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"My Perfect Cousin" is a song by Northern Irish punk rock band the Undertones. The song – inspired by an actual cousin of one of the band members [ 1 ] – was written during the summer of 1979 and recorded at Wisseloord Studios in Hilversum in December 1979.
The Undertones formed in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1974. [12] The band members were five friends from Creggan and the Bogside, who originally drew inspiration from such artists as the Beatles, Small Faces and Lindisfarne [13] and who decided in part to form their own band due to both their common interest in music and the fact that—because of the Troubles—many entertainment venues in the ...
Hypnotised is a 1980 album released by the Undertones.The album, the second of four released by the band, was recorded at Wisseloord Studios in the Netherlands in December 1979, and at Eden Studios in London in January 1980, with the majority of the songs to appear on the album being written between March and December 1979. [2]
"You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It?)" is a 1979 punk rock song originally written and recorded by Northern Irish band the Undertones. Written in the summer of 1979 by the band's main songwriter, John O'Neill , the single was released on 9 October that year and reached number 32 in the UK charts. [ 1 ]
"My Perfect Cousin" (reissue) 88 — — "Save Me" 1986 — — — Cher O'Bowlies – The Pick of the Undertones "Thrill Me" 2003 — — — Get What You Need "Much Too Late" 2013 — — — Non-album single "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Sharkey's solo work was significantly different to the post-punk offerings of The Undertones. His best-known solo material is the 1985 UK chart-topping single penned by Lone Justice frontwoman Maria McKee , " A Good Heart ", which went to No. 1 in several countries including the UK in late 1985.
The Undertones is the 1979 debut album by the Undertones. The album was recorded at Eden Studios in Acton, West London in January 1979 and was released in May that year. [ 5 ] The original release included just one single release: " Jimmy Jimmy " and an album version of " Here Comes the Summer ", which was never released as a single.
The band's lead singer, Feargal Sharkey, has opined The Sin of Pride as being "the finest Undertones album." [2] Released on 13 March 1983, [3] The Sin of Pride reached number 43 in the UK charts. Largely due to the commercial failure of The Sin of Pride, the Undertones disbanded just four months after the album's release. [4]