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"Vanity Kills"
Single by ABC
from the album How to Be a...Zillionaire!
B-side
"Judy's Jewels"
Released
1985
Format
7", 12"
Recorded
December 1984
Genre
New Wave, dance-pop
Length
3:28
Label
Mercury
Writer(s)
Martin Fry, Mark White
Producer
Martin Fry, Mark White
ABC singles chronology
"Be Near Me",
(1985)
"Vanity Kills",
(1985)
"Ocean Blue",
(1986)
"Vanity Kills" is a song by ABC released as the third single from their album How to Be a...Zillionaire!.
Two music videos were made by the band ABC. The UK video shows the four band members moving against a dark background, using simple stop motion camera tricks. The US version, directed by Peter Care, has a spoken prologue and epilogue, and presents Martin Fry and Mark White as noir detectives, investigating a variety of shady American characters.
Track listing:
UK 7" single:
"Vanity Kills",
"Judy's Jewels",
Chart positions:
Chart (1985)
Peak,
position
UK Singles Chart
70
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
91
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
5
