"Blood and Honey" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear

Amanda Lear

Amanda Lear is a French singer, lyricist, composer, painter, TV presenter, actress and novelist....

 released in 1976 by Ariola Records

Ariola Records

Ariola Records is a German record label. As of the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of BMG which in turn has since become a part of the international media conglomerate Sony Music Entertainment...

.

Song information

"Blood and Honey" was released as a single in December 1976 and later was included on Amanda's debut album I Am a Photograph

I Am a Photograph

I Am A Photograph is the debut album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in April 1977 by West German label Ariola Records. It contains the European hit singles "La Bagarre" , "Blood and Honey" , "Tomorrow", "Alphabet" and "Blue Tango." Later editions of the album also feature the single "Queen...

. It was written by Amanda Lear herself (lyrics) and Anthony Monn

Anthony Monn

Anthony Monn a.k.a. Tony Monn is a German singer, composer, and record producer.Monn started his career as a singer in the German schlager genre in the early 1970s...

 (music), with whom she was to co-operate for the following five years. The song lyrics were inspired by Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis de Púbol , commonly known as Salvador Dalí , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres,Spain....

's painting Honey Is Sweeter Than Blood (La miel es más dulce que la sangre). It became Amanda Lear's first notable hit and one of her most popular songs of the disco

Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

 era.

The B-side of the 7" single was "She's Got the Devil in Her Eyes", in fact an instrumental version of "Blood and Honey" and a line taken from the chorus of the song. On the 12" version of the single, released in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada, an extended, 9-minute-long version of "Blood and Honey" was included. An alternative extended version was released in the USA.

In 1998 the song was re-recorded for the album Back in Your Arms

Back in Your Arms

Back In Your Arms is the third compilation album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in May 1998 by Dig It Int'l. The release follows her two previous greatest hits albums, Ieri, Oggi released in Italy, and Poet Amanda Lear released in the former U.S.S.R....

. In the same year original song was remixed and released on a single to promote the compilation Amanda '98 – Follow Me Back in My Arms.

Music video

Amanda Lear shot a music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for "Blood and Honey" for German TV show Musikladen

Musikladen

Der Musikladen was a West German music television programme that ran from December 13, 1972 to November 29, 1984. The show continued the 1960s Beat-Club under a new name, and in turn was replaced by Extratour.-History:...

. It pictures the singer performing the title song in front of the camera. Two backup dancer

Backup dancer

A backup dancer is a performer who dances with or behind the lead performers in a live musical act or in a music video. Their movements provide a visual symmetry and rhythm to accompany the music....

s accompany her, with their faces painted white.

Track listing

• German 7" Single (1976)

1. "Blood and Honey" - 4:45
2. "She's Got the Devil in Her Eyes" - 3:05

• UK 7" Single (1977)

1. "Blood and Honey" - 3:10
2. "Blood and Honey" - 4:50

• UK/Australian 12" Single (1977)

1. "Blood and Honey" - 8:58
2. "Blood and Honey" - 4:50

• Canadian 12" Single (1977)

1. "Blood and Honey" - 8:58
2. "She's Got the Devil in Her Eyes" - 3:05

• US 12" Single (1977)

1. "Blood and Honey" - 7:14
2. "Blood and Honey" - 7:14

• German CD Maxi-Single (1998)

1. "Blood and Honey" (New Remix Version) - 3:59
2. "Blood and Honey" (Club Mix) - 4:21
3. "Rien ne va plus" - 4:21

Chart performance

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Germany Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	12
Italy Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy....	11

Cover versions

German artist Fancy

Fancy (singer)

Fancy is a German Eurodance and Euro Disco artist who was popular in the mid to late 1980s.-Career:...

 covered the song on his 1985 album Get Your Kicks.

In 2006 Spanish singer Pedro Marín

Pedro Marín

Pedro Marín is a Spanish pop singer, actor and TV performer.-Biography:Marín débuted on the popular music scene in Spain as a teen idol in the early 1980s with hits such as "Que no" and "Aire." He was the first Spanish artist to work with synthesisers and electronic instruments being a reference...

 covered the song on his record Diamonds, a tribute album

Tribute album

A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...

including interpretations of Amanda Lear's tracks.