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Colour by Numbers is the second studio album by British New Wave band Culture Club. It was released through Virgin Records in the United Kingdom, and Epic Records in the United States, on 10 October 1983.The album solidified stardom for the band, as it hit #1 on the Official Charts Company album chart, and #2 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It went triple-Platinum in the United Kingdom, and quadruple-Platinum in the United States, selling over 10 million copies worldwide.The global singles from this album were "Church of the Poison Mind", "Karma Chameleon", and "It's a Miracle". "Victims" was released in the UK only, while "Miss Me Blind" was a US exclusive. All five were massive hits, with "Karma Chameleon" being their first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and their second #1 on the UK Pop chart.All the singles would have music videos on MTV. The music video for "Karma Chameleon" was especially notable, being set in the late 19th century on a Mississippi River riverboat.TracklistSide one"Karma Chameleon" – 4:12"It's a Miracle" – 3:25"Black Money" – 5:19"Changing Every Day" – 3:17"That's the Way (I'm Only Trying to Help You)" – 2:45Side two"Church of the Poison Mind" – 3:30"Miss Me Blind" – 4:30"Mister Man" – 3:36"Stormkeeper" – 2:46"Victims" – 4:552003 CD bonus tracks"Man-Shake" – 2:34"Mystery Boy" (Suntory Hot Whiskey Song) – 3:33"Melting Pot" – 4:31"Colour by Numbers" – 3:57"Romance Revisited" – 5:00 |
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Visual Kei: All over the "Miss Me Blind" video. |
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Face on the Cover |
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Face on the Cover: All four band members are featured, with Boy George's face being prominently displayed on the right. |
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Title Track: Averted on the original album, though "Colour by Numbers" was added in the 2003 CD release. |
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Kimono Fanservice: Found in the videos for "Miss Me Blind" & "It's A Miracle". |
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Alliterative Title: "Mister Man". |
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Special Guest |
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Special Guest: Jermaine Stewart on "That's The Way" and "Church Of The Poison Mind". |
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Money Song |
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Money Song: "Black Money". |
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Record Producer: Steve Levine. |
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Instrumentals: "Romance Revisited" is an instrumental version of "Victims". |
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Real Life Writes the Plot |
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Real Life Writes The Song: "Victims" is about Boy George's then publicly unknown and rather turbulent relationship with drummer Jon Moss. |
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Lyrical Cold Open: "Miss Me Blind". |
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One-Man Song: "Mister Man". |
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Karma Houdini |
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Karma Houdini: The topic of the song "Karma Chameleon" (although the chameleon gets his comeuppance in the video). |
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Shout-Out: "It's A Miracle" vaguely mentions Marilyn Monroe in the lyrics. |
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One-Word Title: "Stormkeeper" and "Victims". |
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Unusually Uninteresting Sight: In the video for "Karma Chameleon", everyone on the riverboat is so flamboyantly dressed that Boy George doesn't appear as unusual in the crowd despite being at the very least a Fish out of Temporal Water. |
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Album Title Drop: "Miss Me Blind" references the previous album Kissing to Be Clever. |
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Broken Record: "In the church of the poison mind, in the church of the poison mind,..." |
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