I Want Out (Matchbox song)

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"I Want Out"
Matchbox featuring Kirsty MacColl I Want Out 1983 single cover.jpg
Single by Matchbox featuring Kirsty MacColl
from the album Crossed Line
B-side"Heaven Can Wait"
ReleasedFebruary 1983[1]
Length2:42
LabelMagnet
Songwriter(s)
  • Brian Hodgson
  • Ray Peters
  • Tony Colton
Producer(s)Brian Hodgson
Matchbox singles chronology
"Riding the Night"
(1982) 		"I Want Out"
(1983)
Kirsty MacColl singles chronology
"You Still Believe in Me"
(1981) 		"I Want Out"
(1983) 		"Berlin"
(1983)

"I Want Out" is a song by English rockabilly band Matchbox featuring Kirsty MacColl. It was released in 1983 as the third and final single from the band's sixth studio album Crossed Line (1982). It was written by Brian Hodgson, Ray Peters and Tony Colton, and produced by Hodgson.

Background[]

"I Want Out" was not a commercial success in the UK, failing to make an appearance on the UK Singles Chart. It did however appear at No. 86 on Record Business magazine's Top 100 Airplay chart on 31 January 1983.[2] The song reached No. 58 on the West German Singles Chart in March 1983.[3]

To promote the single in Germany, Matchbox and MacColl performed the song on Musikladen, which was broadcast on 10 February 1983.[4] In the UK, MacColl made an appearance at a Matchbox concert at the Venue in London in 1983. She performed "I Want Out" with the band, along with her own hit "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis".[5]

Reception[]

On its release as a single, Smash Hits wrote, "There's not many rock 'n' roll acts who are worse than Shakin' Stevens but here's one. Nevertheless, this is saved by a real rootsy-tootsy vocal from Kirsty."[6] Jim Reid of Record Mirror commented, "English people trying to be redneck Americans, nearly as embarrassing as Kajagoogoo's imitation of a vibrant new pop group."[7] Mansfield and Sutton Recorder considered the song to have "a true Matchbox sound with the added magic of Kirsty MacColl, sharing the lead vocal with Graham Fenton".[8]

Track listing[]

7" single
  1. "I Want Out" – 2:42
  2. "Heaven Can Wait" – 3:03

Personnel[]

Matchbox

  • Graham Fenton – lead vocals
  • Dick Callan – lead guitar
  • Gordon Scott – guitar
  • Brian Hodgson – bass
  • Jimmie Redhead – drums

Additional musicians

  • Kirsty MacColl – lead vocals

Production

  • Brian Hodgson – producer
  • Bazza – engineer
  • Dave Bellotti, Phil Vinall – assistant engineers

Charts[]

Chart (1983) Peak
position
West Germany (Official German Charts)[9] 58

References[]

  1. ^ "I Want Out". Kirsty MacColl. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Top 100 Airplay" (PDF). Record Business. 31 January 1983. p. 14. Retrieved 21 May 2021 – via World Radio History.
  3. ^ "Matchbox feat. Kirsty MacColl – I Want Out". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. ^ "1978-86 TV spots and the Ballrooms". Kirsty MacColl. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  5. ^ Balls, Richard (2014). Be Stiff: The Stiff Records Story. Soundcheck Books. ISBN 9780957570061. Retrieved 21 May 2021 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Singles". Smash Hits. 17 February 1983. p. 28.
  7. ^ Reid, Jim (12 February 1983). "Singles". Record Mirror. p. 23.
  8. ^ "Matchbox strike out". Mansfield and Sutton Recorder. 10 February 1983. p. 20.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Matchbox feat. Kirsty MacColl – I Want Out". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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