The Electrician (song)

"The Electrician"
Single by The Walker Brothers
from the album Nite Flights
B-side "Den Haague"
Released July 1978 (1978-07)[1]
Format 7"
Recorded February 1978, Scorpio Sound, London
Genre Art rock
Length 3:32 (7")
6:10 (album version)
Label GTO Records
Writer(s) Scott Engel
Producer(s) Scott Walker, Dave MacRae
The Walker Brothers singles chronology
"We're All Alone"
(1977)
"The Electrician"
(1978)

"The Electrician" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Scott Walker under the name Scott Engel. The song was first recorded and released by Walker's pop group The Walker Brothers as their fourteenth UK single and last official released while the group were still active in 1978. The single did not chart.

Midge Ure is said to have been influenced by "The Electrician" when composing "Vienna" for Ultravox.[2]

"The Electrician" was featured as the opening track for the 2008 crime film Bronson directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.

The song was covered by Laurie Anderson for the Scott Walker tribute album Scott Walker: 30 Century Man in 2009.

Track listing

GTO Records - GT 230
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "The Electrician"  S. Engel 3:32
2. "Den Haague"  G. Leeds 4:03

Personnel

"The Electrician"
"Den Haague"
Technical and visual

References

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