Moody and intense, the guitar-heavy track featured a dark and defiant warning about hate, intolerance, antisemitism and political violence.
Speaking on New York’s Q104.3, Cochrane revealed that his management team initially balked at the cinematic song, but he moved forward with it after the tragic death of John Lennon. The Beatles legend, who was one of Cochrane’s biggest influences, was murdered on Dec. 8, 1980, outside of his New York City apartment.
Cochrane admitted he almost abandoned "Lunatic Fringe"—until he learned of Lennon’s death.
“Lunatic Fringe" climbed the charts in Canada, played all over the radio in the United States, and was later featured in the 1985 movie Vision Quest. Cochrane went on to have a massive solo hit with the song "Life is a Highway,” but “Lunatic Fringe” still held a special place in his heart.
“’Lunatic Fringe,’ man, that was a big, big song for Red Rider," he said. "It just kept gathering momentum and kept going, and to this day, it still gets a ton of airplay, especially in the States, on classic rock radio. …This song was magical.”
“Sometimes you wonder whether a song is, whether you can't kill it with a stick," Cochrane shared. “I don't know about the song, because we recorded it once, the tape fell apart… Never been that depressed in my life… it turned out it was on the master, so we had to totally re-record the song.”
“[John Lennon’s death] just hit me like a ton of bricks, and I thought, here's a guy that always wore his heart on his sleeve, and I thought...these lyrics are going to stand,” he added. “And I didn't think the song would see the light of day because it was just so different, so unique. And it did.”
“And ‘Lunatic Fringe’ is one of them,” he said.
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