Vicious Games

"Vicious Games"
Cover of the 12 inch single
Single by Yello
from the album Stella
Released	February 27, 1985 (1985-02-27)
Genre	Synthpop
Length	4:20
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Boris Blank Dieter Meier
Producer(s)	Yello
Yello singles chronology
"Let Me Cry" (1983) "Vicious Games" (1985) "Desire" (1985)
Music video
"Vicious Games" on YouTube

Vicious Games is a song by Swiss group Yello, released in 1985.^[1] It was released as the second single from Stella. Vicious Games appears on the band's compilation album Essential Yello.

Background[]

Vicious Games was released on 27 February 1985, with a video shot in Yello's Rote Fabrik (Red Factory) working space, featuring Blank and actress Mirjam Montandon miming to Rush Winters' vocals (Winters was not available for the video shoot).

Track listing[]

7" single

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Vicious Games"	Boris Blank, Dieter Meier	4:20
2.	"Blue Nabou"	Boris Blank, Dieter Meier	3:19

12" single

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Vicious Games (Club Mix)"	Boris Blank, Dieter Meier	6:00
2.	"Vicious Games (Instrumental)"	Boris Blank, Dieter Meier	4:12

Charts[]

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade)[2]	5
US Dance Club Songs[3]	8
Australia ARIA Charts[4]	60
Germany GfK Entertainment charts[5]	15

Re-releases[]

"Vicious Games" has been re-released a number of times over the years, with different remixes. In 1993, with remixes by Mark Picchiotti, Teri Bristol and Maurice Joshua. In 1998, a version released as by Yello vs. Hardfloor came with a plethora of remixes over three 12-inch vinyls, with an additional Art of Trance remix released in 1999. Six more remixes of the Yello vs. Hardfloor version was released in 2010.

1993[]

• Vicious Games (Yello Belly Trippin' Trance Mix) – 6:38
• Vicious Games (Vicious Radio Mix) – 4:34
• Vicious Games (Mo's Dirty Ol Dub #1) – 7:15
• Vicious Games (Vicious Vocal Club Mix) – 7:14

1995[]

Three remixes by The Grid were released on different formats of the Hands on Yello compilation.

• Vicious Games (12" Edit) – 4:44
• Vicious Games (Ambient Mix) – 4:34
• Vicious Games (Instrumental Acid) – 8:15

1998[]

• Vicious Games (Hardfloor Remix) – 7:05
• Vicious Games (Slow Vocal Mix) – 6:05
• Vicious Games (Hardfloor Dub Mix) – 5:48
• Vicious Games (Slow Dub Mix) – 5:21
• Vicious Games (Boris Blank & Olaf Wollschläger Remix) – 6:34
• Vicious Games (Vorsprung Durch Technik Remix) – 8:34
• Vicious Games (Da Bomb Mix) – 6:49
• Vicious Games (Blank & Jones Mix) – 6:39
• Vicious Games (Headroom Mix) – 6:53
• Vicious Games (Gorgeous Mix) – 5:20

1999[]

• Vicious Games (Art of Trance Remix) – 8:07

2010[]

• Vicious Games (Koen Groeneveld Remix) – 7:41
• Vicious Games (Manuel de la Mare Remix) – 6:47
• Vicious Games (Addy van der Zwan & R3hab Remix) – 6:37
• Vicious Games (Markus Gardeweg Remix) – 7:22
• Vicious Games (Frank Ellrich Remix) – 6:11
• Vicious Games (Lemon Popsicle Remix) – 6:57

References[]

External links[]

• Yello – Vicious Games. List of releases on Discogs.
• Yello vs Hardfloor – Vicious Games. List of releases on Discogs.