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In the UK, the tracks were released as the singles "Message of Love" b/w "Porcelain" and "Talk of the Town" b/w "Cuban Slide". "Precious" is unique to this release. "Message of Love" contains the line: "We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" from the Oscar Wilde play Lady Windermere's Fan. [4]
Pretenders was remastered and re-released in 2006 and included a bonus disc of demos, B-sides and live cuts, many previously unreleased. "Cuban Slide" and "Porcelain" originally appeared as B-sides to "Talk of the Town" and "Message of Love", while "Swinging London" and "Nervous But Shy" both appeared on the flip side of "Brass in Pocket".
The B-side of the single in most territories was "Cuban Slide", but in the United States it was the band's previous single, "Stop Your Sobbing". The song was also released on the band's US release Extended Play in March 1981—alongside "Cuban Slide"—and later that year was included on the band's second studio album, Pretenders II.
The 1987 "If There Was a Man" UK release was accredited to The Pretenders for 007; In 1980, "Precious" (A-side) was released as a single in Spain with "Stop Your Sobbing" as the B-side. In 1980, "Cuban Slide" (A-side) was released as a single in Japan, backed with "Stop Your Sobbing" as the B-side.
Pirate Radio is a career-spanning box set compilation album by The Pretenders. [3] Released on 14 March 2006, it contains songs from 1979 to 2005, from hit singles, popular album tracks, non-album recordings, soundtrack contributions, live tracks, as well as previously unreleased material.
"Message of Love" is a song written by Chrissie Hynde and performed by the Pretenders. Released first as a single and then on the Pretenders' 1981 EP Extended Play, it was later re-released on the band's 1981 album Pretenders II. A band effort largely composed in the studio, the song was a radio hit and reached number 11 in the United Kingdom.
Loose Screw is the eighth studio album by rock group the Pretenders, and was released in 2002.It was the first time that the Pretenders had the same credited band line-up (Chrissie Hynde, Martin Chambers, Andy Hobson and Adam Seymour) on three consecutive studio albums.
The song was written by Chrissie Hynde, the leader and singer of The Pretenders, and included on that band's 1979 debut album Pretenders.The same year the track was covered by Grace Jones on her first post-disco album Warm Leatherette, recorded at the Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas with among others Sly and Robbie.