"Tesla Girls" is a song by British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark released as the third single from their 1984 album, Junk Culture. It was not particularly successful, charting at #21 in the UK and Ireland, and #33 in the Netherlands, but it became one of the group's biggest club hits.
Critic Dave Thompson in Allmusic described the song as "electrifying", adding, "The clever lyrics are almost as smart as the music pounding across this song. Cutting-edge scratch production drives the sound, slamming beats fuel the fire, and an irrepressible melody and 'no, no, no' chorus all conspire to turn 'Tesla Girls' anthemic, while the soaring synths set the blood pumping...a quintessential dance number." Colleague Ned Raggett wrote, "'Tesla Girls' is easily the group's high point when it comes to sheer sprightly pop...witty lines about science and romance wedded to a great melody (prefaced by a brilliant, hyperactive intro)."
The song featured in the 1985 film Weird Science.
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