Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark released their single “Pandora’s Box” in 1991.
The song appeared during OMD’s later commercial period and was inspired by the life and image of silent-film star Louise Brooks. That connection links the recording to the cinematic Pandora tradition, especially Brooks’s role as Lulu in G. W. Pabst’s 1929 film Pandora’s Box.
“Pandora’s Box” was released as a single from OMD’s album Sugar Tax. In the United Kingdom it became one of the group’s notable charting singles, helping the band remain visible as electronic pop changed during the early 1990s.
The song is easy to confuse with Aerosmith’s Pandora’s Box, also associated with 1991. Aerosmith’s title belongs to a three-CD compilation, while OMD’s title is a single inspired by Brooks and silent cinema.