Wait for the Blackout
3288419
191002259
2008-02-12T22:28:05Z
71.120.68.153
{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Wait for the Blackout
| Cover =|200px
| Caption =
| Artist = [[The Damned]]
| from Album = [[The Black Album (The Damned)|The Black Album]]
| A-side =
| B-side = Jet Boy Jet Girl
| Released = [[6 May]] [[1982]]
| Format = [[Single (music)|7" single]]
| Recorded = [[1980]]
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| Length = 3:57
| Label = [[Big Beat (UK)|Big Beat]]<br> <small>NS 77</small>
| Writer =
| Producer = [[The Damned]]
| Certification =
| Chart position =
| Last single = [[Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (song)|Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde]] <br> <small>(1981)</small>
| This single = [[Wait for the Blackout]] <br> <small>(1982)</small>
| Next single = [[Lovely Money]] <br> <small>(1982)</small>
| Misc =
}}
'''Wait for the Blackout''' was a single by [[The Damned]].
Initially, [[Chiswick Records|Chiswick]] issued "Wait for the Blackout" instead of "[[The History of the World Part 1]]" as a single to promote ''[[The Black Album (The Damned)|The Black Album]]'' in [[Spain]], with "Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" as the B-side.
In 1982, their [[Big Beat (UK)|Big Beat]] budget imprint reissued the track as a single in the UK, despite [[The Damned]] having left the label two years previously. The B-side was provided by Damned guitarist [[Captain Sensible]]'s spin-off project, [[Captain Sensible and the Softies]], in the form of "Jet Boy Jet Girl". This was a cover version of the [[1977]] [[Jet Boy, Jet Girl|recording]] by [[Elton Motello]], which shared its backing track with [[Plastic Bertrand]]'s "[[Ça Plane Pour Moi]]". The writing credit for Ward refers to Motello, real name Alan Ward, not ex-Damned [[Bass guitar|bass]] player [[Algy Ward]].
It was covered by Alkaline Trio on [[BYO Split Series, Vol. 5]] as well as on the 2007 release [[Remains]]
==Track listing (UK release)==
# "Wait for the Blackout" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Gray) - 3:57
# "Looking at You (Live)" (Deprijck, Lacomblez, Ward) - 3:54
==Production credits==
* '''[[Record producer|Producer]]s''':
** [[The Damned]] ("Wait for the Blackout")
** [[Jan Reitman]] ("Jet Boy Jet Girl")
* '''[[Musician]]s''':
"Wait for the Blackout"
** [[Dave Vanian]]: [[Singer|Vocals]]
** [[Captain Sensible]]: [[Guitar]], [[Singer|Vocals]] on "I Believe the Impossible"
** [[Rat Scabies]]: [[Drum]]s
** [[Paul Gray (musician)|Paul Gray]]: [[Bass guitar|Bass]]
"Jet Boy Jet Girl"
** [[Captain Sensible]]: [[Singer|Vocals]]
** 'Big Mick': [[Guitar]], [[Singer|Vocals]]
** 'Joe Thumper': [[Drum]]s
** 'Frank N Stein': [[Bass guitar|Bass]]
{{The Damned}}
[[Category:1982 singles]]
[[Category:The Damned songs]]