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said the band was working on a different song when the idea "just came to us, like a vision." The band members dropped their work on the other song and finished "All You Zombies" that night. Writing partner
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offering the band a contract. They re-released "All You Zombies" with additional instrumental sections, making the song almost six minutes long. It became a minor hit in the US, reaching the
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in 1985 that he didn't know the meaning of the song despite having written it. "People ask us what it's about ... the weird thing is we didn't consciously put there." Hyman later told
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chart, and a top 10 success in Australia, where it peaked at No. 8 for two weeks in September 1985. The single also reached the top 20 in New Zealand and Germany.
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The Hooters first released a version of "All You Zombies" recorded live at the Emerald City nightclub in
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covered the song in German as "Bis in alle Ewigkeit (Walhalla)" on their 2013 album
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believed the song to be the fastest they had written "that was of any quality."
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album, released independently in 1983. Hyman and Bazilian had worked with
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B. "Where Do the Children Go" (Extended Version) – 5:29
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Index


Single
The Hooters
Amore
Nervous Night
Genre
Synth-pop
heartland rock
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Eric Bazilian
Rob Hyman
Producer(s)
Rick Chertoff
The Hooters
And We Danced

file
help
"All You Zombies"
YouTube
rock
The Hooters
Eric Bazilian
Rob Hyman
Amore
Nervous Night
Billboard Hot 100
reggae

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