She Blinded Me with Science

{{Infobox song

| name = She Blinded Me with Science

| cover = She Blinded Me with Science.jpg

| alt =

| caption = UK cover art

| type = single

| artist = Thomas Dolby

| album = The Golden Age of Wireless

| B-side = *"One of Our Submarines" (UK, 25 October 1982)

• "The Jungle Line (Live)" (UK, 27 June 1983)
• "Flying North" (US)

| released = 25 October 1982

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = *Synth-pop{{cite magazine|title= Discover the 10 Albums that changed Thomas Dolby's life |date= 14 January 2013 |magazine= Goldmine |access-date= 9 May 2016 |url= http://www.goldminemag.com/article/discover-the-10-albums-that-changed-thomas-dolbys-life}}

• new wave{{cite news|first= Tom |last= Lanham |title= Thomas Dolby in town to lecture you on science |newspaper= The San Francisco Examiner |date= 16 September 2011 |access-date= 9 May 2016 |url= http://www.sfexaminer.com/thomas-dolby-in-town-to-lecture-you-on-science/}}

| length = *{{Duration|m=3|s=42}}

• 5:09 (extended version)

| label = *Venice in Peril (UK)

• Capitol Records (US)

| writer = *Thomas Dolby

• Jo Kerr

| producer = *Thomas Dolby

• Tim Friese-Greene

| prev_title = Windpower

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = One of Our Submarines

| next_year = 1982

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|V83JR2IoI8k|"Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science"}}

}}

}}

"She Blinded Me with Science" is a song by the English musician Thomas Dolby, released in 1982. It was first released as a single in the United Kingdom in October 1982. It was subsequently included on the EP Blinded by Science{{cite magazine|title= Billboard's Top Album Picks > EPs |magazine= Billboard |date= 19 February 1983 |volume= 95 |issue= 7 |page= 61 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=SSQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT59}} and the 1983 re-release of Dolby's debut album The Golden Age of Wireless.{{cite magazine|title= Dolby Unveils New Wireless |magazine= Billboard |date= 19 March 1983 |volume= 95 |issue= 11 |page= 1 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1983/BB-1983-03-19.pdf}}

Although viewed as a success in both the United States and Canada, peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 2 weeks at No. 1 in Canada's RPM magazine, the song barely managed to score among the Top 50 in Dolby's native United Kingdom, peaking at No. 49 on the UK Singles Chart in 1982.

Dolby is often considered a one-hit wonder in the United States on the basis of the song's chart success there. In 2002, US cable television network VH1 named "She Blinded Me with Science" No. 20 on its list of the "100 Greatest One-hit Wonders".{{cite web|title= Greatest One Hit Wonders List > Hour 5: #20 – 1 |publisher= VH1 |url= http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/the_greatest/one_hit_wonders/list_20-1.jhtml |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040831035624/http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/the_greatest/one_hit_wonders/list_20-1.jhtml |archive-date= 31 August 2004}} While the song is Dolby's only Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100, he has had other songs that scored on the music charts. In 2006, VH1 placed it at No. 76 on their list of "Greatest Songs of the '80s".{{cite web|title= VH1'S '100 Greatest Songs of the '80s' preaches to the choir with Bon Jovi's 'Livin' on a Prayer' taking the top spot |date= 24 October 2006 |publisher= VH1 |url= http://www.vh1.com/press/press_releases/2006_release/100greatestsongs80s_10302006.jhtml |url-status= dead |archive-date=31 January 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100131062803/http://www.vh1.com/press/press_releases/2006_release/100greatestsongs80s_10302006.jhtml}} Then, in 2009, it ranked No. 13 on VH1's "100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s" list.{{cite web|first= Rahsheeda |last= Ali |title= 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the '80s |publisher= VH1 |url= http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2013-05-02/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s/89 |archive-date= 5 May 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130505172430/http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2013-05-02/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s/89}} The song was used as the theme song in the pilot episode of The Big Bang Theory before it was replaced with the "Big Bang Theory Theme" by rock band Barenaked Ladies.