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You give yourself to him

"The Killing Moon" is among the most popular songs by the band Echo & the Bunnymen. The lyrics were written and sung by the band's vocalist, Ian McCulloch, it was released on their 1984 album Ocean Rain. It is one of the band's highest-charting hits, reaching number 9 in the UK Singles Chart. According to the liner notes of Echo and the Bunnymen's Crystal Days box set, Ian McCulloch woke up one morning with the phrase "fate up against your will" in mind. He wrote it down and the remainder of the song fell in place from there. In 1998, the song … read more
"The Killing Moon" is among the most popular songs by the band Echo & the Bunnymen. The lyrics were written and sung by the band's… read more
"The Killing Moon" is among the most popular songs by the band Echo & the Bunnymen. The lyrics were written and sung by the band's vocalist, Ian McCulloch, it was rele… read more

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Echo & the Bunnymen are a British band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant and Les Pattinson. There are many stories, probably apocryphal, that the quartet was completed by a drum machine known as "Echo". Their debut album is 1980's Crocodiles, and their next, the critically-acclaimed Heaven Up Here, reached the Top Ten in 1981. So did 1983's Porcupine and '84's Ocean Rain. Singles like The Killing Moon and Silver helped keep the group in the public eye as they took a brief hiatus i… read more
Echo & the Bunnymen are a British band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant and Les Pattinson. There are many stories, p… read more
Echo & the Bunnymen are a British band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant and Les Pattinson. There are many stories, probably apocryphal, that the quartet was compl… read more

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