Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me with Science (Ultrasound Extended 12 Inch Version)

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“She Blinded Me with Science” is a song by the English musician Thomas Dolby. It was first released as a single in the UK in October 1982 and subsequently included on the EP Blinded by Science and the 1983 re-release of Dolby’s debut album The Golden Age of Wireless1. The song features exclamations from the British scientist and TV presenter Magnus Pyke, who repeatedly interjects “Science!” and delivers other lines in a deliberately caricatured mad scientist manner, such as, "Good heavens, Miss Sakamoto, you’re beautiful!" The song was 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 Magazine1. The song’s music video was directed by Dolby himself and features Magnus Pyke as The Doctor, at “The Home for Deranged Scientists”.

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". 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". Then, in 2009, it ranked No. 13 on VH1's "100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s" list. 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.

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