The dance mix of "Erotic City" was released as a 3" and 5" CD single in Germany in 1989 and on June 29, 1990, respectively.

The song starts with a guitar string plucked and whammied, before dropping into the drum track (which sounds as if he may have reversed on the 4/8 like a computer).

The experimental number relies on a strong bass line and a simple keyboard riff.

[3] However, since 2004, the radio version is edited to repeat part A of the hook and omit the potential obscenity misheard in part B because the Federal Communications Commission has levied fines against stations that played the song for broadcasting allegedly indecent material, including KLUC-FM in Las Vegas, Nevada;[4] KTFM in San Antonio, Texas; and KBZR (now KZON) in Phoenix, Arizona.

[5] Also available as a 3" Mini CD Credits sourced from Duane Tudahl, Benoît Clerc, and Guitarcloud[7][8][9]