Shop karma chameleon sheet music, music books, music scores & more at Sheet Music Plus, the World's Largest Selection of Sheet Music. This Arrangement of Chameleon is for a brass band matching the lucky chops' instrumentation. This score features a quick almost bebop style Tenor Saxophone solo as well as some Maynard Ferguson high notes on the Trumpet.
.' Karma Chameleon' is a song by English band, featured on the group's 1983 album.
The single spent three weeks at number one on the US in early 1984, becoming the group's biggest hit and only US number-one single among their many top 10 hits. The sleeve features work from the photographer.In the group's home country of the United Kingdom, it became the second Culture Club single to reach the top of the (after '), where it stayed for six weeks in September and October 1983, and became the UK's biggest-selling single of the year 1983. To date, it is the 38th biggest-selling single of all time in the UK, selling 1.52 million copies. It has sold over 5 million global copies, making it one of the worldwide. In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's ninth favourite in a poll for. Contents.Background In an interview, Culture Club frontman explained: 'The song is about the terrible fear of alienation that people have, the fear of standing up for one thing.
It's about trying to suck up to everybody. Basically, if you aren't true, if you don't act like you feel, then you get Karma-justice, that's nature's way of paying you back.' In response to claims from singer-songwriter that the song plagiarizes his hit ', George stated, 'I might have heard it once, but it certainly wasn't something I sat down and said, 'Yeah, I want to copy this.' 'The part was played by, who had been a member of group in the 1960s.
The song was originally to be called 'Cameo Chameleon'; the band was recorded in interviews in mid-1983 stating this was to be the title of their next single. Reception The song won Best British Single at the 1984. In 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation's 9th favourite in a poll for. Other appearances The group performed the song as a finale when they appeared in the 1986 episode 'Cowboy George' of.Likely because of the lyric 'I'm a man without conviction,' and the chorus, which includes the word, 'Karma Chameleon' has been used by several politicians in political adverts. In 2006, Britain's used 'Karma Chameleon' as the theme song for a against leader in the.
Music video The music video, directed by Peter Sinclair, was filmed at in during the summer of 1983.The video is set in in 1870. It depicts a large multiracial group of people in late 1800s dress, including some dressed in red, gold, and green (as referenced in the lyrics). Boy George is dressed in what would be known as his: colourful costume, fingerless gloves, long braids, and a black bowler hat.A pickpocket and jewellery thief is seen wandering through the crowd, stealing from unsuspecting victims. The band and other people board a riverboat, The Chameleon, as Boy George continues to sing. The thief is discovered cheating at cards, and is forced to return his ill-gotten gains and at the points of ladies' parasols.
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As the video ends, day has turned to evening and the party continues on the boat as it cruises down the river.Charts and certifications. ' by / ' by (1977). ' by (1982). ' by (1983). ' by (1984). ' by (1985). ' by (1986).
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