I'm in Love with a German Film Star
| "I'm in Love with a German Film Star" | ||||
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| Single by The Passions | ||||
| from the album Thirty Thousand Feet Over China | ||||
| B-side | "(Don't Talk to Me) I'm Shy" | |||
| Released | 23 January 1981 | |||
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| Length | 3:57 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | The Passions | |||
| Producer(s) | Peter Wilson | |||
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| "I'm in Love with a German Film Star" on YouTube | ||||
"I'm in Love with a German Film Star" is a post-punk song by British band the Passions. It was released as a single by Polydor Records on 23 January 1981, and reached No. 25 on the UK Singles Chart. It was the band's only charting single. The song was later included on the band's second album, Thirty Thousand Feet Over China (1981).
The lyrics were written by the band's vocalist Barbara Gogan about Steve "Roadent" Connelly, a one-time roadie for the Clash and Sex Pistols, who had minor roles in several German films and played the Joker in the 1978 miniseries Das Ding.
The song features Clive Timperley's Echoplex guitar.
The song is featured in the 2006 action adventure video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on the in-game radio station Emotion 98.3.