Rescue (song)

"Rescue"

7" single cover
Single by Echo & the Bunnymen
from the album Crocodiles
B-side "Simple Stuff" / "Pride"
Released 5 May 1980
Format 7", 12"
Genre Post-punk
Label Korova
Writer(s) Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Pete de Freitas
Producer(s) Ian Broudie, The Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen singles chronology
"The Pictures on My Wall"
(1979)		 "Rescue"
(1980)		 "The Puppet"
(1980)
Alternative cover
12" single cover

"Rescue" is the second single released by the band Echo & the Bunnymen. It was released on 5 May 1980 and subsequently included on the Crocodiles album, which was released on 18 July 1980. It was the band's first single to chart, reaching number 62 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] It was also their first release on the newly formed Korova label.

On the single's release, Smash Hits described it as "attractive left field pop" that had "sparse guitarring reminiscent of early cure and plenty of deadpan melodic bite".[2]

The single was reissued as a limited edition 7" single on 4 December 2006 on the same label and with the same catalogue number, KOW 1, and reached number 177 on the UK Singles Chart. A promo 7" version was also released by Korova in January 1983.

The song was covered by the Scottish rock group Idlewild on their 2000 single "These Wooden Ideas".

Formats and track listings

All tracks written by Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson and Pete de Freitas.

1980 and 2006 7" single (KOW 1)
  1. "Rescue"
  2. "Simple Stuff"
1980 12" single (KOW 1T)
  1. "Rescue"
  2. "Simple Stuff"
  3. "Pride"
1983 7" promo single (SAM271)
  1. "Rescue"
  2. "Never Stop"
  3. "The Cutter"

Chart positions

Chart Peak
position
UK Singles Chart (1980) 62
UK Singles Chart (2006) 177

References

  1. ↑ Roberts, David, ed. (2006), British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.), HIT Entertainment, ISBN 1-904994-10-5
  2. ↑ "Singles". Smash Hits (1–14 May 1980): 28–29.

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