4 Hours

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"4 Hours"
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Fetish 1981 7" sleeve by Neville Brody [1]
Single by Clock DVA
from the album Thirst
B-side "Sensorium" (remix)
Released4 June 1981 (1981-06-04) [2]
RecordedJacobs Studios
(Surrey, UK)
Genre Post-punk, industrial
Length4:00
Label Fetish
Songwriter(s) Charlie Collins, Adi Newton, Roger Quail, David Tyme
Producer(s) Clock DVA, Ken Thomas
Clock DVA singles chronology
"4 Hours"
(1981)		"Breakdown"
(1983)

"4 Hours" is a song by the English post-punk band Clock DVA. It is the only single released in support of their second album Thirst .

Contents

Formats and track listing

UK 7" single (FET 008)
  1. "4 Hours" (Charlie Collins, Adi Newton, Roger Quail, David Tyme) – 4:00
  2. "Sensorium" (Charlie Collins, Adi Newton, Roger Quail, Steven James Turner, Paul Widger) – 2:48

Accolades

YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank
1981 The Face United Kingdom Singles of the Year [3] *
1981 Rockerilla Italy Singles of the Year [4] 31
1992 NME United Kingdom 100 Best Indie Singles Ever [5] *
2006 Blow Up Italy 100 Songs to Remember [6] 40

(*) designates unordered lists.

Personnel

From the 4 Hours sleeve and label notes. [1]

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
UK Indie Chart [7] 32

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom1981Fetish 7" FET 008
1985Doublevision 12" DVR 18
Italy1992ContempoTempo 192

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References

  1. 1 2 4 Hours (sleeve). Clock DVA. London, United Kingdom: Fetish Records. 1981.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ↑ Gimarc, George (11 July 2005). Punk Diary. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 479. ISBN   9780879308483 . Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Recordings of the Year: Singles". The Face . Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rockerilla End of Year Lists 1981: Singles". Rockerilla . Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "NME Writers 100 Best Indie Singles Ever 1992". NME. 25 July 1992. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Blow Up - 100 Songs to Remember (2006)". Blow Up . Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
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