The Killing Moon
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"The Killing Moon" is a 1984 song by the band Echo & the Bunnymen from the album Ocean Rain.
According to the liner notes of Echo and the Bunnymen's Crystal Days box set, Ian McCulloch woke up one morning with the phrase "fate up against your will" in mind. He wrote it down and the remainder of the song fell in place from there.
[edit] Appearances on film and television
In 1998, the song appeared in a film called Gia.
The song was used quite prominently in the 2001 cult film Donnie Darko. Played over the opening sequence, it was in fact a last minute substitution by the film's director, Richard Kelly, when he could not obtain the rights to use INXS's "Never Tear Us Apart", which was later used in the director's cut. Instead "The Killing Moon" was played as originally intended during the Halloween party towards the end of the film.
Another use of the song was in Grosse Pointe Blank at the scene when Martin Blank exits Debbie Newberry's radio-booth after a short interview in which we learn he stood her up at prom night and disappeared for 10 years.
The song was also used in the film The Girl Next Door in the scene in which the protagonist first sees his new neighbour.
"The Killing Moon" was used in Transworld's "First Love". It was the song used for Shiloh Greathouse's part.
[edit] Covers by other artists
The indie rock band Pavement released an EP, Major Leagues, containing a cover of the song.
French band Nouvelle Vague have done a cover of this song, and can be found on the album Bande à Part.
The Australian band Something for Kate has also recently done a cover, and it features on their "Cigarettes and Suitcases" single.
Singer/songwriter Grant Lee Phillips has also done a cover, on the 2006 album "Nineteeneighties."
[edit] External links
The Quakes also covered this song.
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