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DEVO

Girl U Want

1980 · via DEVO

DEVO’s 1980 recording of “Girl U Want” is the earliest release on file. Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Robert Palmer (released 1994), Soundgarden (released 1991) and Devo 2.0 (released 2006), among 74 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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DEVO cut "Girl U Want" first in 1980, and by 1991 Soundgarden had it on record too, with Robert Palmer picking it up a few years later. Spin the DEVO original next to theirs and hear how much room that song left for other people.

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Credited writers: Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1980.

Other recordings on file · first release year

74 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO wrote "Girl U Want." Which band, alongside Robert Palmer and Superchunk, later recorded their own take on it?Soundgarden
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