Use It Up and Wear It Out

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"Use It Up and Wear It Out" is a song by Odyssey that was released as a single in 1980. It spent two weeks at No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August that year,[1] but failed to make commercial success in the United States.

The song was written by Sandy Linzer and L. Russell Brown,[2] and produced by Linzer. It was the New York-based disco group's only UK No. 1 single, spending two weeks at the top of the charts from July 26 to August 8, 1980.[1] It was their most successful single on the UK Singles Chart, despite it failing to get into the Hot 100 in their native United States.[3]

Cover versions

A cover by the duo Pat and Mick, produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, reached No. 22 in the UK Singles Chart in 1990.[4]

A version by Indigo appears on Queer As Folk 2: Same Men. New Tracks,[5] the second soundtrack album for the UK version of Queer as Folk.

References

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Preceded by UK number one single
26 July 1980 - 8 August 1980
Succeeded by
"The Winner Takes It All" by ABBA


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