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"Your Alibis"
Single by Lisa Stansfield
Released1981 (1981)
Recorded1981 at Pennine Studios in Oldham
Genre
Length4:07
Label
  • Devil
  • Dureco Benelux
Songwriter(s)
  • David Pickerill
  • Paul O'Donoughue
Producer(s)
  • David Pickerill
  • Paul O'Donoughue
Lisa Stansfield singles chronology
"Your Alibis"
(1981)
" The Only Way"
(1982)

"Your Alibis" is the debut single by the then fifteen-year-old Lisa Stansfield. [1] The song was written and produced by David Pickerill and Paul O'Donoughue. [2] It was released by Devil Records in the United Kingdom in 1981. [3] It was also issued by Dureco Benelux in the Netherlands in 1982. [4] The single's B-side includes another song recorded by Stansfield, "The Thought Police". [3] [4] Both songs were released on the In Session album in 1996. [5] "The Thought Police" was also recorded by the Editors who released it as a single on Devil Records in 1981. [6]

Track listing

Dutch/UK 7" single

  1. "Your Alibis" – 4:07
  2. "The Thought Police" – 3:15

References

  1. ^ "Lisa Stansfield". ZTT Records. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Lisa Stansfield: About". lisa-stansfield.com. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Lisa Stansfield - Your Alibis (UK)". Discogs. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Lisa Stansfield - Your Alibis (Netherlands)". Discogs. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Discography: In Session – 1996". lisa-stansfield.com. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  6. ^ "The Editors - The Thought Police". Discogs. Retrieved 30 June 2013.