Released 1980 Genre Disco | Format 7", 12" Label RCA Records | |
Writer(s) Sandy Linzer, L. Russell Brown "Don't Tell Me, Tell Her"
(1980) 'Use It Up And War It Out"
(1980) | ||
"Use It Up and Wear It Out" is a song by Odyssey that was released as a single in 1980. It spent two weeks at No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August that year, but failed to make commercial success in the United States.
The song was written by Sandy Linzer and L. Russell Brown, and produced by Linzer. It was the New York-based disco group's only UK No. 1 single, spending two weeks at the top of the charts from July 26 to August 8, 1980, and was their most successful single on the UK Singles Chart. In their native United States, it failed to get into the Hot 100. However along with the tracks, "Don't Tell Me, Tell Her" and "Hang Together", "Use It Up And Wear It Out" went to number six on the US Billboard Disco Top 100 chart
Cover versions
A cover by the duo Pat and Mick, produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, reached No. 22 in the UK Singles Chart in 1990.
A version by Indigo appears on Queer As Folk 2: Same Men. New Tracks, the second soundtrack album for the UK version of Queer as Folk.