Two Tribes
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"Two Tribes" is the second single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
, released in the UK
by ZTT Records
in May 1984 (see 1984 in music
). The song was later included on the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome
.
The single was a phenomenal success in the UK, staying at the top of the singles chart for nine consecutive weeks, during which time the group's previous single "Relax" climbed back up the charts to number two. It was the longest running number-one single in the UK between 1978 and 1991.
The single was unable to repeat this success in the United States
, where it peaked at number 43.
The track was featured in The Comic Strip
movie The Supergrass
, and was also on the soundtrack as well as the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
. Sky Sports
used the song as the intro for Super League
in the late 2000s and the X Factor
frequently use the song for the contestants' introductions.
John Peel
session in October 1982. The session version makes clear that the basic structure of the song, including its signature bass-line, percussion arrangement and idiosyncratic introductory and middle eight sections, were already intact prior to any involvement from ZTT or eventual producer Trevor Horn
.
The song's title derives from the line "when two great warrior tribes go to war", from the film Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (the line is also spoken by Holly Johnson
at the beginning of the session version).
The single was released at the height of the Cold War, when general fears about global nuclear warfare
were at a peak. Although Johnson would attest in a 1984 radio interview that the "two tribes" of the song potentially represented any pair of warring adversaries (giving the examples of "cowboy
s and Indians
or Captain Kirk
and Klingon
s"), the song does contain the line "On the air America/I modelled shirts by Van Heusen", a clear reference to then US President
Ronald Reagan
, who had advertised for Phillips Van Heusen
in 1953 (briefly reviving the association in the early 1980s), and whose first film had been titled Love Is On The Air
.
Johnson also noted: "There's two elements in the music — an American funk line and a Russian line. It’s the most obvious demonstration of two tribes that we have today."
To accentuate this inherent musical tension, Horn juxtaposed the driving funk/rock rhythm section with a dramatic formal string arrangement and plenty of orchestral stabs, a novel technique that Horn himself had pioneered the previous year in producing Yes
's "Owner of a Lonely Heart
".
ZTT aggressively marketed the single in terms of its topical political angle, promoting it with images of the group wearing American military garb in combat, as well as Soviet
-style army uniforms set against an American urban backdrop.
The original cover art featured a Soviet mural of Lenin and images of Reagan and then-UK Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
. The sleeve notes, attributed to ZTT's Paul Morley
, dispassionately reported details of the relative nuclear arsenals of each superpower
and the unknown power of "synergism
s". The various mixes were subtitled in terms of the expected aftermath of nuclear conflict.
, who recreated his narration from the Protect and Survive
public information film
s for certain 12-inch mixes (the original Protect and Survive soundtracks were sampled
for the 7-inch mixes).
The 12-inch A- and B-sides also ostensibly featured voice parts by Reagan, as played by actor Chris Barrie
, who also voiced the character on Spitting Image
. Barrie would return for the band's next single, "The Power of Love
", imitating Mike Read
in a parody of the DJ's banning of their previous single, "Relax".
The standard 7-inch mix (by the name of "Cowboys & Indians") featured a pop/radio-oriented production that dispensed with a section of the song's middle eight altogether.
A significantly different guitar-driven "We Don't Want To Die" mix appeared, with complete middle eight, on the limited edition 7-inch picture disc.
The first 12-inch mix ("Annihilation") started with an air-raid siren
, and unfolded as a ground-breaking extended deconstruction and reinvention of the basic track, including Allen's starkest advice about how to tag and dispose of family members should they die in the fallout shelter (taken from the public information film
Casualties).
The "Carnage" mix was, by comparison, altogether more conventional, featuring enhanced string treatments, a percussive midpoint flurry of vocal samples (from Allen and the group's B-side interview), but broadly following the prevailing instrumental-vocal 12-inch structural paradigm. The eventual album version ("For The Victims Of Ravishment") would derive from the "Carnage" mix.
The "Hibakusha
" mix was originally released in a very limited edition, and appears on the Japanese-only Bang! album from 1985. This mix was musically based on the "Annihilation" mix, but with a unique middle section comprising orchestral samples and percussive breaks that have much in common with the work of fellow ZTT act Art of Noise.
