“Kings and Queens” by Killing Joke

"Kings and Queens" was the third single pulled from Night Time, Killing Joke's fifth album, and E.G. Records issued it on 22 March 1985 on seven-inch and 12-inch in the UK, while Polydor handled a seven-inch in the Netherlands. Chris Kimsey produced it with Thomas Stiehler engineering, and all four members share the writing: Jaz Coleman on vocals and keyboards, Geordie Walker on guitar, Paul Raven on bass and Paul Ferguson on drums.

It had the bad luck of following "Love Like Blood", whose success left it in the shade, though it still reached 58 on the UK Singles Chart. The B-side was "The Madding Crowd", a dub remix of the album track "Multitudes", and the 12-inch went further, leading with a dub mix of the song itself, the "Right Royal Mix", and tucking the original onto the flip.

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