"Pandora's Box", subtitled "It's a Long, Long, Way" for the US release, was the second single released by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

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 from the album Sugar Tax. The song was inspired by silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 actress Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks

Mary Louise Brooks , generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, noted for popularizing the bobbed haircut. Brooks is best known for her three feature roles including two G. W...

 and is named after the 1928 film Pandora's Box

Pandora's Box (film)

Pandora's Box is a 1929 German silent melodrama film based on Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist and Die Büchse der Pandora . Directed by Austrian filmmaker Georg Wilhelm Pabst, the film stars Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, and Francis Lederer...

she starred in. The phrase "Pandora's Box

Pandora's box

Pandora's box is an artifact in Greek mythology, taken from the myth of Pandora's creation around line 60 of Hesiod's Works and Days. The "box" was actually a large jar given to Pandora , which contained all the evils of the world. When Pandora opened the jar, all its contents except for one item...

" does not appear in the song.

Three remixes were made for the single release, remixed by Danny Griffiths, Carl Segal, and Steve Anderson respectively. Anderson's shorter remix is the main single version. Additional remixes and edits appear on promotional and limited editions.

Music video

The video is in black and white and features Louise Brooks and singer Andy McCluskey

Andy McCluskey

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. According to the video intro, all of the scenes of Brooks in the video are from the original 1928 film.

7" and cassette single (UK)

Virgin / VS 1331

Side One

1. "Pandora's Box"

Side Two

1. "All She Wants Is Everything"

12" (UK, Europe)

Virgin / VST 1331

Side One

1. "Pandora's Box" (Constant Pressure 12" Mix)
2. "All She Wants Is Everything"

Side Two

1. "Pandora's Box" (Abstract Mix)

CD Single (UK, Europe)

Virgin / VSCDT 1331

Also available as second part of the Special Collectors Edition tri-pack released with Sailing on the Seven Seas

Sailing on the Seven Seas

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.

1. "Pandora's Box"
2. "All She Wants Is Everything"
3. "Pandora's Box" (Constant Pressure 12" Mix)
4. "Pandora's Box" (Diesel Fingers 12" Mix)

CD Single (Limited Edition, UK)

This release was issued in a black-stained wooden box with a paper wrap.

Virgin / VSCDX 1331

1. "Pandora's Box"
2. "Pandora's Box" (Lost Girl Mix)
3. "Pandora's Box" (Abstract Mix)
4. "Pandora's Box" (American Venus 7" Mix)

12" (US)

Virgin / 0-96338

Side One

1. "Pandora's Box" (It's A Long, Long Way) (Diesel Fingers Mix)
2. "Pandora's Box" (It's A Long, Long Way) (Abstract Mix)

Side Two

1. "Pandora's Box" (It's A Long, Long Way) (Constant Pressure 12" Mix)
2. "Pandora's Box" (It's A Long, Long Way) (Prize Of Beauty Mix)
3. "Sugar Tax"

CD Single (US)

Virgin / 2-96338

1. "Pandora's Box" (It's A Long, Long Way) (Andy McCluskey 7")
2. "Pandora's Box" (It's A Long, Long Way) (Constant Pressure 12")
3. "Sugar Tax"
4. "All She Wants Is Everything"

Chart positions

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	7
French Singles Chart	49
Swedish Singles Chart	7
German Singles Chart	11
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	7
US Hot Dance Club Play Chart Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	11
US Modern Rock Chart Modern Rock Tracks Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs...	19
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	25

Cover versions

• Estonian singer Jüri Homenja has made a cover version of the song named "Pandora laegas".

External links

• Lyrics