Songwriter: David Batteau Danny Sembello Michael Sembello
Producer: Phil Ramone
“Bodyrock” was the song both of my managers tried to get me to take off the record. They thought it was really tacky. They thought it sounded like a Fatboy Slim ripoff — which I guess it kind of did. I like it because the hip-hop sample was off the first mixtape I ever got, maybe in 1981, off of the Mr. Magic Show on WBLS. The guitar is directly inspired by “What We All Want” by Gang of Four. And I thought it was kind of funny to have an orchestral chorus on what is essentially a hip-hip song”. (c) Moby, RollingStone.com Read more on Last.fm.
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Like some Frankenstein
Cybernetic dream
Something like you've never seen
He knows every dance
Preprogrammed romance
When he looks at you
I'm watching too, through his video eyes
He was made to play the part
He's no ordinary man
He was made to break your heart
He's the Automatic Man
He's the Automatic Man
Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
He's the Automatic Man
Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
He's the Automatic
His atomic heart
It has learned to feel
He cries electric tears
The impossible is real
Ah-be-auto-we-bo-we
Ah-be-auto-we-bo-we
Ah-be-auto-we-bo-we
Ah-be-auto-we-bo-we
He was made to play the part
He's no ordinary man
He was made to break your heart
He's the Automatic Man
Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
He's the Automatic Man
Four, five, six, seven, eight
He's the Automatic
I was such a lonely, lonely boy
Automatic was my toy
Never dreamed he would steal her away
One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight
He's the Automatic Man
One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight
He's the Automatic Man
One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight
He's the Automatic Man
One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight
He's the Automatic Man
One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight
He's the Automatic Man
One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight
He's the Automatic Man
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- Godzilla
- Maniac (Flashdance version)
- Cowboy
- Maniac (extended mix)
- It’s Over
- Superman
- First Time
- Maniac (extended version)
- Talk
- Automatic Man
- Rub the Stone
- Maniac (From Flashdance)
- Summer Lovers
- Maniac (Flashdance) [Re-Recorded]
- Lay Back
- Funkabilly Swing
- What You Really Want
- Last to Know
- Is This the Way to Paradise
- Burn It Up
- Angelina
- Tear Down the Walls
- Gravity