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Gary Numan

Are ‘Friends’ Electric?

1987 · via Gary Numan

Gary Numan’s earliest release of “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” on file came out in 1987. Gary Numan wrote it. The earliest release on file is Tubeway Army’s, from 1979. Also recorded by Groove Armada (released 2008), An Pierlé (released 1996) and Information Society (released 1997), among 136 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Numan first put this song on record with Tubeway Army, and in 2008 Groove Armada took a run at it. Play his own later recording next to theirs and listen for what survives the trip.

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Credited writer: Gary Numan.

Earliest release on file: Tubeway Army, 1979.

Other recordings on file · first release year

136 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Gary Numan wrote "Are ‘Friends’ Electric?" and first cut it with Tubeway Army. Which act later recorded its own version of the song?Groove Armada
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