Apart from these five original single mixes ("Cowboys & Indians", "We Don't Want To Die", "Annihilation", "Carnage", "Hibakusha"), there was also the version which appeared on the LP and cassette editions of the album Welcome To The Pleasuredome. This version was shorter than any of the other versions at only 3 minutes, 27 seconds and went by the name "For The Victims Of Ravishment". CD editions of the album contained the "Annihilation" version.
and Peter Gill, over an otherwise untitled instrumental track. This technique had already been used on the B-side of "Relax", the similarly titled "One September Monday".
The principal B-side to the original 12-inch single was a cover version of "War", which became the subject of an accomplished extended remix in its own right (subtitled "Hidden") on the single's third UK 12-inch release, where it was promoted as a double-A-side with "Carnage".
With the exception of this AA release, all 12-inch versions featured the following additional B-side tracks:
The UK cassette single
featured a cut-together combination of "Surrender", "Carnage" and "Annihilation", plus Reagan snippets and interview sections not included on any other release.
-directed video depicted a wrestling match between then-President Ronald Reagan
and then-Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko
for the benefit of group members and an eagerly belligerent assembly of representatives from the world's nations, the event ultimately degenerating into complete global destruction. This video was played several times at the 1984 Democratic National Convention
. Due to some violent scenes ("Reagan" biting "Chernenko"'s ear, etc.), the unedited video could not be shown on MTV, and an edited version was substituted.
A longer version of the video (based on the "Hibakusha" mix) included an introductory cut-up monologue by Richard Nixon
taken from an ad from his 1960 US Presidential campaign ("No.. firm diplomacy... No.. peace for America and the world"), plus similar contributions from other world leaders, including Lord Beaverbrook, Yasser Arafat
and John F. Kennedy
. The complete soundtrack to the extended video was eventually released as "Two Tribes (Video Destructo)" on the German version of the Twelve Inches compilation. A third version of the video, included on the band's compilation of videos, retains the introduction, but loses most of the inserted clips in the main wrestling sequence.
1994 reissues
2000 reissues
(*) Although the sleeve states CD1, no second CD was ever released.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood were a British dance-pop band popular in the mid-1980s. The group was fronted by Holly Johnson , with Paul Rutherford , Peter Gill , Mark O'Toole , and Brian Nash .The group's debut single "Relax" was banned by the BBC in 1984 while at number six in the charts and...
, released in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
by ZTT Records
ZTT Records
ZTT Records is a record label founded in 1983 by NME journalist Paul Morley, record producer Trevor Horn, and businesswoman Jill Sinclair. The label's name was also printed as "Zang Tumb Tuum" and "Zang Tuum Tumb" on various releases....
in May 1984 (see 1984 in music
1984 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.-Janury-March:*January 21 – "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.*January 27 – Michael Jackson's...
). The song was later included on the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Welcome to the Pleasuredome was the debut album by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, first released in the UK in October 1984 by ZTT/Island Records. Originally issued as a vinyl double album, it was assured of a UK chart entry at number one due to reported advance sales of over one million...
.
The single was a phenomenal success in the UK, staying at the top of the singles chart for nine consecutive weeks, during which time the group's previous single "Relax" climbed back up the charts to number two. It was the longest running number-one single in the UK between 1978 and 1991.
The single was unable to repeat this success in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, where it peaked at number 43.
The track was featured in The Comic Strip
The Comic Strip
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents.... The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson and Jennifer Saunders, with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and...
movie The Supergrass
The Supergrass
The Supergrass is a 1985 British comedy film written and directed by Peter Richardson. Film starred Richardson, Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith Allen, Nigel Planer, Alexei Sayle, Ronald Allen and Robbie Coltrane. After returning from a holiday in the West Country he...
, and was also on the soundtrack as well as the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a 2002 open world action computer and video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the second 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and sixth original title overall...
. Sky Sports
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
used the song as the intro for Super League
Super League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
in the late 2000s and the X Factor
The X Factor (UK)
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...
frequently use the song for the contestants' introductions.
Origins and context
A version of "Two Tribes" was originally recorded for a BBCBBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
session in October 1982. The session version makes clear that the basic structure of the song, including its signature bass-line, percussion arrangement and idiosyncratic introductory and middle eight sections, were already intact prior to any involvement from ZTT or eventual producer Trevor Horn
Trevor Horn
Trevor Charles Horn CBE is an English pop music record producer, songwriter, musician and singer. He was born in Houghton-le-Spring in north-east England....
