| "(I'm) Stranded" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
_Stranded_(song)&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:ImStranded.jpg) UK single picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by The Saints | ||||
| from the album (I'm) Stranded | ||||
| A-side | "(I'm) Stranded" | |||
| B-side | "No Time" | |||
| Released | September 1976 | |||
| Recorded | Bruce Window Studios, Brisbane, Australia June 1976 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock[1] | |||
| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | Fatal (Australia) MA-7186 Power Exchange (UK) PX-242 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Chris Bailey, Ed Kuepper | |||
| Producer(s) | The Saints, Mark Moffatt | |||
| The Saints singles chronology | ||||
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| Australian single | ||||
_Stranded_(song)&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:(I%27m)_Stranded_by_The_Saints_(1977_Australian_single,_side_A).png) 1977 EMI reissue of the Australian single | ||||
"(I'm) Stranded" is the debut single released by Australian punk rock band the Saints.[2][3] Issued in September 1976, it has been cited as "one of the iconic singles of the era",[4] and pre-dated vinyl debuts by contemporary punk acts such as the Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, The Damned and The Clash.[2][3][5] In 2001, it was voted among the Top 30 Australian Songs of all time by APRA.[6][7]
Written by guitarist Ed Kuepper and vocalist Chris Bailey,[8] the single was originally released on the band's own Fatal Records label,[2][3] with an initial pressing of 500 copies.[9] In the UK, where the single was at first available only on import, Sounds magazine called it "single of this and every week. ... The singing's flat and disinterested, the guitars are on full stun. ... It's fabulous."[9][10] In 2007, Australian Musician magazine voted this the fourth most significant moment in the history of Australian pop/rock.[11]
On the strength of the single, The Saints were signed in November 1976 to a three-album deal by EMI in the UK.[5] The single was then released in the U.K. on 31 December 1976. The band's first LP was also called (I'm) Stranded. As well as featuring on their debut album, both "(I'm) Stranded" and the single's B-side, "No Time", appeared on a split EP with Stanley Frank in 1977.
In 2007, "(I'm) Stranded" was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry.
- ^ Bradley, Michael (15 March 2016). "The 10 best punk rock singles, by The Undertones' Michael Bradley". TeamRock. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ a b c McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'The Saints'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 13 August 2004.
- ^ a b c Cockington, James (August 2001). "Sunshine Sounds". Long Way to the Top. Sydney, N.S.W.: ABC Books. pp. 210–217. ISBN 0-7333-0750-7.
- ^ Spicer, Al (2006). The Rough Guide to Punk. Rough Guides. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-84353-473-0.
- ^ a b Kingsmill, Richard (30 November 2000). "J Files: The Saints". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- ^ "APRA/AMCOS 2001 Top 30 Songs". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- ^ Kruger, Debbie (2 May 2001). "The songs that resonate through the years" (PDF). Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- ^ "'(I'm) Stranded' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- ^ a b Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). "40 Great Australian Songs". Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne: Wilkinson Publishing. pp. 291–292. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1.
- ^ Stafford 2006, p. 63
- ^ "The 50 Most Significant Moments in Australian Pop/Rock History". Australian Musician. Archived from the original on 13 May 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2008.