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Karma Chameleon

1983 · via Culture Club

Culture Club’s 1983 recording of “Karma Chameleon” is the earliest release on file. Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay, Jon Moss and Phil Pickett are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Kevin Johansen (released 2005), Orange (released 2007) and Kidz Bop (released 2008), among 61 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Dolapdere Big Gang picked up Karma Chameleon in 2010, and it's a good test of how far that tune travels once it leaves the band that wrote it. Play theirs first, then flip to Culture Club and see what stayed.

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Credited writers: Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay, Jon Moss and Phil Pickett.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1983.

Other recordings on file · first release year

61 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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