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"Young Parisians"
Single by Adam and the Ants
A-side"Young Parisians"
B-side"Lady"
Released20 October 1978
RecordedIsland studios, Basing Street, Notting Hill, 26 August 1978
Genre Music hall, punk, new wave
Length2:22
Label Decca Records
Songwriter(s) Adam Ant
Producer(s)Adam Ant & Jo Julian
Adam and the Ants singles chronology
"Young Parisians"
(1978)
" Zerox"
(1979)

"Young Parisians" is the debut single from Adam and the Ants, written by Adam Ant. Originally released on 20 October 1978, it was the band's only single on Decca Records. [1]

"Young Parisians" has been included on The Very Best Of Adam And The Ants & Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant. A demo version is the lead track on the first disc of the Antbox three CD set. [2]

Reception

At the time, the band were combining the punk sound of their earliest days with a more experimental ethos which would characterize their 1979 debut Dirk Wears White Sox and, to some extent, its 1980 follow-up Kings of the Wild Frontier (by which time only Adam Ant remained from the line-up of the debut single).

"Young Parisians" was an acoustic cabaret-style number that was deliberately chosen as a single to confuse people who viewed Adam and the Ants as a punk band. Ant later admitted that this was probably a mistake, and that "Lady" should have been the leading track.

In December 1980, following the initial success of Kings of the Wild Frontier and its singles " Dog Eat Dog" and ' Antmusic', the single was re-promoted in the UK, reaching #9 on the UK Singles Chart. [3]

A new edition in white vinyl was released in October 2023 to commemorate the single's 45th anniversary. This reached number 15 on the UK singles sales chart (not including downloads). [4]

"Lady"

The B-side, written by Ant, demonstrated the band's capacity for fast-paced punk rock. In Australia, DJs on Sydney's Double J radio station preferred to play the B-side, which garnered enough attention for "Lady" rather than the A-Side to appear on the 1980 compilation album In the Bag. [5]

A demo version of "Lady", incorporating "Catch A Falling Star", written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss appeared as track 2 on "Antbox" (2000)

Credits

It was produced by the band's singer Adam Ant and session pianist Jo Julian. At this point, the other permanent members of the band were Matthew Ashman ( guitar), Dave Barbarossa ( drums) and Andy Warren ( bass guitar). Saxophonist Greg Mason also appeared on the A-side. [6]

Track list

A-side

  1. "Young Parisians" - 3:02

B-side

  1. "Lady" - 2:03

Damaged Goods

Damaged Goods Records released a 12" single of "Young Parisians" & "Lady" in 1989. Both tracks appear on the A-side, while two "Dodgy Interviews" appear on the B-side. The first interview was conducted with Zerox Fanzine in Chelmsford 4 February 1979. The second was done for Pogo Fanzine in Italy after the band's performance in Milan 17 October 1978. The A-side plays at 45 RPM, and the B-side plays at 33 RPM. [7]

References

  1. ^ "Young Parisians (Menu)". Adam-ant.net.
  2. ^ "Adam And The Ants Young Parisians Overview". AllMusic, Netaktion LLC.
  3. ^ "discography". Adam-ant.net.
  4. ^ https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-sales-chart/20231027/7509/
  5. ^ "In the Bag". Telmak Records.
  6. ^ "Adam And The Ants - Young Parisians". Discogs.com.
  7. ^ "Young Parisians". Adam-Ant.net. 1989.

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