She opened strange doors that we’d never close again…
January 2nd 1981 saw the release of an edited version of the glorious Britpop-blueprint title track from the Scary Monsters LP in the UK, Germany and France.
It was the third single from the album in each of the territories and the release of the track on the brand new cassette single format (now defunct) probably helped it scrape into the top 20 in the UK.
Pictured above are the German 12″ Super-Sound-Single, top left, the front and back of the UK 7″ and the front of the UK cassette single, bottom right…Please note, these items are not to scale!
The B-side was Because You’re Young in the UK and Germany and Up The Hill Backwards in France.
The latter song became the fourth A-side from the album in the UK and Germany a couple of months later…but that’s another news item.