Chinatown (song)

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"Chinatown"
"Chinatown" cover
Single by The Move
from the album Message From the Country
B-side(s) Down on the Bay
Released October 1971
Format 7"
Recorded 1971 Philips Studios
Genre Classic rock
Length 3:06
Label Harvest Records
Writer(s) Roy Wood
Producer(s) Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne
Chart positions
  • UK #23
The Move singles chronology
"Tonight"
(1971)
Chinatown
(1971)
"California Man"
(1972)

Chinatown is a song performed by The Move

Released in 1971, this was The Move's penultimate release reaching number 23 on the UK singles chart. Recorded at the same time as the band's alter-ego Electric Light Orchestra were laying down tracks for their first album. Former Move vocalist Carl Wayne claimed it was his favourite song by the band.