Chinatown (The Move song)

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"Chinatown"
Single by The Move
B-side	"Down on the Bay"
Released	October 1971
Recorded	1971 Philips Studios
Length	3:06
Label	Harvest (UK) MGM (US) (withdrawn) United Artists (US)
Songwriter(s)	Roy Wood
Producer(s)	Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne
The Move singles chronology
"Tonight" (1971) "Chinatown" (1971) "California Man" (1972)

"Chinatown" is a song performed by The Move. Released in 1971, the song reached number 23 on the UK Singles Chart. Recorded at the same time as the band's alter-ego Electric Light Orchestra were laying down tracks for their first album. Former Move vocalist Carl Wayne claimed it was his favourite song by the band.^{[citation needed]}

The B-side was a Jeff Lynne-penned song "Down on the Bay".

In the US, the single (with an edited version of "Chinatown") was issued on MGM, but quickly withdrawn (probably before regular stock copies were pressed, although yellow label promos have been seen). The single with the same edit was almost immediately issued on United Artists.

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