt "Strike Me Pink" was "haunting", with Dudley "lending her cinematic sheen" to the song.
In the 1997 book 'The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock', author Ira A. Robbins described the song as "mushy elegance". In their 2012 book 'Blondie: Parallel Lives', authors Dick Porter and Kris Needs described the song as an "emotive keyboard and sax-infused ballad". JT Griffith of AllMusic criticized the song for being "bland" and "not a strong track from [Harry's] weak solo effort".
Track listing
'UK CD #1'
#"Strike Me Pink" (Bernstein, Dudley, Harry) - 4:02
#"On A Breath" (Leigh Foxx) - 4:31
#* Non-album track. Produced by Chris Stein.
#"Sweet and Low" (Phil Harding 7" Mix) (Deborah Harry, Toni. C) - 3:46
#* Original version appears on 1989 album 'Def, Dumb and Blonde'.
'UK CD #2'
#"Strike Me Pink" (Bernstein, Dudley, Harry) - 4:02
#"8 Rhumba" (Nino Rota) - 2:46
#* Non-album track. Arranged and produced by Chris Stein.
#"Dreaming" (Deborah Harry, Chris Stein) - 3:22
#* Blondie: original 1979 version from 'Eat to the Beat'.
'UK Cassette '
#"Strike Me Pink" (Bernstein, Dudley, Harry) - 4:02
#"8 Rhumba" (Nino Rota) - 2:46
'UK 12" Picture Disc'
#"Strike Me Pink" (Bernstein, Dudley, Harry) - 4:02
#"8 Rhumba" (Nino Rota) - 2:46
#"Dreaming" (Deborah Harry, Chris Stein) - 3:22
#"Sweet and Low" (Phil Harding 7" Mix) (Deborah Harry, Toni. C) - 3:46
Charts
References
Category:1993 singles
Category:Debbie Harry songs
Category:Songs written by Debbie Harry
Category:Songs written by Anne Dudley
Category:1993 songs
Category:Chrysalis Records singles
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