Best Debut Singles Evah!

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Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force - "Planet Rock" (is it his first?)
likewise, Grandmaster Flash - "Adventures On The Wheels Of Steel"

here's where the comparisons don't really work due to the lyrical facility mega-evident in "I Luv U" and "Virginia Plain"

now if "The Message" had been a debut... ("Has It Come To This" anyone?)

― Paul (scifisoul), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 16:47 (twenty years ago) link

radio free europe or this charming man or damaged goods or blister in the sun

― kelly denison-cole (dustjacket), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 16:56 (twenty years ago) link

hey, whoever keeps saying "I Can't Explain," right on. best song of their career.

― samuel, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 16:59 (twenty years ago) link

Can't believe I forgot "Bo DIddley."

― Burr (Burr), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 17:07 (twenty years ago) link

If "Cult of Personality" was Living Colour's first single (I'm pretty sure it was, but I was also pretty sure about "Silent All These Years"), then that one fo sho!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 17:09 (twenty years ago) link

Oh, also:

"Fight For Your Right to Party"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 17:10 (twenty years ago) link

If you're not counting the Beasties' punk stuff, "She's On It" was still before "Fight for your right" and k-better (I'm pretty sure)

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 17:20 (twenty years ago) link

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

Absolutely. And I wanna nominate one of the forgotten gems of the '80s, Londonbeat's 9 a.m. (The Comfort Zone). Why it isn't regarded as one of the all-time great soul songs, I'll never understand.

― Palomino (Palomino), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 17:24 (twenty years ago) link

Kim Wilde's deathless Kids In America also springs to mind...

― Palomino (Palomino), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 17:28 (twenty years ago) link

"Killing an Arab"
"Birthday" (Sugarcubes)
"That's All Right (Mama)"
"Beef Jerky"
"Please, Please, Please"
"Plug Tunin'"
"Son of a Gun" (Vaselines)
"Academy Fight Song"

― Douglas (Douglas), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 17:30 (twenty years ago) link

"The First Big Weekend" is maybe the best Arab Strap song.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 17:36 (twenty years ago) link

ummhmm to Overload. sugababes havent topped this since.
All Saints- where it's at. daniel begingfield- gotta get thru this. white town- your woman.

― lid, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 17:42 (twenty years ago) link

Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?
The Cars - Just What I Needed

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 17:46 (twenty years ago) link

"Maybelline"

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 17:46 (twenty years ago) link

"Sweet Child O Mine"
"Losing My Edge"

― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 18:08 (twenty years ago) link

("Welcome to the Jungle" was before that)

"Doo Wop (That Thing)" by Lauryn Hill

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 18:31 (twenty years ago) link

"Danger! Danger! (High Voltage!)" Wild Bunch

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 18:33 (twenty years ago) link

anyone notice the track on Xristina's album that nicked the undercarriage of "Overload"? wish I could remember the name - should be easy to find. anyway, wonder did they buy it or appropriate it (bit much for fairuse, tho) ?

― Paul (scifisoul), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 18:35 (twenty years ago) link

i don't have the album Paul :(

We should be ashamed not to have mentioned "Hit Me Baby (One More Time)" yet!!!!! (Why do all my choices have parentheses??)

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 18:38 (twenty years ago) link

run-dmc - "it's like that"
jesus & mary chain - "upside down"
replacements - "i'm in trouble" b/w "if only you were lonely"
kinks - "you really got me"

― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 18:40 (twenty years ago) link

Oh yeah, duh. How could I forget "Welcome to the Jungle"!

― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 18:53 (twenty years ago) link

Missy Elliott "The Rain"
Pharcyde "Passin' Me By"
The Clean "Tally Ho"

― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 19:20 (twenty years ago) link

...um, In Your Car was so not Kenickie's first single. Was it not Catsuit City? Not 100% on this.

― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 19:23 (twenty years ago) link

So Solid's debut was actually "Oh No" which qualifies anyway

― sean g, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 19:30 (twenty years ago) link

Has anyone mentioned "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus yet?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 19:47 (twenty years ago) link

Sloan - Underwhelmed.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 19:59 (twenty years ago) link

Public Image.

