Adorations

{{Infobox song

| name = Adorations

| cover = Adorations_12"_ext_1986.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Killing Joke

| album = Brighter than a Thousand Suns

| A-side = Adorations (The Extended Mix)

| B-side = {{ubl|"Exile"|"Ecstasy (The Extended Mix)"}}

| released = {{Start date|1986|08}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Post-punk, new wave, cold wave

| length = 17:39 (maxi single)
4:39 (album version)

| label = E.G. Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Schallplatten GmbH

| writer = Jaz Coleman
Kevin "Geordie" Walker
Paul Raven
Paul Ferguson

| producer = Chris Kimsey
Stewart Levine

| prev_title = Kings and Queens

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = Sanity

| next_year = 1986

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Killing Joke cassette

| type = single

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| title = Adorations (The Cassette Maxi Single)

| year = 1986

| next_title = Sanity (The Cassette Maxi Single)

| next_year = 1986

}}

"Adorations" is Killing Joke's first single from their sixth studio album, Brighter than a Thousand Suns, released in August 1986.{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/460568 |title=Adorations |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=24 December 2008}} All of the releases were mixed by Julian Mendelsohn and Zeus B. Held, and produced by Chris Kimsey and Stewart Levine.

The single was accompanied by a music video of the band performing the song in a cathedral.{{Citation|title=Killing Joke - Adorations|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV-cYH8udSk&list=RDMMqV-cYH8udSk|language=en|access-date=2021-05-09}}

Track listings

"Adorations" was released in several versions including remixes. The 7" vinyl single, released in the UK, France, and Spain, was a shorter edit of "Adorations", with "Exile" (also from Brighter Than A Thousand Suns) as its B-side. The 12" featured an extended mix as its A-side, with "Exile" and an extended mix of "Ecstasy" on the B-side.

"Adorations (The Supernatural Mix)" was released on 12" vinyl in the UK and featured "Love Like Blood (The '86 Remix)" and "Exile" as B-sides.

E.G. also released a 7" limited-edition double vinyl single exclusively in the UK featuring the remix of "Adorations" as the A-side, "Exile" as the B-side, "Ecstasy" as the C-side, and "Adorations (Instrumental Mix)" as the D-side. A cassette maxi single was also released.