Which band recorded the 1991 song “Pandora’s Box,” inspired by Louise Brooks’s film?

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark recorded the 1991 song “Pandora's Box,” which was inspired by Louise Brooks's film.

The English electronic band released the song as a single from its album Sugar Tax. Its title and subject draw on Pandora's Box, the 1929 film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Brooks as Lulu. The song therefore connects a late-20th-century synth-pop record with an earlier German silent-film classic.

The single became one of OMD's notable British chart successes, reaching number 7 on the UK Singles Chart. The group's full name is Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, although it is commonly abbreviated to OMD.

This song is sometimes confused with recordings that merely use the phrase “Pandora's Box” as a title. Its distinctive connection is the direct inspiration from the Louise Brooks film, rather than a general reference to the ancient Greek myth.