"Lunatic Fringe" is a song by the Canadian rock band Red Rider from their 1981 album, As Far as Siam.
11 on the rock radio airplay chart in Billboard in September 1981,[2] and was awarded a SOCAN Classic award in 2009 by the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada for reaching the 100,000-airplay mark on (Canadian) domestic radio.
[3] Guitarist Tom Cochrane wrote the song after becoming concerned about a resurgence of anti-Semitism in the 1970s, and was also inspired after reading a book about Raoul Wallenberg, who rescued Jews from The Holocaust during World War II.
The song was used in the opening scene of Miami Vice Episode 1.15, "Smuggler's Blues" which aired on February 1, 1985; the 1985 movie Vision Quest about a high school wrestler starring Matthew Modine; in the Season 3, Episode 1 closing credits for the HBO series Eastbound & Down;[10] and in the Season 2, episode 6 closing credits for the Netflix series Mindhunter.
The song also served as inspiration for the wrestler Kurt Angle's entrance theme in TNA with vocals provided by rapper Tha Trademarc.