C·30 C·60 C·90 Go
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| "C·30 C·60 C·90 Go!" | ||||
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| Single by Bow Wow Wow | ||||
| B-side | "Sun Sea and Piracy" | |||
| Released | July 1980 | |||
| Label | EMI Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Dave Barbarossa, Leigh Gorman, Matthew Ashman, Malcolm McLaren | |||
| Producer(s) | Malcolm McLaren | |||
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"C·30 C·60 C·90 Go!" is a song and the debut single by English new wave band Bow Wow Wow.[1][2][3]
Composition
"C·30 C·60 C·90 Go!" was written by Dave Barbarossa, Leigh Gorman, Malcolm McLaren and Matthew Ashman.[4]
Release
Released in July 1980, it was the world’s first-ever cassette single.[5][6] Their label, EMI, refused to promote the cassingle because it allegedly promoted home taping, and because side B was blank.[7]
After several weeks, it was also issued as a vinyl 7" single, reaching No. 34 on the UK singles chart and staying on the chart for seven weeks.[8][9]
In popular culture
The song was featured in Ari Gold's 2008 film Adventures of Power.
References
- ↑ The Rough Guide to Rock, edited by Peter Buckley
- ↑ Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984, by Simon Reynolds
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- ↑ *Holly George-Warren, Patricia Romanowski, and Jon Pareles (2001). The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Revised and Updated for the 21st Century), p.107-108. ISBN 0-7432-0120-5.
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