Which band released the 1991 single Pandora’s Box, inspired by a 1929 film?

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark released the 1991 single Pandora’s Box, inspired by the 1929 film.

The song Pandora’s Box was recorded by the English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, commonly abbreviated OMD. Released in 1991, it draws inspiration from Louise Brooks’s performance as Lulu in G. W. Pabst’s 1929 film Pandora’s Box. The song therefore connects a modern synth-pop recording with silent cinema and the mythic title behind both works.

The track was issued as a single from OMD’s album Sugar Tax. Its subject is not a direct retelling of Hesiod’s narrative. Instead, the lyrics and imagery reflect the cinematic Lulu figure and the destructive associations attached to the phrase “Pandora’s box.”

The band’s full name is required here because several British electronic acts were prominent around the same period. OMD formed in the late 1970s and became known for melodic electronic pop, including “Enola Gay” and “If You Leave.”