Use It Up and Wear It Out

"Use It Up And Wear It Out"
Single by Odyssey
from the album Hang Together
Released 1980
Format 7", 12"
Genre Disco
Label RCA Records
Writer(s) Sandy Linzer, L. Russell Brown
Odyssey singles chronology
"Don't Tell Me, Tell Her"
(1980)		 'Use It Up And War It Out"
(1980)		 "If You're Lookin' for a Way Out"
(1980)

"Use It Up and Wear It Out" is a song by Odyssey that was released as a single in 1980. It spent two weeks at No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August that year,[1] but failed to make commercial success in the United States.

The song was written by Sandy Linzer and L. Russell Brown,[2] and produced by Linzer. It was the New York-based disco group's only UK No. 1 single, spending two weeks at the top of the charts from July 26 to August 8, 1980.[1] It was their most successful single on the UK Singles Chart, despite it failing to get into the Hot 100 in their native United States.[3]

Cover versions

A cover by the duo Pat and Mick, produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, reached No. 22 in the UK Singles Chart in 1990.[4]

A version by Indigo appears on Queer As Folk 2: Same Men. New Tracks,[5] the second soundtrack album for the UK version of Queer as Folk.

References

  1. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 383. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ↑ James Christopher Monger. "The Best of the 80s - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  3. ↑ Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 206–7. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  4. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 420. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  5. ↑ "Various - Queer As Folk 2 - Same Men. New Tracks. (CD, Album, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
Preceded by
"Xanadu" by Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra		 UK number-one single
26 July 1980 - 8 August 1980 		Succeeded by
"The Winner Takes It All" by ABBA


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