C·30 C·60 C·90 Go

"C·30 C·60 C·90 Go!"
Single by Bow Wow Wow
B-side	"Sun Sea and Piracy"
Released	July 1980
Label	EMI Records
Writer(s)	Dave Barbarossa, Leigh Gorman, Matthew Ashman, Malcolm McLaren
Producer(s)	Malcolm McLaren
Bow Wow Wow singles chronology
"C·30 C·60 C·90 Go" (1980) "W.O.R.K. (N.O. Nah NO! NO! My Daddy Don't)" (1981)

"C·30 C·60 C·90 Go!" is a song and the debut single by English new wave band Bow Wow Wow.^[1][2][3]

Composition

"C·30 C·60 C·90 Go!" was written by Dave Barbarossa, Leigh Gorman, Malcolm McLaren and Matthew Ashman.^[4]

Release

Released in July 1980, it was the world’s first-ever cassette single.^[5][6] Their label, EMI, refused to promote the cassingle because it allegedly promoted home taping, and because side B was blank.^[7]

After several weeks, it was also issued as a vinyl 7" single, reaching No. 34 on the UK singles chart and staying on the chart for seven weeks.^[8][9]

In popular culture

The song was featured in Ari Gold's 2008 film Adventures of Power.

References

1. The Rough Guide to Rock, edited by Peter Buckley
2. Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984, by Simon Reynolds
3. "C30, C60, C90, Go – Bow Wow Wow | Listen, Appearances, Song Review | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
4. "C·30 C·60 C·90 Go". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
5. "Bow Wow Wow". www.theagencygroup.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
6. Johnson, Bobbie (19 October 2006). "CDs, downloads ... and now band launches the memory-stick single". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 28 December 2012.
7. • Holly George-Warren, Patricia Romanowski, and Jon Pareles (2001). The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Revised and Updated for the 21st Century), p.107-108. ISBN 0-7432-0120-5.
8. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 133. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
9. "C·30 C·60 C·90 Go Chart Archive". www.chartarchive.org. Retrieved 29 December 2012.