"Vicious Games" is a song by Swiss electronic band Yello, released in 1985 as the second single from their fourth album Stella.45 Cat - Yello - Vicious Games The song also appears on the band's compilation album Essential Yello.
Background "Vicious Games" was released on 27 February 1985, with a video shot in Yello's Rote Fabrik (Red Factory) working space. The video features Boris Blank and actress Mirjam Montandon miming to Rush Winters' vocals (Winters was not available for the video shoot).
Track listing 7" single
12" single
Charts Chart (1985) Peakposition Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade)Hit Parade - Yello - Vicious Games 5 US Dance Club SongsBillboard Charts - Yello - Vicious Games 8 Australia ARIA Charts 60 Germany GfK Entertainment chartsGerman Charts - Yello - Vicious Games 15
Re-releases "Vicious Games" has been re-released a number of times over the years, with different remixes. In 1993, with remixes by Mark Picchiotti, Teri Bristol and Maurice Joshua. In 1998, a version released as by Yello vs. Hardfloor came with a plethora of remixes over three 12-inch vinyls, with an additional Art of Trance remix released in 1999 and reached Number 88 in the UK singles charts. Six more remixes of the Yello vs. Hardfloor version was released in 2010.
1993 Vicious Games (Yello Belly Trippin' Trance Mix) – 6:38 Vicious Games (Vicious Radio Mix) – 4:34 Vicious Games (Mo's Dirty Ol Dub #1) – 7:15 Vicious Games (Vicious Vocal Club Mix) – 7:14
1995 Three remixes by The Grid were released on different formats of the Hands on Yello compilation. Vicious Games (12" Edit) – 4:44 Vicious Games (Ambient Mix) – 4:34 Vicious Games (Instrumental Acid) – 8:15
1998 Vicious Games (Hardfloor Remix) – 7:05 Vicious Games (Slow Vocal Mix) – 6:05 Vicious Games (Hardfloor Dub Mix) – 5:48 Vicious Games (Slow Dub Mix) – 5:21 Vicious Games (Boris Blank & Olaf Wollschläger Remix) – 6:34 Vicious Games (Vorsprung Durch Technik Remix) – 8:34 Vicious Games (Da Bomb Mix) – 6:49 Vicious Games (Blank & Jones Mix) – 6:39 Vicious Games (Headroom Mix) – 6:53 Vicious Games (Gorgeous Mix) – 5:20
1999 Vicious Games (Art of Trance Remix) – 8:07
2010 Vicious Games (Koen Groeneveld Remix) – 7:41 Vicious Games (Manuel de la Mare Remix) – 6:47 Vicious Games (Addy van der Zwan & R3hab Remix) – 6:37 Vicious Games (Markus Gardeweg Remix) – 7:22 Vicious Games (Frank Ellrich Remix) – 6:11 Vicious Games (Lemon Popsicle Remix) – 6:57
References
External links Yello – Vicious Games. List of releases on Discogs. Yello vs Hardfloor – Vicious Games. List of releases on Discogs.