Karma Chameleon

original song written and composed by Boy George, Jon Moss, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay and Phil Pickett, originally recorded by Culture Club and released in 1983

"Karma Chameleon" is a 1983 song by English new wave band Culture Club. It is the second single from their second studio album Colour by Numbers. It topped the single charts in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

"Karma Chameleon"
Single by Culture Club
from the album Colour by Numbers
B-side"That's the Way (I'm Only Trying to Help You)"
Released5 September 1983 (1983-09-05)
Genre
Length
  • 4:12 (album version)
  • 3:59 (single edit)
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Steve Levine
Culture Club singles chronology
"Church of the Poison Mind"
(1983)
"Karma Chameleon"
(1983)
"Victims"
(1983)
Music video
"Karma Chameleon" at YouTube

References change

  1. "New Wave Music Songs". AllMusic.
  2. "Boy George candid interview on coming out". 60 Minutes Australia. 12 June 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  3. Graff, Gary (30 August 2017). "Culture Club's 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks". Billboard. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  4. Breihan, Tom (August 7, 2020). "The Number Ones: Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon". Stereogum. Retrieved July 29, 2023. Instead, "Karma Chameleon" sounds like only the most plastic version of uptempo American soul.