Trivia / A Flock of Seagulls

• Creator Backlash: The band have admitted that they're pretty sick of "I Ran" after hearing it be overplayed for decades.
• Executive Meddling: Dream Come True was written as a Mike Score solo record, but Jive strong-armed him into bringing the other members on board and making it the fourth Seagulls album to try and save dwindling sales; It didn't help.
• Referenced by...:
  • In X-Men: Apocalypse, Nightcrawler's bangs are modeled after Mike Score's. An Egyptian cover of "I Ran (So Far Away)" is blaring from a boombox at the Cairo market.
  • From Pulp Fiction: Jules gets someone's attention by shouting "Hey! You! A Flock of Seagulls!"
• What Could Have Been: Mike Score originally wanted to call the band Level 7 after a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel, but the band Level 42 broke out around the same time.

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