Electric Barbarella

Album: Medazzaland (1997)
Charted: 23 52
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: NICK RHODES, SIMON LE BON, WARREN CUCCURULLO
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 6

  • Fi from Edinburgh, UkYes, Stephanie. In 1997, Capitol Records released it as the first digital single for sale by a major label.

    Jorge, the model is Myka Dunkle.
  • Li from Jakarta, IndonesiaMyka Dunkle as The Electric Barbarella :)
  • Stephanie from Naselle, WaWasn't this the first song ever sold online?
  • Jorge from Waco, TxWho was the girl in the video? She was freakin HOT!! please email me the answer at publius_enigma@yahoo.com
  • Rj from Battle Creek, MiThe song is ACTUALLY about Cyber sex. Simon LeBon said it himself in an Entertainment Weekly article around the time the song came out.
  • Ellen from Anchorage, AkActually, the orgasmatron was the device of the evil scientist Durand Durand, who used it to try to kill Barbarella (instead, she overloads it).
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