Adam in Chains

Infobox Single
Name = Adam in Chains


Artist = Billy Idol
from Album = Cyberpunk
Released =
Format =
Recorded = 1992, Los Angeles, U.S.
Genre = Rock music
Electronica
Length = 6:23
Label = Chrysalis Records
Writer = Billy Idol and Robin Hancock
Producer = Robin Hancock
Last single = "Shock to the System"
(1993)
This single = "Adam in Chains"
(1993)
Next single = "Wasteland "
(1993)
Misc = Audiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Name = Adam in Chains
Audio file= Billy Idol - Adam in Chains.oggExtra tracklisting
Album = Cyberpunk
Type = Studio
prev_track = "Tomorrow People"
prev_no = 5
this_track = "Adam in Chains"
track_no = 6
next_track = "Neuromancer"
next_no = 5

"Adam in Chains" is single by Billy Idol, the third of which to be released to promote his 1993 album "Cyberpunk".

The song is divided in two sections: the first two minutes and fifty-four seconds consist of a voice coaxing the listener through a hypnotic exercise, encouraging them towards a state of relaxation. The remainder of the song is comprised of Idol singing in a melodious, slow tempo.

A music video for "Adam in Chains" was directed by Julien Temple. It depicted Billy Idol being bound into a chair as he is monitored by scientists. He struggles before being hypnotized, and is then inserted into a virtual reality simulator. There he is treated to an ethereal water fantasy. Idol eventually rejects the fantasy, which is consumed in flames as, in the real world, his body violently convulses. The scientists end the experiment and Idol is brought back into reality, only to fall unconscious.

Track listing

tracklist
total_length = 21:02

title1 = Adam in Chains
note1 = Edit
length1 = 3:46

title2 = Adam in Chains
note2 = Album version
length2 = 6:23

title3 = Venus
length3 = 5:45

title4 = Heroin
note4 = Needle Park mix
length4 = 5:12

External links

*" [http://www.clipland.com/Summary/944433244/ Adam in Chains] ", on the Clipland database.