― scottjames23 (worrysome-man), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 20:08 (twenty years ago) link

Damn you people don´t read up on your artists

Catsuit city was Kenickie first (on slampt)

― Jens (brighter), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 20:27 (twenty years ago) link

Caught out there - Kelis
Lovertits - Peaches
Addictive - Truth hurts
What do you want from me ? - Monaco
Modulor mix - Air

― Sami (Sami), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 21:07 (twenty years ago) link

"Tutti Frutti"

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 21:11 (twenty years ago) link

"Ceremony" (original version)
"Radio Free Europe" (original Hib-Tone version of course)
"Modular Mix"
"I Will Follow"
"Buddy Holly"
"Arnold Layne"
"The Unguarded Moment"
"In the City"
"The Modern Age"
"Upside Down"
"Do It Again"
"Holiday"
"Planet Earth"
"I Can't Explain"
"West End Girls" (Bobby O. version)
"Eric B. Is President"/"My Melody"

― Evan (Evan), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 22:02 (twenty years ago) link

And "Loser" by Beck

― Evan (Evan), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 22:03 (twenty years ago) link

"Holiday"

if you mean madonna's "holiday," that was her third single, at least. "everybody" and "burning up" both came before. it was her first great single, though.

― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 22:07 (twenty years ago) link

Oh God. You're right. Silly me.

More: "Talk Talk," "(I Wanna) Testify," "All Fall Down," and "Touch Me, I'm Sick."

The Kinks' debut single was not "You Really Got Me." It was "Long Tall Shorty."

― Evan (Evan), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 22:17 (twenty years ago) link

Caught out there - Kelis
Lovertits - Peaches
Addictive - Truth hurts

Yes, yes and yes.

I haven't even HEARD of Catsuit City.

Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Bang
Air - Sexy Boy
Darude - Sandstorm

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 22:21 (twenty years ago) link

The Kinks' debut single was not "You Really Got Me." It was "Long Tall Shorty."

oh god. you're right. silly me.

hee hee.

― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 22:24 (twenty years ago) link

Does U2 - "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" count?

― Evan (Evan), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 22:26 (twenty years ago) link

Nas--"It Ain't Hard to Tell"
Mantronix--"Fresh is the Word"

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 22:31 (twenty years ago) link

"Suspect Device" b/w "Wasted Life" - Stiff Little Fingers
"Sonic Reducer" - Dead Boys
"White Riot" - The Clash
"California Uber Alles" - Dead Kennedys
"12XU" - Wire

― Ben Dot, Wednesday, 30 July 2003 22:39 (twenty years ago) link

Party At Ground Zero - Fishbone
Testify - Parliament
Little Girls -Boingo
Loser -Beck

― chaki (chaki), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 23:22 (twenty years ago) link

"unguarded moment" was the church's 2nd or 3rd single i believe

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 30 July 2003 23:59 (twenty years ago) link

poundsign's "the almondy many" was an ace debut

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 31 July 2003 00:00 (twenty years ago) link

Oasis: Supersonic

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Thursday, 31 July 2003 02:25 (twenty years ago) link

Iced Earth: Enter the Realm/Iced Earth

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Thursday, 31 July 2003 02:30 (twenty years ago) link

I even have the 'Ring Ring' Lp, I think I mixed up my ABBA Eurovision entries. Bikini Kill 'New Radio', but that's not really the sort of thing this is after

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 31 July 2003 02:33 (twenty years ago) link

who is this Pulp? english people are funny.

― autovac (autovac), Thursday, 31 July 2003 02:37 (twenty years ago) link

"Another Girl, Another Planet"

― Evan (Evan), Thursday, 31 July 2003 09:04 (twenty years ago) link

was 'please, please, please' james brown's first single? if so, then that.

also whichever out of geno and dance stance/burn it down was first

― adam b (adam b), Thursday, 31 July 2003 09:05 (twenty years ago) link

New Rose

(Not just The Damned's debut single of course but also the first UK punk single)

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 31 July 2003 09:05 (twenty years ago) link

"Another Girl, Another Planet"

Is my memory playing tricks on me again or didn't "Lovers Of Today" come out before that one?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 31 July 2003 09:10 (twenty years ago) link

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