Yashar

"Yashar"

Factory Benelux sleeve (FBN-25)

Single by Cabaret Voltaire

from the album 2x45

Yashar 7:20

Released

May 1983

Format

Length

5:00

Richard H. Kirk, Stephen Mallinder, Chris Watson

Factory UK sleeve (FAC-82) — generic red sleeve with "Yashar" sticker
Mute NovaMute 12-NoMu-121 sleeve

"Yashar" is a single by Cabaret Voltaire. The single is two remixes by John Robie of a track from their 1982 album 2x45. A version of the song also appears on the live album Hai! (Live in Japan).

The single was released in May 1983 on Factory Benelux (FBN 25) and Factory Records UK (FAC 82). It reached No. 6 on the UK Indie Chart.

The track features a sample "There's 70 billion people of Earth; where are they hiding?" from the Outer Limits episode "Demon with a Glass Hand".

As well as the 5:00 and 7:20 versions on the single, a 6:36 version was released on the 1983 compilation LP Factory Benelux Greatest Hits.^[1]

Further remixes of the track were released on Mute Records' NovaMute imprint in 2003 (12", NovaMute 12-NoMu-121, 9 June 2003).

References

Cabaret Voltaire

Richard H. Kirk Stephen Mallinder Chris Watson

Studio albums	Mix-Up The Voice of America Red Mecca 2x45 The Crackdown Micro-Phonies The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord Code Groovy, Laidback and Nasty Body and Soul International Language

EPs	Extended Play Three Mantras Drinking Gasoline

Live albums	Live at the Y.M.C.A. Hai! (Live in Japan) Radiation (BBC Recordings 84–86)

Compilation albums	The Original Sound of Sheffield '83/'87 The Original Sound of Sheffield '78/'82

Other albums	Johnny Yesno: The Original Soundtrack From the Motion Picture

Singles	"Yashar"

Appearances	A Factory Sample C81 A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse Salvation!

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