B-side "Den Haague" Format 7" | Released July 1978 (1978-07) Genre Art rock | |
Recorded February 1978, Scorpio Sound, London Length 3:32 (7")
6:10 (album version) | ||
"The Electrician" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Scott Walker under the name Scott Engel. The song was first recorded and released by Walker's pop group The Walker Brothers as their fourteenth UK single and last official released while the group were still active in 1978. The single did not chart.
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.
The song was covered by Laurie Anderson for the Scott Walker tribute album Scott Walker: 30 Century Man in 2009.
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