Amateur Hour (song)
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"Amateur Hour" | ||||
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![]() German 7" single | ||||
Single by Sparks | ||||
from the album Kimono My House | ||||
B-side | "Lost and Found" | |||
Released | 1974 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:37 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ron Mael | |||
Producer(s) | Muff Winwood | |||
Sparks singles chronology | ||||
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Official audio | ||||
"Amateur Hour" on YouTube |
"Amateur Hour" is a song by Sparks. It was released as the second single from their 1974 album Kimono My House. Bassist Martin Gordon was requested to replace his original bass part (recorded using a Rickenbacker 4001 bass) with a Fender Precision bass, belonging to his subsequent replacement in the band.[1]
A re-recording was produced in 1997 for the retrospective Plagiarism album. This new version was given a complete electronic synthpop overhaul and was performed with Erasure.
On 25 June 2009, the song "Amateur Hour" was featured in a stunt when UK magician and mentalist Mark Cairns predicted that radio personality George Lamb would choose the Sparks song, in a free choice from a list of 100 tracks that had been recently played on Lamb's BBC Radio 6 Music show.[2]
Track listing[]
- "Amateur Hour" — 3:37
- "Lost and Found" — 3:21
Personnel[]
- Russell Mael - vocals
- Ron Mael - keyboards
- Martin Gordon - bass
- Adrian Fisher - guitar
- Norman "Dinky" Diamond - drums
Chart positions[]
Chart | Peak position |
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U.K. Singles Chart | 7 |
German Singles Chart | 12 |
Irish Singles Chart | 19 |
References[]
- ^ "Kimono My House Sessions * Martin Gordon". Martingordon.de. Archived from the original on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
- ^ "BBC Radio 6 Music - George Lamb". Bbc.co.uk. 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
External links[]
- 1974 singles
- Songs written by Ron Mael
- Sparks (band) songs
- Song recordings produced by Muff Winwood
- 1974 songs
- Island Records singles
- 1970s single stubs
- 1970s rock song stubs