Bedsitter (song)

"Bedsitter"
Single by Soft Cell
from the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
B-side Facility Girls
Released 1981
Format 7", 12"
Genre Synthpop, new wave
Length 3:36 (Single Version)
Label Some Bizarre Records
Writer(s) Marc Almond, David Ball
Producer(s) Mike Thorne
Soft Cell singles chronology
"Tainted Love"
(1982)
"Bedsitter"
(1982)
"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye"
(1982)

"Bedsitter" is a song by British synthpop duo Soft Cell, from the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret. Released as a single in November 1981, it reached no. 4 in the UK.[1]

A song that explored the underbelly of the London club scene of the time, critic Jon Savage has described it as one of the greatest songs of the 1980s.[2]

References

  1. [UK.http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/BEDSITTER/ "Bedsitter - official charts"]. officialcharts.com. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. "Jon Savage on song - Guardian". Guardian.com. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

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