.
The song's title derives from the line "when two great warrior tribes go to war", from the film Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (the line is also spoken by Holly Johnson
Holly Johnson
Holly Johnson is an English artist, writer and musician, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and former bassist for Big in Japan.- Big in Japan :...
at the beginning of the session version).
The single was released at the height of the Cold War, when general fears about global nuclear warfare
Nuclear warfare
Nuclear warfare, or atomic warfare, is a military conflict or political strategy in which nuclear weaponry is detonated on an opponent. Compared to conventional warfare, nuclear warfare can be vastly more destructive in range and extent of damage...
were at a peak. Although Johnson would attest in a 1984 radio interview that the "two tribes" of the song potentially represented any pair of warring adversaries (giving the examples of "cowboy
Cowboy
A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of...
s and Indians
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
or Captain Kirk
James T. Kirk
James Tiberius "Jim" Kirk is a character in the Star Trek media franchise. Kirk was first played by William Shatner as the principal lead character in the original Star Trek series. Shatner voiced Kirk in the animated Star Trek series and appeared in the first seven Star Trek movies...
and Klingon
Klingon
Klingons are a fictional warrior race in the Star Trek universe.Klingons are recurring villains in the 1960s television show Star Trek: The Original Series, and have appeared in all five spin-off series and eight feature films...
s"), the song does contain the line "On the air America/I modelled shirts by Van Heusen", a clear reference to then US President
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
, who had advertised for Phillips Van Heusen
Phillips Van Heusen
PVH Corp is an American apparel company, and the world's largest shirt company. It owns brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Van Heusen, Izod, Arrow, G. H...
in 1953 (briefly reviving the association in the early 1980s), and whose first film had been titled Love Is On The Air
Love Is on the Air
Love is on the Air is a 1937 film directed by Nick Grinde. The film stars Ronald Reagan, Eddie Acuff, supported by Robert Barrat, Raymond Hatton, and Willard Parker. This was Reagan's screen debut....
.
Johnson also noted: "There's two elements in the music — an American funk line and a Russian line. It’s the most obvious demonstration of two tribes that we have today."
To accentuate this inherent musical tension, Horn juxtaposed the driving funk/rock rhythm section with a dramatic formal string arrangement and plenty of orchestral stabs, a novel technique that Horn himself had pioneered the previous year in producing Yes
Yes (band)
Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
's "Owner of a Lonely Heart
Owner of a Lonely Heart
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" is a song by the progressive rock band Yes. It is the opening track of their 1983 album 90125. Written primarily by Trevor Rabin, the song reached number one on the United States Billboard Hot 100 — to date Yes's biggest chart success...
".
ZTT aggressively marketed the single in terms of its topical political angle, promoting it with images of the group wearing American military garb in combat, as well as Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
-style army uniforms set against an American urban backdrop.
The original cover art featured a Soviet mural of Lenin and images of Reagan and then-UK Prime Minister
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
. The sleeve notes, attributed to ZTT's Paul Morley
Paul Morley
Paul Morley is an English journalist, who wrote for the New Musical Express from 1977 to 1983, during one of its most successful periods, and has since written for a wide range of publications...
, dispassionately reported details of the relative nuclear arsenals of each superpower
Superpower
A superpower is a state with a dominant position in the international system which has the ability to influence events and its own interests and project power on a worldwide scale to protect those interests...
and the unknown power of "synergism
Synergism
In theology, synergism is the position of those who hold that salvation involves some form of cooperation between divine grace and human freedom...
s". The various mixes were subtitled in terms of the expected aftermath of nuclear conflict.
Original 1984 mixes
The track featured actor Patrick AllenPatrick Allen
John Keith Patrick Allen was a British film, television and voice actor.-Life and career:Allen was born in Nyasaland , where his father was a tobacco farmer. After his parents returned to Britain, he was evacuated to Canada during World War II where he remained to finish his education at McGill...
