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The song was composed near the beginning of the band's career and prototype versions were performed onstage as early as December 1975. [12] When it was finally completed and released as a single in December 1977, "Psycho Killer" became instantly associated in popular culture with the contemporaneous Son of Sam serial killings (July 1976 – July 1977).
A Moritat is a medieval version of the murder ballad performed by strolling minstrels.In The Threepenny Opera, the Moritat singer with his street organ introduces and closes the drama with the tale of the deadly Mackie Messer, or Mack the Knife, a character based on the dashing highwayman Macheath in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (who was in turn based on the historical thief Jack Sheppard).
"Engel 07" was written by Hubert Kemmler (music) and Mario Killer (lyrics), and produced by Michael Cretu and Armand Volker . The song reached No. 30 on the German Singles Chart. [1] A re-recorded English language version of the song, "Angel 07", was released as a single in 1985. The English lyrics were written by Timothy Touchton.
In March 1991, English singer-songwriter George Michael performed "Killer" live at the Wembley Arena in a version that was released on the 1993 EP Five Live. " Papa Was a Rollin' Stone " was also recorded and released on the same album.
The songs are divided into groups by the last name of the killer the song is about or mentions. This is a dynamic list of songs and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The song was positively received by critics. In her review of Hot Fuss, Jenny Eliscu of Rolling Stone highlighted "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" as sounding like "classic Duran Duran, all snaking bass lines and Flowers' elegantly wasted vocals — part ironic detachment, part fake-British-accent, part throat-shredding wail."
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"Killer" is a song by American rapper Eminem from the deluxe edition of his eleventh studio album Music to Be Murdered By. The song was released as the album's thirteenth track on December 18, 2020 via Shady Records along with the rest of Music to Be Murdered By – Side B .