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"Karma Chameleon" is a song by English band Culture Club, featured on the group's 1983 album Colour by Numbers. The single was released in the United Kingdom in September 1983 [ 7 ] and became the second Culture Club single to reach the top of the UK singles chart , after " Do You Really Want to Hurt Me ".
Colour by Numbers is the second album by the British new wave group Culture Club, released in October 1983.Preceded by the hit single "Karma Chameleon", which reached number one in several countries, the album reached number one in the UK and has sold 10 million copies.
The song was written with Phil Pickett (former member of the 1970s band Sailor) who had also co-written "Karma Chameleon" and frequently played keyboards for the group. Despite Culture Club's commercial success, there were significant pressures within the band.
In America, it was still climbing the charts when "Karma Chameleon" was released as a single. Epic Records released"Karma" ahead of schedule. "Church of the Poison Mind" reached its peak position the same week "Karma Chameleon" debuted on the US chart.
Philip Stuart Pickett (born 19 November 1946) is an English songwriter, musician, vocal arranger, producer and artist manager.. He is principally known as a songwriter and musician and for co-writing and recording "Karma Chameleon", one of the biggest hits of the 1980s era with Boy George and Culture Club during his tenure as keyboard player and backing vocalist for the group on every live ...
Culture Club had the best-selling single of the year with "Karma Chameleon". The single spent ten weeks in the top 10 (including six weeks at number one) and sold over 1.39 million copies and was certified platinum by the BPI. "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel came in second place, selling more than 949,000 copies and losing out by around 390,000 sales.
"Karma Chameleon" Culture Club: 8 "Hello" Lionel Richie: 9 "Owner of a Lonely Heart" Yes: 10 "I Just Called To Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder: 11 "Missing You" John Waite: 12 "All Night Long (All Night)" Lionel Richie: 13 "Let's Hear It for the Boy" Deniece Williams: 14 "Dancing in the Dark" Bruce Springsteen: 15 "Girls Just Want to Have Fun ...
In Australia, it was released in September 1983 as a double A-side single with "Karma Chameleon", peaking at #1 and receiving substantial airplay. With this single, in America, Culture Club was the first band to have three top 10 singles from a debut album since the Beatles .