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Boredom

1977 · via Buzzcocks

Buzzcocks’ 1977 recording of “Boredom” is the earliest release on file. Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Magazine (released 1979), Chumbawamba (released 1988) and Electric Love Hogs (released 1992), among 52 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Devoto and Shelley wrote a song about being bored, and eleven years on Chumbawamba still found it worth recording. Play the 1977 Buzzcocks cut first, then hear what a different band did with the same complaint.

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Credited writers: Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1977.

Other recordings on file · first release year

52 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Howard Devoto and Pete Shelley wrote "Boredom" for Buzzcocks. Which band later recorded their own take on it, in 1988?Chumbawamba
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