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? by Jamie_Summers

the drowners thread has inspired me. other great debut singles please. i'll start you off with:

The House Of Love - Shine On

Jamie_Summers | 08 Aug '08, 13:29 | Send note | Report this | Reply

REM

Radio Free Europe!

Awesome song.

stumbeleine04 | 8 Aug '08, 13:33 | Send note | Report this | Reply

The Cure - Killing An Arab

Still one of their best.

igster | 8 Aug '08, 13:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Dexys Midnight Runners

Burn It Down.

CiderEagle | 8 Aug '08, 13:39 | Send note | Report this | Reply

i think its a bit cack

certainly compared to the singles that followed it

Jamie_Summers | 8 Aug '08, 13:46 | Send note | Report this | Reply

You're a momo.

bamos | 8 Aug '08, 13:48 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Good thread!

sound of the underground - girls aloud is obviously the greatest debut single of all time. But I'll chuck in

new rose - the damned
the damage done - sisters of mercy
patchwork - tindersticks

basil | 8 Aug '08, 13:45 | Send note | Report this | Reply

shit

i should have had this on the first thread too

The Auteurs - Showgirl

Jamie_Summers | 8 Aug '08, 13:46 | Send note | Report this | Reply

RATM

killing in the name of

gazbid | 8 Aug '08, 13:46 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Blur "She's So High"

The Go-Betweens "Lee Remick/Karen" (holy double a-side, Batman!)
Camera Obscura "Eighties Fan"
Morrissey "Suedehead"
Weezer "Undone"
JAMC "Upside Down"

awisgard | 8 Aug '08, 13:52 | Send note | Report this | Reply

ermm

Mystery Jets - "Zootime/Lizzie's Lion"

Jacob_Sheppard | 8 Aug '08, 13:52 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Defo agree with you on...

Go-Betweens debut - good call!

greatallgreat | 8 Aug '08, 14:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

She's so High

is horrible

CumFace | 9 Aug '08, 00:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Shot By Both Sides

In The City
Darts Of Pleasure

bamos | 8 Aug '08, 13:52 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Scouting For Girls

have they re-released their debut single several times over?

and why were they ever allowed to record in the first place?

good god.

Pancakes_Seven | 8 Aug '08, 13:54 | Send note | Report this | Reply

no

they released the first one as a limited edition ep and have now re-released it as a proper single.

Dirtbomb | 8 Aug '08, 14:04 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Inna city there's a fahssand

fings I wanna say to you

colonol_k | 8 Aug '08, 13:55 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Arab Strap

'The First Big Weekend'.
The quintessential great debut single.

champion_versions | 8 Aug '08, 13:59 | Send note | Report this | Reply

....

Ash - Jack Names the Planets

pheripheral | 8 Aug '08, 14:03 | Send note | Report this | Reply

i was going to say this ^

i won't now

shadyadie | 8 Aug '08, 17:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply

The Kingsmen - Louie Louie

Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
The Knack - My Sharona
The Smiths - Hand In Glove
My Vitriol - Always Your Way (Org Records version)*

*Seriously!

colonol_k | 8 Aug '08, 14:12 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Oh piss

That wasn't MV's debut single.

DISREGARD

colonol_k | 8 Aug '08, 14:13 | Send note | Report this | Reply

The Muffs 'I Need You'

think it was their first

greatallgreat | 8 Aug '08, 14:15 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Bearsuit - Hey Charlie Hey Chuck

Tullycraft - Pop Songs Your Boyfriend Is Too Stupid To Know About

Hefner - A Better Friend/Christian Girls

Black Tambourine - By Tomorrow

endangeredmouse | 8 Aug '08, 14:17 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Johnny Boy

You Are The Generation etc. etc. That was a debut, wasn't it?

Also, Yes by McAlmont & Butler. The boy Butler's obviously got a knack for debuts.

DaveTheEverliving | 8 Aug '08, 16:12 | Send note | Report this | Reply

i think

Johnny Boy Theme was Johnny Boy's debut

shadyadie | 8 Aug '08, 17:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Blue Orchids - Disney Boys / The Flood (possibly my fave 7" ever)

Orange Juice - Falling & Laughing
Aztec Camera - Just Like Gold
Clinic - IPC sub-editors dictate our youth
Tindersticks - Patchwork
The Amps - Tipp City
Palace Brothers - Ohio River Boat Song

jack_on_fire | 8 Aug '08, 16:25 | Send note | Report this | Reply

suppery furry animals

honetown unicorn

the only song of theirs i like

sinceresneer | 8 Aug '08, 17:43 | Send note | Report this | Reply

you obviously lost your hearing

in early 1996

fiddygent | 8 Aug '08, 18:18 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Yeah

But does it count as they release other things as Pure Morning ?

lyle | 8 Aug '08, 20:54 | Send note | Report this | Reply

The first two on your list are sick

Blue Orchids, what an amazing band.

Placid_Casual | 8 Aug '08, 18:31 | Send note | Report this | Reply

the killers

mr. brightside

lobotomypop | 8 Aug '08, 19:30 | Send note | Report this | Reply

dEUS

Suds and Soda

splinter79 | 8 Aug '08, 20:00 | Send note | Report this | Reply

TAKE IT EASY CHICKEN!

Awesome...

Browno | 8 Aug '08, 20:17 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Seconded

Aceness!

JonnyLeeHart | 8 Aug '08, 20:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

My favourite debut singles are.......

The Libertines - What A Waster it is a fantastic single.

Oasis - Supersonic i am gonna get slagged off for this but it a great debut single.

Souljacker84 | 8 Aug '08, 20:26 | Send note | Report this | Reply

foals - try this on your piano

bauhaus - bela lugosi's dead
white lies - unfinished buisnss

jamiecr9 | 8 Aug '08, 20:49 | Send note | Report this | Reply

er

Ride - Chelsea Girl
Elastica - Stutter

showing my age. But they were possibly (for sure w. Elastica) the best things they did

CumFace | 9 Aug '08, 00:25 | Send note | Report this | Reply


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