, who recreated his narration from the Protect and Survive
Protect and Survive
Protect and Survive was a public information series on civil defence produced by the British government during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was intended to inform British citizens on how to protect themselves during a nuclear attack, and consisted of a mixture of pamphlets, radio broadcasts,...
public information film
Public information film
Public Information Films are a series of government commissioned short films, shown during television advertising breaks in the UK. The US equivalent is the Public Service Announcement .-Subjects:...
s for certain 12-inch mixes (the original Protect and Survive soundtracks were sampled
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
for the 7-inch mixes).
The 12-inch A- and B-sides also ostensibly featured voice parts by Reagan, as played by actor Chris Barrie
Chris Barrie
Chris Barrie is a British actor. He first achieved success as a vocal impressionist, notably in the ITV sketch show Spitting Image...
, who also voiced the character on Spitting Image
Spitting Image
Spitting Image is a British satirical puppet show that aired on the ITV network from 1984 to 1996. It was produced by Spitting Image Productions for Central Television. The series was nominated for 10 BAFTA Awards, winning one for editing in 1989....
. Barrie would return for the band's next single, "The Power of Love
The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)
Holly Johnson, former singer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, recorded his own version of "The Power of Love" which was released on his 1999 album Soulstream and was released as a single which made #56 in the UK. The single stayed in the charts for 2 weeks...
", imitating Mike Read
Mike Read
Michael David Kenneth Read is an English radio disc jockey, writer, journalist and television presenter.-Early life:...
in a parody of the DJ's banning of their previous single, "Relax".
The standard 7-inch mix (by the name of "Cowboys & Indians") featured a pop/radio-oriented production that dispensed with a section of the song's middle eight altogether.
A significantly different guitar-driven "We Don't Want To Die" mix appeared, with complete middle eight, on the limited edition 7-inch picture disc.
The first 12-inch mix ("Annihilation") started with an air-raid siren
Civil defense siren
A civil defense siren is a mechanical or electronic device for generating sound to...
, and unfolded as a ground-breaking extended deconstruction and reinvention of the basic track, including Allen's starkest advice about how to tag and dispose of family members should they die in the fallout shelter (taken from the public information film
Public information film
Public Information Films are a series of government commissioned short films, shown during television advertising breaks in the UK. The US equivalent is the Public Service Announcement .-Subjects:...
Casualties).
The "Carnage" mix was, by comparison, altogether more conventional, featuring enhanced string treatments, a percussive midpoint flurry of vocal samples (from Allen and the group's B-side interview), but broadly following the prevailing instrumental-vocal 12-inch structural paradigm. The eventual album version ("For The Victims Of Ravishment") would derive from the "Carnage" mix.
The "Hibakusha
Hibakusha
The surviving victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are called , a Japanese word that literally translates to "explosion-affected people"...
" mix was originally released in a very limited edition, and appears on the Japanese-only Bang! album from 1985. This mix was musically based on the "Annihilation" mix, but with a unique middle section comprising orchestral samples and percussive breaks that have much in common with the work of fellow ZTT act Art of Noise.
Apart from these five original single mixes ("Cowboys & Indians", "We Don't Want To Die", "Annihilation", "Carnage", "Hibakusha"), there was also the version which appeared on the LP and cassette editions of the album Welcome To The Pleasuredome. This version was shorter than any of the other versions at only 3 minutes, 27 seconds and went by the name "For The Victims Of Ravishment". CD editions of the album contained the "Annihilation" version.
B-sides
The 7-inch featured "One February Friday", an interview between Morley and the group's three musicians ("The Lads"), Mark O'Toole, Brian NashBrian Nash
Brian Nash was the guitarist for 1980s pop band, Frankie Goes to Hollywood. He was otherwise known as Nasher....
and Peter Gill, over an otherwise untitled instrumental track. This technique had already been used on the B-side of "Relax", the similarly titled "One September Monday".
The principal B-side to the original 12-inch single was a cover version of "War", which became the subject of an accomplished extended remix in its own right (subtitled "Hidden") on the single's third UK 12-inch release, where it was promoted as a double-A-side with "Carnage".
With the exception of this AA release, all 12-inch versions featured the following additional B-side tracks:
- A shortened version of the 7-inch B-side interview (without music)
- A largely instrumental version of "Two Tribes (We Don't Want To Die)" with faux-live overdub treatments (subtitled "Surrender")
- A sequence of Patrick Allen outtakes, known as "The Last Voice".
