 " Europa and the Pirate Twins " was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 3 October , 1981 . It was Dolby 's first major label release , taken from his EMI @-@ released début album The Golden Age of Wireless . The song spent three weeks in the UK Singles Chart , reaching a peak position of 48 . The song first appeared in RPM magazine 's Canadian singles chart on 18 June , 1983 , debuting at number 50 . It eventually reached a peak position of 45 in that chart . The song debuted in the United States ' Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on 2 July 1983 , spending five weeks there and peaking at number 67 . It also reached a peak position of 37 in the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charts in 1982 . 
