Linda, come out of the dark...

Today's song brings with it a true mystery: who are Linda and the Dark? Where did they come from and where did they go? I heard their song "Horror Movies" a few years ago and have wanted to include it here, but sadly could find no trace of it (or anything about the band at all, really) online.

Luckily, a best of Linda and the Dark album was released last year, so their work is finally accessible, even if biographical info about them still isn't. All I know about this song is that it was the debut of Linda and the Dark, it came out in 1980, and was included on the soundtrack of Bernardo Bertolucci's 1981 film Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man. Whatever the story of Linda and the Dark may be, however, you don't need to know much to enjoy this early-80s goth/new wave tune about the joys of horror movies. I mean, we can all relate to lyrics like "Dracula, Frankenstein, they're my number one!" amirite??