Crucified (Army of Lovers song)

"Crucified" is a 1991 song by the Swedish band Army of Lovers. It is the first single from their second album, Massive Luxury Overdose and the seventh single to be released by the band. It was released on May 1991 (in Sweden), February–April 1992 (in the UK and US), and July 2013 (Crucified 2013). It was written by Alexander Bard, Anders Wollbeck and Jean-Pierre Barda and features Barda (vocals, drums), Bard (vocals, computer) and La Camilla (vocals, bass). The song was successful in several European countries, including Belgium, where it reached the number-one,[1] and Germany, Sweden, Austria and Switzerland, where it reached the Top 10. In the United States, "Crucified" became a huge club hit and radio favorite, debuting at number 6 on the Billboard Dance singles chart and spending a total of 14 weeks in the Top 20. The two remixes available on the CD maxi and vinyl 12" maxi are made by Nuzak.

"Crucified"
Single by Army of Lovers
from the album Massive Luxury Overdose
B-side"Love Revolution"
ReleasedMay 1991, April 1992 and July 2013
RecordedSonet Studios, Stockholm
Genre
  • Dance pop
  • techno
Length3:32
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Alexander Bard
  • Anders Wollbeck
Army of Lovers (1991) singles chronology
"Supernatural"
(1990)		 "Crucified"
(1991)		 "Obsession"
(1991)
Army of Lovers (1992) singles chronology
"Ride the Bullet"
(1992)		 "Crucified"
(1992)		 "Judgment Day"
(1992)
Army of Lovers (2013) singles chronology
"Signed on my Tattoo (feat. Gravitonas)"
(2013)		 "Crucified 2013"
(2013)		 "People are Lonely (Gravitonas feat. Army of Lovers)"
(2014)
Music video
"Crucified" on YouTube
Music video
"Crucified 2013" on YouTube
Alternative Cover
1992 U.K cover
Alternative cover
1992 U.S cover
Alternative cover
2013 cover

In 2013, Army of Lovers made a new version of the song, simply called 'Crucified 2013'. It contains new vocals from Dominika Peczynski.[2]

Bard's future music project, Gravitonas uses a sample of this song on the track "Sacrifice" from their 2012 Black Ceremony EP.

Kurt Cobain of the hugely successful alternative rock group Nirvana praised the band in his posthumously published journals, specifically the song "Crucified."[3]

Critical reception
Army of Lovers in the music video of "Crucified".

AllMusic editor Ned Raggett described the song as a "totally over-the-top disco anthem on all fronts that takes ABBA's winning combination of memorable hooks and harmonies as inspiration and slathers a load of glitter and make-up over the whole thing." He noted further that "having ultracampy lyrical asides like "I cry, I pray, mon dieu" doesn't hurt the sheer giddiness at work, and neither do the "I'm crucified like my saviour" chorus, church organ and twangy Duane Eddy guitar."[4] Larry Flick from Billboard said it is a "super-hot slammin' houser".[5] Bevan Hannah from The Canberra Times wrote, "Judging by the video for their first single release Crucified, their image was carefully plotted, combining cabaret style costumes and graphics with groovy European dance rhythms."[6] Newcastle Evening Chronicle called it a "clever almost choral rock approach on a lively danceable number."[7] They noted "the ebullient bounce" of the track.[8] People Magazine wrote in their review, that "disco goes to church in this hip-hop hallelujah".[9]

Usage in media

The music video of "Crucified" was used in an episode of American adult animated sitcom Beavis and Butt-Head.[10]

The song was played in Gabriel Aghion's 1996 film, Pédale douce, and was thus included in the track listing of the soundtrack. It was also played in the film Marock (2005), and was in the video game Just Dance 4 on the Wii.[11]

Covers by other artists

The song has been covered by the Swedish band Ghost in their 2013 EP titled If You have Ghost.

Formats and track listings

7" single (1991 & 1992)

  1. Crucified - 3:32
  2. Love Revolution - 4:02

12" maxi-single (1991)

  1. Crucified (The Nuzak Remix) - 8:03
  2. Crucified (Yherushalaim Dub) - 7:42
  3. Crucified (Radio Edit) - 3:32

CD-Single (1991)

  1. Crucified (Radio Edit) - 3:32
  2. Crucified (The Nuzak Remix) - 8:03
  3. Crucified (Yherushalaim Dub) - 7:42

12" maxi-single (U.K, 1992)

  1. Crucified (The Nuzak Mix) - 8:03
  2. Crucified (Crucifixion Hardcore '92 Mix) - 5:06
  3. Crucified (The Maffia Mix) - 5:53

12" maxi-single (U.S, 1992)

  1. Crucified (Judas Mix) - 6:47
  2. Crucified (Judas Mix Instrumental) - 6:38
  3. Crucified (Judas Mix Dubstrumental) - 4:19
  4. Crucified (Teknostalgia Mix) - 4:14
  5. Ride the Bullet (The DNA Remix) - 4:54
  6. Ride the Bullet (The DNA Remix Dub) - 5:42
  7. Crucified (Yherushalaim Dub) - 7:40
  8. Crucified (Crucifixion Mix) - 5:09

CD-Single (U.K, 1992)

  1. Crucified (Radio Edit) - 3:32
  2. Crucified (Crucifixion Hardcore '92 Mix) - 5:06
  3. Crucified (The Maffia Mix) - 5:53
  4. Crucified (The Nuzak Mix) 8:03

CD-Maxi (U.S, 1992)

  1. Crucified (Single Version) - 3:31
  2. Crucified (Nuzak Remix) - 8:00
  3. Crucified (Judas Mix) - 6:47
  4. Crucified (Judas Mix Dubstramental) - 4:19
  5. Crucified (Teknostradamus Mix) - 6:36
  6. Crucified (Teknostalgia Mix) - 4:14
  7. Crucified (Crucifixion Mix) 5:09
  8. Ride the Bullet (The DNA Remix) - 4:54
  9. Ride the Bullet (Molotov Cocktail Mix) - 4:58
  10. Ride the Bullet (Tren De Amor Mix) - 6:24

Digital-download (2013)

  1. Crucified 2013 (Radio Edit) - 3:15
  2. Crucified 2013 (Sound Factory Radio) - 3:29
  3. Crucified 2013 (Per QX + Sonny Switch Radio) - 3:00
  4. Crucified 2013 (NORD Radio Edit) - 3:31
  5. Crucified 2013 (Extended Version) - 5:54
  6. Crucified 2013 (Sound Factory Paradise Anthem) - 8:32
  7. Crucified 2013 (Per QX + Sonny Switch Club Mix) - 5:49
  8. Crucified 2013 (NORD Club Mix) - 5:54
  9. Crucified 2013 (Sound Factory Dark Dub) - 8:25

Credits and personnel

Charts
gollark: It will admittedly require spamming all nearby/present for a while devices with random MAC addresses with RTS frames for each known person, but that's probably fine.
gollark: They quite like the idea, so I can probably have a few raspberry pis and speakers for this.
gollark: Well, I wanted to automatically play per-person theme music upon entry of people to the computer science department at school.
gollark: It's not particularly evil, since it will only be used to identify opting-in things.
gollark: But I skimmed a paper on it and apparently the randomization can be workarounded in some cases by sending RTS frames with the device's "hardcoded" MAC address and seeing if you get a CTS frame back.
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