EMF

This article is about the band. For the physics term, see Electromotive force. EMF are an indie dance band from the United Kingdom. The band, from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, came to prominence at the beginning of the 1990s. Since its inception, EMF have released three studio albums and have gone on hiatus twice. Their first single, "Unbelievable," got to number 3 in the UK charts and was a number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ... more

This article is about the band. For the physics term, see Electromotive force. EMF are an indie dance band from the United Kingdom. The band, from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, came to prominence at the beginning of the 1990s. Since its inception, EMF have released three studio albums and have gone on hiatus twice. Their first single, "Unbelievable," got to number 3 in the UK charts and was a number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Their debut album, Schubert Dip, went to number 3 in the UK Albums Chart. The name "EMF" is an abbrebiation of "Epsom Mad Funkers", a nickname given to groupies of the band New Order. In the aforementioned song, "EMF" could be interpreted as an acrostic for: Ecstasy Motherfucker From us to you The chorus lyrics are as follows: E! Ecstasy! M! Motherfucker, motherfucker! F! From us to you... In addition, the remix single release of the song "Lies" included a song "Head the Ball" with the repeating lines "Electro Motive Force" and "Esctasy... less