"Hammer the Hammer" | ||||
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Single by The Go-Betweens | ||||
A-side | "Hammer the Hammer" | |||
B-side | "By Chance" | |||
Released | June 1982 | |||
Recorded | January 1982 A.A.V. Studios, Melbourne | |||
Length | 2:50 | |||
Label | Rough Trade | |||
Songwriter(s) | Grant McLennan[1] | |||
Producer(s) | Tony Cohen | |||
The Go-Betweens singles chronology | ||||
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"Hammer the Hammer" was released as a stand-alone single by Australian indie group The Go-Betweens. It was released as a 7" vinyl record on the Missing Link Records label in Australia in June 1982[2][3] and by Rough Trade Records in the United Kingdom in July,[4][5] with "By Chance" as the B-side. Forster considered that "By Chance" was a personal break-through for him.[2] Pitchfork Media describes "By Chance" as sounding "more than a bit like the early Smiths.[6]