Paranoimia


"Paranoimia" is a song by the English avant-garde synth-pop group Art of Noise, released in April 1986 by China Records from their second studio album, In Visible Silence. A better-known version was released as a single, featuring the fictional character Max Headroom on vocals. This version was first included on the 1986 album Re-Works of Art of Noise.
The 7-inch single features a monologue about Max Headroom being scared and unable to sleep. The 12-inch has a completely different vocal with Headroom as a master of ceremonies, talking about the music and making a pun-laden introduction of the alleged band members: English actor Peter O'Toole on trumpet, Czech-American tennis player Martina Navratilova on bassline, American singer Cher on mic, and the Pope on drums.

Track listing

The 12-inch single was also available on a one-sided cassette tape with the following track listing:
  1. "Paranoimia" – 6:40
  2. "Paranoimia" – 3:18
  3. "Why Me?" – 2:56
  4. "A Nation Rejects" – 2:57
Some later issues of the CD In Visible Silence, most notably the US version, include the single version in place of the original version, which did not include the Max Headroom vocals.

"Paranoimia '89"

In 1989, a remix by the Dutch dance music DJ Ben Liebrand was released with a new music video to promote The Best of The Art of Noise.