Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards

Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards is a 1988 song by English singer/songwriter Billy Bragg.^[1] The song was released as a single from the album Workers Playtime.^[2] ^[3]The song features backing vocals by Michelle Shocked.^[4]

The single reached number 52 on the UK singles charts on 10 September 1988.^[5]

References

↑ "Billy Bragg: 'Major labels are taking away consumer choice'". NME. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
↑ "Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards (Single)". billybragg.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
↑ "Billy Bragg - Waiting for the Great Leap Forward". Retrieved 17 August 2015.
↑ Anderson, Curt (21 January 1989). "Album is a mix of music and politics". Kentucky New Era. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
↑ "Waiting for the Great Leap Forward". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

Billy Bragg

Studio albums	Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy Brewing Up with Billy Bragg Talking with the Taxman About Poetry Workers Playtime The Internationale Don't Try This at Home William Bloke Mermaid Avenue (with Wilco) Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (with Wilco) England, Half-English Mr Love & Justice Mermaid Avenue Vol. III (with Wilco) Tooth & Nail

Compilations, and boxsets	Back to Basics The Peel Sessions Album Victim of Geography Life's a Riot Between the Wars Bloke on Bloke Reaching to the Converted Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg Volume 1 Volume 2 Fight Songs Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions (with Wilco)

Singles and EPs	"Between the Wars EP" "Days Like These" "Levi Stubbs' Tears" "Greetings to the New Brunette" "She's Leaving Home" "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" "She's Got a New Spell" "Won't Talk About It" "Sexuality" "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood" "Accident Waiting to Happen EP" "Upfield" "The Boy Done Good" / "Sugardaddy" "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key" (with Wilco) "She Came Along to Me EP" (with Wilco) "England Half English" / "St Monday" (with The Blokes) "Take Down the Union Jack" (with The Blokes) "We Laughed" (Rosetta Life feat. Billy Bragg) "I Keep Faith" "The Beach Is Free" / "I Almost Killed You" "Never Buy The Sun"

Live albums	"Help Save the Youth of America" "No Pop, No Style, Strictly Roots" "Mermaid Avenue Tour" "Going to a Party Way Down South" "Live at the Barbican"

Related articles	Wilco Discography Red Wedge "A New England"

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