“Killer” by Adamski

"Killer" was the first single from Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy (1990), the second album by British DJ and producer Adamski, and it's a moody, slow-burn dance record released on MCA. The voice on it belongs to Seal, who wrote the song with Adamski, even though the original release carried Adamski's name alone.

Britain couldn't get enough of it: number one on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks across May and June 1990, more than 400,000 copies sold and a gold certification. It also went to number one in Belgium and Zimbabwe, reached number two in the Netherlands and West Germany, and got to 23 on Billboard's Dance Club Play chart in the US. Don Searll directed the video, and Melody Maker ranked it the ninth-best single of the year.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.