"Adorations"
Single by Killing Joke
from the album Brighter than a Thousand Suns
A-side	"Adorations (The Extended Mix)"
B-side	"Exile" "Ecstasy (The Extended Mix)"
Released	August 1986 (August 1986)
Genre	Post-punk, new wave, cold wave
Length	17:39 (maxi single) 4:39 (album version)
Label	E.G. Records Virgin Records Virgin Schallplatten GmbH
Songwriter(s)	Jaz Coleman Kevin "Geordie" Walker Paul Raven Paul Ferguson
Producer(s)	Chris Kimsey Stewart Levine
Killing Joke singles chronology
" Kings and Queens" (1985) "Adorations" (1986) " Sanity" (1986)
Killing Joke cassette singles chronology
"Adorations (The Cassette Maxi Single)" (1986) " Sanity (The Cassette Maxi Single)" (1986)

"Adorations" is Killing Joke's first single from their sixth studio album, Brighter than a Thousand Suns, released in August 1986. ^[1] All of the releases were mixed by Julian Mendelsohn and Zeus B. Held, and produced by Chris Kimsey and Stewart Levine.

The single was accompanied by a music video of the band performing the song in a cathedral. ^[2]

Track listings

"Adorations" was released in several versions including remixes. The 7" vinyl single, released in the UK, France, and Spain, was a shorter edit of "Adorations", with "Exile" (also from Brighter Than A Thousand Suns) as its B-side. The 12" featured an extended mix as its A-side, with "Exile" and an extended mix of "Ecstasy" on the B-side.

"Adorations (The Supernatural Mix)" was released on 12" vinyl in the UK and featured " Love Like Blood (The '86 Remix)" and "Exile" as B-sides.

E.G. also released a 7" limited-edition double vinyl single exclusively in the UK featuring the remix of "Adorations" as the A-side, "Exile" as the B-side, "Ecstasy" as the C-side, and "Adorations (Instrumental Mix)" as the D-side. A cassette maxi single was also released.

7" single

Side A

1. "Adorations" – 04:09 ^{[tln 1]}

Side B

1. "Exile" – 06:09

Limited double 7" single

Side A

1. "Adorations" – 04:38 ^{[tln 1] [tln 2]}

Side B

1. "Exile" – 06:04 ^{[tln 2]}

Side C

1. "Ecstasy" – 04:08 ^{[tln 3]}

Side D

1. "Adorations (Instrumental Mix)" – 04:02 ^{[tln 2] [tln 4]}

12" Extended Mix

Side A

1. "Adorations (The Extended Mix)" – 05:08 ^{[tln 1] [tln 2]}

Side B

1. "Exile" – 6:04 ^{[tln 2]}
2. "Ecstasy (The Extended Mix)" – 06:27 ^{[tln 3]}

12" Supernatural Mix

Side A

1. "Adorations (The Supernatural Mix)" – 06:34 ^{[tln 4]}

Side B

1. "Love Like Blood (The '86 Remix)" – 06:17 ^{[tln 4]}
2. "Exile" – 06:02 ^{[tln 4]}

Cassette Maxi single

Side One

1. "Adorations (The Supernatural mix)" – 06:41 ^{[tln 2] [tln 4]}
2. "Ecstasy" – 04:10 ^{[tln 3]}

Side Two

1. "Exile" (06:09 ^{[tln 2]}
2. "Love Like Blood (The '86 Remix)" – 06:29 ^{[tln 2] [tln 4]}

Track listings notes

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1986	UK Singles Chart [3]	42

References

External links

• "Adorations" music video on YouTube