Song for a Future Generation

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“Song for a Future Generation”
“Song for a Future Generation” cover
Single by The B-52's
from the album Whammy!
B-side "Planet Claire"
Released 1983
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1983
Genre New Wave
Length 4:00
Label Warner Bros. Records / Island Records
Writer(s) The B-52's
Producer Steven Stanley
The B-52's singles chronology
"Whammy Kiss"
(1983)		 "Song for a Future Generation"
(1983)		 "Summer of Love"
(1986)

"Song for a Future Generation" is the third single taken from The B-52's 1983 album Whammy!. It peaked at #63 on the UK Singles Chart and also reached number nine on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, along with the album tracks "Whammy Kiss" and "Legal Tender."

It is the first and only song by the B-52's to feature all five band members singing lead vocals.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] UK vinyl 12" single: Island Records

[edit] Side A

  1. "Song for a Future Generation"
  2. "Song for a Future Generation" (Instrumental)

[edit] Side B

  1. "Planet Claire"

[edit] UK 2 x vinyl 7" single: Island Records

  1. "Song for a Future Generation"
  2. "Song for a Future Future Generation" (Instrumental)
  3. "Planet Claire"
  4. "There's a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)"


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