Virus (KMFDM song)

"Virus"
Single by KMFDM
Released	August 1989
Recorded	1988-1989
Genre	Industrial, Industrial metal
Length	18:19
Label	Wax Trax! Records
Songwriter(s)	Sascha Konietzko, Klaus Schandelmaier, Günter Schulz
Producer(s)	Adrian Sherwood, Sascha Konietzko
KMFDM singles chronology
"More & Faster" (1989) "Virus" (1989) "Godlike" (1990)

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"Virus" is a KMFDM song from their fifth album, Naïve. In 2008, KMFDM Records re-released this as a 7" vinyl single, limited to 250 copies. The album version is considered a remix, entitled "Virus (Dub)", making the single version the original version.

Reception

The original four track EP was called "easily their strongest" in 1996. AllMusic's Johnny Loftus described the title track as "innocent new wave gone very naughty in a PVC hell." Eric Olsen called the song one of industrial's best, with the same "razor-sharp guitars, hummable tune, clever lyrics, and danceable beat in the funky-to-brutal range" as many of the band's other songs.

Track listing

Wax Trax! Records version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Virus"	5:40
2.	"More & Faster" (only on CD)	3:35
3.	"Don't Blow Your Top" (only on CD)	3:41
4.	"High & Geil"	5:23
Total length:		18:19

Deutschland Strikeback Records version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Virus"	5:40
2.	"Murder"	3:26
3.	"M & F 244 (High & Geil)"	5:21
Total length:		14:27

Promotional Cash Beat Records version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Virus"	5:35
2.	"M + F 244 (High & Geil)"	5:21
Total length:		10:56

2008 7" reissue

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Virus (12" Mix)"	5:36
2.	"More & Faster (High & Geil Mix)"	5:22
Total length:		10:58

External links

• Virus at Discogs (list of releases)