<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Swimmer" (1980) </Td> <Td> "I'm in Love with a German Film Star" (1981) </Td> <Td> "Skin Deep" (1981) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Swimmer" (1980) </Td> <Td> "I'm in Love with a German Film Star" (1981) </Td> <Td> "Skin Deep" (1981) </Td> </Tr> <P> "I'm in Love with a German Film Star" is a post-punk song by the British band the Passions . It was released as a single by Polydor Records on 23 January 1981, and reached No. 25 on the UK Singles Chart . It was the band's only charting single . The song was later included on the band's second album, Thirty Thousand Feet Over China (1981). </P> <P> The lyrics were written by Barbara Gogan about Steve "Roadent" Connelly, a one - time roadie for the Clash and Sex Pistols, who had minor roles in several German films and played the Joker in the 1979 miniseries Das Ding . </P>

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