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Virus (KMFDM song)

"Virus" is a KMFDM song from their fifth album, Naïve. In 2008, KMFDM Records re-released this as a 7" vinyl single, limited to 250 copies. The album version is considered a remix, entitled "Virus (Dub)", making the single version the original version. The "Pestilence Mix" was included on the soundtrack to the 1995 film Johnny Mnemonic.

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"Virus"
Single by KMFDM
ReleasedAugust 1989
Recorded1988–1989
GenreIndustrial, industrial metal
Length18:19
LabelWax Trax! Records
SongwritersSascha Konietzko, Klaus Schandelmaier, Günter Schulz
ProducersAdrian Sherwood, Sascha Konietzko
KMFDM singles chronology
"More & Faster"
(1989) 		"Virus"
(1989) 		"Godlike"
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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"Virus" is a KMFDM song from their fifth album, Naïve. In 2008, KMFDM Records re-released this as a 7" vinyl single, limited to 250 copies. The album version is considered a remix, entitled "Virus (Dub)", making the single version the original version. The "Pestilence Mix" was included on the soundtrack to the 1995 film Johnny Mnemonic.

Reception

The original four track EP was called "easily their strongest" in 1996.2 AllMusic's Johnny Loftus described the title track as "innocent new wave gone very naughty in a PVC hell."1 Eric Olsen called the song one of industrial's best, with the same "razor-sharp guitars, hummable tune, clever lyrics, and danceable beat in the funky-to-brutal range" as many of the band's other songs.3

Track listing

Wax Trax! Records version
No.TitleLength
1."Virus"5:40
2."More & Faster" (only on CD)3:35
3."Don't Blow Your Top" (only on CD)3:41
4."High & Geil"5:23
Total length:18:19
Deutschland Strikeback Records version
No.TitleLength
1."Virus"5:40
2."Murder"3:26
3."M & F 244 (High & Geil)"5:21
Total length:14:27
Promotional Cash Beat Records version
No.TitleLength
1."Virus"5:35
2."M + F 244 (High & Geil)"5:21
Total length:10:56
2008 7" reissue
No.TitleLength
1."Virus (12" Mix)"5:36
2."More & Faster (High & Geil Mix)"5:22
Total length:10:58
References

References

  1. Loftus, Johnny. "Virus Review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  2. Graff, Gary (1996). MusicHound Rock: the Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9780787610371. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  3. Olsen, Eric (October 5, 2003). "KMFDM". Retrieved August 31, 2018.
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