"Forbidden City" is a song by English band Electronic, comprising Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr, with guesting co-writer Karl Bartos of Kraftwerk, released as the lead single from their second album Raise the Pressure, and their first new release in almost exactly four years, the last being the stand-alone single "Disappointed".

The track was one of the fastest to be written and recorded on the album,[3] with most of the music by Marr and the lyrics by Sumner (much like "Get the Message" and "Make It Happen").

The commercial releases came with two non-album B-sides: "Imitation of Life" (an edited version of which would appear on Get the Message - The Best of Electronic ten years later) and "A New Religion", which featured Denise Johnson providing backing vocals.

The song was not a huge hit (#14 on the UK Singles Chart) but did receive substantial radio play in Britain.

It remains one of Johnny Marr's favourite Electronic songs,[5] and opened up the best of in 2006, with stills from its Tom Merriton-directed video used for the front cover and inside the booklet.