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"Sanity" is Killing Joke's second single from their sixth studio album, Brighter Than a Thousand Suns. It was released on 30 October 1986. The single peaked at No. 70 in the UK Singles chart. All of the releases were mixed by Julian Mendelsohn and Zeus B. Held, and produced by Chris Kimsey. Track listings As with previous single "Adorations", "Sanity" was released in several versions including remixes. The 7" single was the original album version, backed by "Goodbye to the Village". The song had two 12" vinyl remixes, "Sanity (The Insane Mix)" and "Sanity (The Roman Mix)". A cassette maxi single featured an instrumental mix of "Sanity", plus "Goodbye to the Village" and "Wardance (Naval Mix)". In 1987, "Sanity" was re-released in America by Virgin Records as a 12" single featuring "Sanity (The Roman Mix)" as the A-side and both "Sanity (Edited Version)" and "Eighties" as B-sides. A 12" promo single of an acappella mix of "Sanity" was also released.

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“Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage...”
— Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.
“Racism is not something that is designated as an illness that can be treated by mental health professionals.”
— Renee Binder, doctor and Chairwoman of the American Psychiatric Association's Council on Psychiatry and Law, as quoted in "They Hate. They Kill. Are They Insane?", Alvin F. Poussaint, The New York Times, (1999).
“Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results”
— 1981 text from Narcotics Anonymous
“Sanity is the realism required for psychic survival.”
— Adam Phillips, Going Sane (London: Hamish Hamilton, 2005), p. 110
“Sanity is madness put to good uses; waking life is a dream controlled.”
— George Santayana, Interpretations of Poetry and Religion (1900).
“I must confess that I lost faith in the sanity of the world.”
— H.G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau.

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Notable quotes

“Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage...”
— Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.
“Racism is not something that is designated as an illness that can be treated by mental health professionals.”
— Renee Binder, doctor and Chairwoman of the American Psychiatric Association's Council on Psychiatry and Law, as quoted in "They Hate. They Kill. Are They Insane?", Alvin F. Poussaint, The New York Times, (1999).
“Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results”
— 1981 text from Narcotics Anonymous
“Sanity is the realism required for psychic survival.”
— Adam Phillips, Going Sane (London: Hamish Hamilton, 2005), p. 110
“Sanity is madness put to good uses; waking life is a dream controlled.”
— George Santayana, Interpretations of Poetry and Religion (1900).
“I must confess that I lost faith in the sanity of the world.”
— H.G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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