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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 ...
"Teenage Kicks" is the debut single by Northern Irish punk rock band the Undertones. Written in the summer of 1977 by J.J. O'Neill, the band's rhythm guitarist and principal songwriter, the song was recorded on 15 June 1978 and initially released that September on independent Belfast record label Good Vibrations, [6] before the band signed to Sire Records on 2 October 1978.
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 song was selected by EMI to be released as a single before the Undertones' 3rd LP Positive Touch [1] and was released on 21 April 1981, two weeks before the release of Positive Touch. The single reached number 18 in the UK Singles Chart on 24 May, [2] and would also reach number 10 in the Irish Singles Chart. [3]
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]
The song was the sixth single released by the Undertones, and the first single to be written by Damian O'Neill and Michael Bradley. [7] The music video to the song was largely filmed at the home of the O'Neill brothers, and was directed by Julien Temple. [8] The song was performed on Top of the Pops on two occasions: 10 April and 24 April 1980 ...
The song was the fifth single released by the Undertones. According to bassist Michael Bradley, when John O'Neill first demonstrated this song to his bandmates, "our jaws dropped to the ground. It was brilliant". [7] The band first played the song live at Oscar's Disco in Derry in the late summer of 1979, prior to its release as a single. [8]
"Jimmy Jimmy" is a Top 20 punk rock song originally written and recorded by Northern Irish band the Undertones in the spring of 1979. The song was written by the band's main songwriter, John O'Neill, [1] it was the Undertones' third single and was released on 20 April 1979, reaching number 16 on the UK Singles Chart, making "Jimmy Jimmy" the Undertones' first Top 20 single.