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Culture Club - Victims
The beautiful promotional video for "Victims".

"Victims" is a single from UK band Culture Club's album Colour by Numbers, released in 1983. As with most early Culture Club singles, the song is about Boy George's then publicly unknown and rather turbulent relationship with drummer Jon Moss.

Although the group's previous single "Karma Chameleon" had been a massive hit throughout the world, "Victims" was only issued in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, and Australia. It peaked at #3 on the UK Singles Chart. In Ireland it peaked at #2, and in Australia it peaked at #4. The single was not released in the United States, Canada or Japan, where they released "Miss Me Blind" instead; reportedly, Epic felt that the song was too depressing to be a single for the US market.

Its B-side was the then unreleased track "Colour by Numbers", which is the title of the album but not included on it. An instrumental version was also issued on the 12", renamed "Romance Revisited". Both extra tracks are now available on the 2003 remastered version of Colour by Numbers.

An early demo version of the song was released re-titled "Shirley Temple Moment" on the Culture Club box set. The track is a candid glimpse of the relationships within the band as they argue viciously amongst one another between takes, before Boy George finally walks out. It is notable also for the different lyrics which appear in the first verse:

"We love and we never tell what places our hearts in the wishing well / Strange lover I've never been, but you must be strong, you must come clean / And I keep on loving you, it's the only thing to do / There are stranger things, if I do those things, I'm a puppet king for you."

Boy George re-recorded the song himself as a solo artist, as a folk arrangement, in 2002. That version can be found on the Culture Club box set that was released the same year.

Lyrics:
The victims we know so well
They shine in your eyes
When they kiss and tell
Strange places we never see
But you're always there
Like a ghost in my dream
And I keep on telling you
Please don't do the things you do
When you do those things
Pull my puppet strings
I have the strangest void for you
We love and we never tell
What places our hearts in the wishing well
Love leads us into the stream
And it's sink or swim
Like it's always been
And I keep on loving you
It's the only thing to do
When the angel sings
There are greater things
Can I give them all to you
Pull the strings of emotion
Take a ride into unknown pleasure
Feel like a child
On a dark night
Wishing there was some kind of heaven
Oh I could be warm with you smiling
Hold out your hand for a while
The victims we know them so well
So well
The victims we know so well
They shine in your eyes
When they kiss and tell
Strange places we never see
But you're always there
Like a ghost in my dream
And I keep on telling you
Please don't do the things you do
When you do those things
Pull my puppet strings
I have the strangest void for you
Show my heart some devotion
Push aside those that whisper never
Fell like a child on a dark night
Wishing we could spend it together
Oh I could be warm with you smiling
Hold out your hand for a while
The victims
We know them so well
So well

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[cyndee]

One of the most beautiful songs ever made

[Jeff.Frye-Zelno]

Remember the original release as a 22 year old. Now at 62, it still moves me..timeless, like I wish I was. 40 years. Breaks my heart. ❤

[muddy-phoxxadventures]

Boy George never got the recognition he deserved for being a fantastic live performer.

[wills]

Fairplay this is magic, best song from Culture Club. For a small country it makes you wonder how Britain has produced over the decades so many big name bands with so much variety in music and fashion, class

[gazp]

Always loved this song from the 80"s era and here i am in 2024 still listening.

[yappy-daze]

Definitely their best song ....ppl have their own opinions, but the lyrics and the music building up to a crescendo FANTASTIC..THANK YOU FOR MAKING PPL SO HAPPY WHEN THEY FEEL DOWN XX

[Darkanent]

Over 40 years later and I’m just seeing this video, cause I NEVER knew it existed. Thank you YouTube.

[sarabevilacqua]

La voce di boy george è una carezza per l'anima ❤

[francescoricci]

One of the absolute best songs of the 80s. Of a considerable difficulty in playing, few covers have been done. Also because it is impossible to find a performer who can only come close to Boy George's voice and the skill of the musicians in this band. Simply the best

[mariapina]

Preciosa creación, me conmueve cada vez que escucho la interpretacion de Boy George y su voz incomparable y poco reconocida. Siempre serás mi ídolo Boy.

[beatrizbertolozzi]

One of the most beautiful musics of the world!

[boygeorgeitalia]

Lyrics:
The victims we know so well
They shine in your eyes
When they kiss and tell
Strange places we never see
But you're always there
Like a ghost in my dream
And I keep on telling you
Please don't do the things you do
When you do those things
Pull my puppet strings
I have the strangest void for you
We love and we never tell
What places our hearts in the wishing well
Love leads us into the stream
And it's sink or swim
Like it's always been
And I keep on loving you
It's the only thing to do
When the angel sings
There are greater things
Can I give them all to you
Pull the strings of emotion
Take a ride into unknown pleasure
Feel like a child
On a dark night
Wishing there was some kind of heaven
Oh I could be warm with you smiling
Hold out your hand for a while
The victims we know them so well
So well
The victims we know so well
They shine in your eyes
When they kiss and tell
Strange places we never see
But you're always there
Like a ghost in my dream
And I keep on telling you
Please don't do the things you do
When you do those things
Pull my puppet strings
I have the strangest void for you
Show my heart some devotion
Push aside those that whisper never
Fell like a child on a dark night
Wishing we could spend it together
Oh I could be warm with you smiling
Hold out your hand for a while
The victims
We know them so well
So well

[Marcoanfieldforever]

This song give me chills and tears
Splendid

[mariotarradell]

When the timpani drums hit and the choir soars, this song, already magnificent, climbs to new heights. I remember back in the day when I first played the Colour by Numbers LP, Victims immediately left me in awe. Nothing has changed. This is a musical masterpiece.

[Simon-frts]

I am so not gay, but this is one of my favourite songs ever.

[peterferguson-ueng]

For me culture clubs best song boy Georges vocals are amazing and the orchestra and musical arrangement is simply stunning criminal it peaked at number 3 in the UK singles charts at Christmas in 1983, number 1 went to the flying pickets with the cover of Yazoos only you .

[kevinprior]

Amazing ballad... sang amazingly as ever by Boy George.

[Polo]

Los 80 en mi opinión deberían haber sido eternos.

[sergiobaldo]

Gita scolastica del 1984, è buio ma è quasi l'alba, ci stiamo avvicinando a Gare de Lyon e, con il walkman, sto ascoltando VICTIMS ... quel momento me lo ricordo anche adesso, dopo 40 anni ... un CAPOLAVORO.

[patrickmcdonnell]

Woow what a song guys probably the best of the lot from Culture Club and that amazing voice from Boy George truly beautiful lyrics so meaningful and true" ❤