A-side "Is Vic There?" Format 7" and 12" vinyl | Released 29 December 1980 Genre Post-punk, indie rock | |
B-side "Solid Gold Easy Action" Label Demon Records, RCA Records, Stiff Records | ||
"Is Vic There?" is the debut single by post-punk band Department S, released by Demon Records on 29 December 1980.
It was produced by former Mott the Hoople members Buffin and Overend Watts. The title is a quotation from a Monty Python sketch.
Release
"Is Vic There?" charted at No. 22 on the UK Singles Chart and, when re-released on RCA Records in March 1981, it made No. 67 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.
The Demon and RCA UK B-side was a cover of T.Rex's "Solid Gold Easy Action", featuring Thunderthighs on backing vocals.
A 1981 release of the single in the US by Stiff Records featured a different B-side, "Put All the Crosses in the Right Boxes", as did a remixed edition of the song released that year by Stiff as a single in Europe.
References
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