The Electrician
~ Song
Wikipedia
"The Electrician" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Scott Walker. The song was first recorded and released by Walker's pop group The Walker Brothers as their fourteenth UK single and last official release while the group were still active in 1978. The single did not chart. The song describes the work of a CIA torturer.
Midge Ure is said to have been influenced by "The Electrician" when composing "Vienna" for Ultravox.
"The Electrician" was featured as the opening track for the 2008 crime film Bronson directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. In 2019, the song was featured in Episode 4 of On Becoming a God in Central Florida, Season 1.
The song was covered by Laurie Anderson for the Scott Walker tribute album Scott Walker: 30 Century Man in 2009.
Relationships
| lyricist and composer: | Scott Walker (singer‐songwriter, musician and producer) |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/The-walker-brothers-the-electrician-lyrics [info] |
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| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0057381765 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q15110751 [info] |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| The Electrician | The Walker Brothers | 6:11 | ||
| The Electrician | cover | Laurie Anderson | 4:40 | |
| The Electrician | The Walker Brothers | 6:03 | ||
| The Electrician | The Walker Brothers | 3:34 | ||
| The Electrician | The Walker Brothers | 6:08 | ||
| The Electrician | The Walker Brothers | 6:03 | ||
| The Electrician | The Walker Brothers | 6:03 | ||
| The Electrician | The Walker Brothers | 6:05 | ||
| The Electrician | Scott Walker | 5:59 | ||
| The Electrician | The Walker Brothers | 6:10 | ||