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]]