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Gang of Four

Damaged Goods

1978 · via Gang of Four

Gang of Four’s 1978 recording of “Damaged Goods” is the earliest release on file. Dave Allen, Hugo Burnham, Andy Gill and Jon King of Gang of Four are credited as its writers. Also recorded by The Hotrats (released 2009), La Roux & Disgu!se (released 2021) and Shadowplay (released 1988), among 40 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It is on the album Entertainment! (1979).

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Dave Allen, Hugo Burnham, Andy Gill and Jon King split this one four ways, and decades after Gang of Four first cut it, La Roux teamed up with Disgu!se to take it apart again. Start with the band, then hear what a different set of hands does to the same bones.

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Credited writers: Dave Allen, Hugo Burnham, Andy Gill and Jon King.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1978.

On the album Entertainment! (1979).

Other recordings on file · first release year

40 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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