"Another Girl, Another Planet" (7", 45 rpm)
Someone once described this as the best rock song ever written and it's hard to disagree with that. I'm not sure where I first heard it when it came out in April 1978 but it was probably the John Peel show. It knocked me sideways and I remember buying it as soon as I possibly could from my local record shop (Focus Records in Waterlooville), getting it home and playing it time after time. In fact I can't remember ever playing the B side which was unusual for me.
I also remember that it was NOT a hit record, and I just couldn't understand why that was the case when it is such a brilliant and hook-laden song. Subsequently it was re-released a few years later and I think it charted and I think it's also been used in various TV series.
I also remember that it was NOT a hit record, and I just couldn't understand why that was the case when it is such a brilliant and hook-laden song. Subsequently it was re-released a few years later and I think it charted and I think it's also been used in various TV series.
Back then I also had no idea that the song was about lead singer Peter Perrett's heroin addiction. Innocent days indeed...
Here's the beauty:
