I Predict

"I Predict"
"I Predict"
Single by Sparks
from the album Angst in My Pants
B-side	"Moustache"
Released	1982
Genre	New wave
Length	2:56
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Ron Mael, Russell Mael
Producer(s)	Mack
Sparks singles chronology

"I Predict" is a song by the Los Angeles new wave band Sparks. It was released in 1982 as the first single from Angst in My Pants, although an effort was made to release "Eaten by the Monster of Love" as a second single. The group promoted the single with an eclectic performance on Saturday Night Live. They also performed "Mickey Mouse", another Angst in My Pants track. It was their first single to ever enter the Billboard Hot 100 charts in America.^[3]

Video[]

A music video made to accompany the single featured Ron Mael in drag doing a striptease dance performance in a Los Angeles nightclub while Russell lip syncs the lyrics to the song. The music video is sometimes erroneously credited to David Lynch,^[4] but the book Talent is an Asset: The Story of Sparks credits the video to be done by Steve and Doug Martin in the style of Lynch.^[5]

Due to the more “adult nature” of the video, MTV usually only played it during nightly hours or at midnight.

Track listing[]

"I Predict" — 2:56
"Moustache" — 3:32

Personnel[]

Russell Mael - Vocals
Ron Mael - Keyboards and Synthesizers
Leslie Bohem - Bass guitar and additional background vocals.
Bob Haag - Guitar and additional background vocals.
David Kendrick - Drums.
James Goodwin - Synthesizers
Mack - Synthesizer programming

Chart positions[]

Chart	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	60

Notes[]

^ "Sparks - I Predict". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Sparks Hot 100". billboard.com. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^ Thompson, David. "I Predict". AllMusic. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ Easlea 2009, p. 185.

References[]

Easlea, Daryl (2009). Talent Is An Asset: The Story of Sparks. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-84772-781-7.

External links[]

[1] "Sparks - I Predict". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 December 2014.

[2] "discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved June 16, 2021.

[billboard-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Sparks Hot 100". billboard.com. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[4] Thompson, David. "I Predict". AllMusic. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[FOOTNOTEEaslea2009185-5] Easlea 2009, p. 185.

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Albums	Halfnelson/Sparks A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing Kimono My House Propaganda Indiscreet Big Beat Introducing Sparks No. 1 in Heaven Terminal Jive Whomp That Sucker Angst in My Pants In Outer Space Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat Music That You Can Dance To Interior Design Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins Plagiarism Balls Lil' Beethoven Hello Young Lovers Exotic Creatures of the Deep The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman Two Hands, One Mouth: Live in Europe Hippopotamus A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
Singles	"This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" "Amateur Hour" "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" "I Want to Hold Your Hand" "The Number One Song in Heaven" "Beat the Clock" "When I'm with You" "I Predict" "Cool Places" "With All My Might" "When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way'" "When I Kiss You (I Hear Charlie Parker Playing)" "Dick Around" "Johnny Delusional"
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