Antmusic

"Antmusic" was the third single released in the UK in 1980 from the Adam and the Ants album Kings of the Wild Frontier. The first single from the album Kings of the Wild Frontier was the title track, making number 48 (although it re-entered the charts in early 1981 peaking at number 2). The follow-up "Dog Eat Dog" made number 4 on the UK charts. "Antmusic" peaked at No. 2 in January 1981, being held off the top by the re-release ofJohn Lennon's "Imagine" after his murder in New York City in December 1980.

The music video to "Antmusic" featured the group playing in a discothèque with a giant juke box, and persuading the young audience to turn away from disco music and dance to the new-styled 'Ant-Music'. The music video was directed by Steve Barron.

The single spent five weeks at No. 1 in Australia and earned the band platinum certification for sales of over 100,000. Adam and the Ants toured Australia in 1981 and appeared on influential TV pop show Countdown. ==Covers[ edit] ==
 * Robbie Williams recorded a cover version on the B-side of his single "No Regrets" in 1998.
 * OK Go released a cover version of it on the B-side of the single "Get Over It".
 * DJ Hyper recorded a cover featuring Leeroy Thornhill for their album We Control.
 * The Charlatans and Dirty Pretty Things covered it live on Transmission on 5 September 2008
 * Rogue Traders recorded a song called "Would You Raise Your Hands?" which contained samples from "Antmusic" including the lyrics "So unplug the jukebox and do us all a favour".
 * The Quakes recorded a cover version on the album Psyops where it is a ghost track. Psyops/Orrexx Records, 2005.