| "New Rose" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by The Damned | ||||
| from the album Damned Damned Damned | ||||
| B-side | "Help!" | |||
| Released | 22 October 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Studio | Pathway, London | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 2:39 | |||
| Label | Stiff | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Brian James | |||
| Producer(s) | Nick Lowe | |||
| The Damned singles chronology | ||||
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"New Rose" is the first single by British punk rock[1][2] band The Damned. It was released on 22 October 1976 on Stiff Records, and in 1977 in the Netherlands, Germany and France.
Written by guitarist Brian James, "New Rose" was also included on the group's full-length debut album, Damned Damned Damned. The deadpan intro by singer Dave Vanian ("Is she really going out with him?") parodied the 1964 Shangri-Las song "Leader of the Pack".[3]
The single's B-side is a cover of the Beatles' hit "Help!", performed about twice as fast as the original. Both songs became staples of the Damned's live shows, and appeared on various compilations.
"New Rose" was reissued in Stiff's Damned 4 Pack mail-order set. Original copies had a press-out centre, while reissues had a solid centre. Copies from the four-pack had matrix details: "Bilbo tape" handwritten and "AY 50332" printed. A CD version was issued in the Stiff Singles 1976–1977 boxed set by Castle Music in 2003. "Help!" also appeared on Hits Greatest Stiffs.
- ^ Bradley, Michael (15 March 2016). "The 10 best punk rock singles, by The Undertones' Michael Bradley". TeamRock. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Damned Damned Damned" by Ned Raggett, from Allmusic.com; URL accessed 10 March 2007
- ^ "The Joe Jackson Archive: Footnotes to "Look Sharp!"". www.jj-archive.net. Retrieved 13 November 2018.