The UK cassette single
Cassette single
A cassette single is a music single in the form of a Compact Cassette.- History :...
featured a cut-together combination of "Surrender", "Carnage" and "Annihilation", plus Reagan snippets and interview sections not included on any other release.
Videos
The Godley & CremeGodley & Creme
Godley & Creme were an English pop music duo composed of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. The pair began releasing albums as a duo after splitting from the pop band 10cc. In 1979 they directed their first music video for their own single "An Englishman in New York"...
-directed video depicted a wrestling match between then-President Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
and then-Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko
Konstantin Chernenko
Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko was a Soviet politician and the fifth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He led the Soviet Union from 13 February 1984 until his death thirteen months later, on 10 March 1985...
for the benefit of group members and an eagerly belligerent assembly of representatives from the world's nations, the event ultimately degenerating into complete global destruction. This video was played several times at the 1984 Democratic National Convention
1984 Democratic National Convention
The 1984 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California from July 16 to July 19, 1984, to select a candidate for the 1984 United States presidential election. At the convention Walter Mondale was nominated for President and Geraldine...
. Due to some violent scenes ("Reagan" biting "Chernenko"'s ear, etc.), the unedited video could not be shown on MTV, and an edited version was substituted.
A longer version of the video (based on the "Hibakusha" mix) included an introductory cut-up monologue by Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
taken from an ad from his 1960 US Presidential campaign ("No.. firm diplomacy... No.. peace for America and the world"), plus similar contributions from other world leaders, including Lord Beaverbrook, Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat
Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini , popularly known as Yasser Arafat or by his kunya Abu Ammar , was a Palestinian leader and a Laureate of the Nobel Prize. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization , President of the Palestinian National Authority...
and John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
. The complete soundtrack to the extended video was eventually released as "Two Tribes (Video Destructo)" on the German version of the Twelve Inches compilation. A third version of the video, included on the band's compilation of videos, retains the introduction, but loses most of the inserted clips in the main wrestling sequence.
Chart performance
| Country | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia | 4 |
| Belgium | 1 |
| Canada | 6 |
| France | 22 |
| Japan | 3 |
| Germany | 1 |
| Greece | 1 |
| Italy | 15 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| The Netherlands Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
1 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
| Norway | 4 |
| Sweden | 9 |
| Switzerland | 4 |
| UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
43 |
Track listing
- All discographical information pertains to the original UK single release only
- "Two Tribes" written by Gill/Johnson/O'Toole
- "War" written by StrongBarrett StrongBarrett Strong is an American singer and songwriter. Strong was the first artist to record a hit for Motown, although he is best remembered for his work as a songwriter, particularly in association with producer Norman Whitfield.-His career:Strong was among the first artists signed to Berry...
/WhitfieldNorman WhitfieldNorman Jesse Whitfield was an American songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Berry Gordy's Motown label during the 1960s... - "One February Friday" credited to Gill/Johnson/Morley/Nash/O'Toole/Paul RutherfordPaul RutherfordPaul Rutherford is the former backing vocalist, dancer and occasional keyboardist with 1980s pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood , one of the group's two openly gay singers....
7": ZTT / ZTAS 3 United Kingdom
- "Two Tribes" (Cowboys And Indians) - 3:57
- "One February Friday" (Doctors And Nurses) - 4:55
7": ZTT / P ZTAS 3 United Kingdom
- "Two Tribes" (We Don't Want To Die) - 4:10
- "One February Friday" (Only Bullets Can Stop Them Now) - 4:55
12": ZTT / 12 ZTAS 3 United Kingdom
- "Two Tribes" (Annihilation) - 9:08
- "War" (Hide Yourself) - 4:12
- "One February Friday" [abridged] - 1:46
- "Two Tribes" (Surrender) - 3:46
- ["The Last Voice"] - 1:14
12": ZTT / X ZTAS 3 United Kingdom
- "Two Tribes" (Carnage) - 7:54
- "War" (Hide Yourself) - 4:12
- "One February Friday" [abridged] - 1:46
- "Two Tribes" (Surrender) - 3:46
- ["The Last Voice"] - 1:14
12": ZTT / WARTZ 3 United Kingdom
- "War" (Hidden) - 8:33
- "Two Tribes" (Carnage) - 7:54
- "One February Friday" [abridged] - 1:46
12": ZTT / X ZIP 1 United Kingdom
- "Two Tribes" (HibakushaHibakushaThe surviving victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are called , a Japanese word that literally translates to "explosion-affected people"...
