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"Lunatic Fringe" is a song by the Canadian rock band Red Rider from their 1981 album, As Far as Siam. The song reached No. 11 on the rock radio airplay chart in Billboard in September 1981, [2] and was awarded a SOCAN Classic award in 2009 by the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada for reaching the 100,000-airplay mark on (Canadian) domestic radio.
Lunatic Fringe", the band's most famous song, is about what composer Tom Cochrane saw as an alarming rise of anti-Semitism in the 1970s, and was inspired by a book he read about Raoul Wallenberg. [2] The song is featured in the 1985 high-school wrestling movie Vision Quest , the Miami Vice episode " Smuggler's Blues ", the My Name Is Earl ...
Thomas William Cochrane OC OM (/ ˈ k ɒ k r ə n / KOK-rən; born May 14, 1953) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician best known as the frontman for the rock band Red Rider and for his work as a solo singer-songwriter. [1]
Red Rider, later known as Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, is a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s. While they achieved significant success in Canada, the band never had a song in the top 40 in the United States , although " Lunatic Fringe " from their second album, 1981's As Far as Siam , became popular on US album-oriented rock radio.
Songs of a Circling Spirit is an album by Canadian musician Tom Cochrane released in 1997. The album contains newly recorded acoustic versions of selected songs written by Cochrane, and previously recorded either by Cochrane or Red Rider.
All tracks are written by Tom Cochrane except where noted. No. Title Writer(s) Length; 1. "Light in the Tunnel" ... "Lunatic Fringe" ...
If you thought your inner world only existed inside your head, bookmark that thought. ... Pink Floyd’s 1979 single “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1” played in the operating room.
Pages in category "Songs written by Tom Cochrane" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Lunatic Fringe (song) Y. Young Thing, Wild Dreams ...