Genetic Engineering (song)

"Genetic Engineering"
Single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
from the album Dazzle Ships
B-side	"4-NEU"
Released	11 February 1983[1]
Recorded	The Manor, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England
Genre	New wave
Length	3:37 5:18 (12")
Label	Telegraph (Virgin)
Songwriter(s)	Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys
Producer(s)	OMD, Rhett Davies
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark singles chronology
"Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)" (1982) "Genetic Engineering" (1983) "Telegraph" (1983)

"Genetic Engineering" is a 1983 song by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released as the first single from their fourth studio album Dazzle Ships. The synthesized speech featured on the track is taken from a Speak & Spell, an educational electronic toy developed by Texas Instruments in the 1970s intended to teach children spelling.

"Genetic Engineering" reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also a Top 20 hit in several European territories, and peaked at number 5 in Spain. In the US it made number 32 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.