) - 6:38 - "War" (Hide Yourself) - 4:12
- "One February Friday" [abridged] - 1:46
- "Two Tribes" (Surrender) - 3:46
- ["The Last Voice"] - 1:14
- Limited to 5,000 copies.
MC: ZTT / CTIS 103 United Kingdom
- ["Have Sex With As Many Objects As Possible"] - 1:04
- "Two Tribes At Madison Square Garden" - 3:11
- "The Carnage / The Annihilation" - 12:05
- "One February Friday" - 1:08
- "War" (Somewhere Between Hiding And Hidden) [identical to "War" (Hide Yourself)] - 4:12
- "War Is Peace" - 0:28
- Titled "Two Tribes (Keep The Peace)".
Reissues
Since 1984, "Two Tribes" has been re-issued several times, generally involving third-party remixes bearing little relation to the original releases in terms of either song structure or overall ethos.1994 reissues
7": ZTT / FGTH4 United Kingdom
- "Two Tribes" (Fluke's Minimix) - 3:50
- "Two Tribes" (cowboys and Indians) - 3:54
CD: ZTT / FGTH4CD United Kingdom
- "Two Tribes" (Fluke's Minimix) - 3:50
- "Don't Want To Die" - 4:11 (A 'Two Tribes' mix given a different name.)
- "Two Tribes" (Fluke's Magimix) - 5:27
- "Two Tribes" (Fluke's Magimix Instrumental) - 5:27
- "Two Tribes" (Hibakusha Mix) - 6:35
- "Two Tribes" (Annihilation Mix) - 9:09
CD: Warner / 4509-96148-2 Germany
- "Two Tribes" (Intermission Legend Mix) - 5:10
- "Two Tribes" (Intermission Legend Instrumental) - 5:10
- "Two Tribes" (Intermission Workout Mix) - 5:30
- "Two Tribes" (Intermission Workout Instrumental) - 5:30
- remixes by IntermissionIntermissionAn intermission or interval is a recess between parts of a performance or production, such as for a theatrical play, opera, concert, or film screening....
- remixes by Intermission
12": ZTT / FGTH4T United Kingdom
- "Two Tribes" (Fluke's Magimix) - 5:27
- "Two Tribes" (Carnage Mix) - 7:55
- "Two Tribes" (Fluke's Moulimix) - 7:02
- "Two Tribes" (Teckno Prisoner Featuring Adamski) - 6:20
2000 reissues
MC: ZTT / ZTT 154 C United Kingdom
- "Two Tribes" (Rob Searle Club Mix Radio Edit) - 4:13
- "Two Tribes" (Apollo Four Forty Remix Edit) - 4:05
CD: ZTT / ZTT 154 CD United Kingdom (*)
- "Two Tribes" (Rob Searle Club Mix Radio Edit) - 4:13
- "Two Tribes" (Apollo Four Forty Remix Edit) - 4:05
- "Two Tribes" (Rob Searle Club Mix) - 9:22
12": ZTT / ZTT 154 T United Kingdom
- "Two Tribes" (Rob Searle Club Mix) - 9:22
- "Two Tribes" (Olav Basoski's Tiberium Power Mix)- 9:39
2x12": ZTT / ZTT 154 TP United Kingdom
- "Two Tribes" (Rob Searle's Club Mix) - 9:20
- "Two Tribes" (Apollo Four Forty Remix) - 6:10
- "Two Tribes" (Fluke Magimix) - 5:27
- "Two Tribes" (Olav Basoski's Tiberium Power Mix)- 9:39
- "Two Tribes (Rob Searle's Club Dub) - 8:26
12": ZTT / ZTT 154 TX3 United Kingdom
The Almighty Mixes- "Two Tribes (Almighty Definitive Remix) - 8:45
- "Two Tribes (Almighty Radio Edit) - 3:59
- UK 1-sided 12" promo
(*) Although the sleeve states CD1, no second CD was ever released.