Victims (song)
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"Victims" is a song by English band Culture Club, released as a single in 1983 and taken from the album Colour by Numbers. As with most early Culture Club singles, the song is about lead singer Boy George's then publicly unknown and rather turbulent relationship with drummer Jon Moss. Although the group's previous single "Karma Chameleon" had been a massive hit throughout the world, "Victims" was only issued in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, and Australia. The piano ballad[1] peaked at #3 on the UK Singles Chart. In Ireland, it peaked at #2, and in Australia, at #4. The single was not released in the United States, Canada or Japan, where they released "Miss Me Blind" instead.
Its B-side was the then previously unreleased track "Colour by Numbers", which despite having the same name as the album was not included on it. An instrumental version was also issued on the 12″, renamed "Romance Revisited". Both extra tracks are now available on the 2003 remastered version of Colour by Numbers. Boy George re-recorded the song himself as a solo artist, as a folk arrangement with piano and an orchestra, in 2002. That version can be found on the Culture Club box set that was released the same year.
Charts
Weekly charts
Template:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chartTemplate:Single chart| Chart (1983–1984) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[2][3] | 4 |
| Paraguay (UPI)[4] | 9 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1984) | Position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 38 |
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- 1983 singles
- Culture Club songs
- Music videos directed by Godley and Creme
- 1983 songs
- Virgin Records singles
- Song recordings produced by Steve Levine
- Songs written by Boy George
- Songs written by Roy Hay (musician)
- Songs written by Mikey Craig
- Songs written by Jon Moss
- Pop ballads