Action & Action

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"Action & Action"
Action and Action.jpg
Single by The Get Up Kids
from the album Something to Write Home About
B-side
  • "Close to Me"
  • "I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel"
ReleasedMarch 24, 2000
Recorded1999
Genre Emo [1]
Length10:25
Label Epitaph
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The Get Up Kids
The Get Up Kids singles chronology
"Ten Minutes"
(1999)
"Action & Action"
(2000)
"Wouldn't Believe It"
(2004)

Action & Action is the second single from The Get Up Kids' album Something to Write Home About. The single was only released in Europe, and is the first Get Up Kids single released on CD on March 24, 2000 in North America and November 24 elsewhere. [2] A music video for the song was released earlier in December 1999. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Get Up Kids.

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Action & Action"4:06
2."Close to Me (The Cure Cover)"3:24
3."I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel"2:55

Additional releases

Personnel

Notes

  1. Cohen, Ian; Anthony, David; Corcoran, Nina; Garland, Emma; Nelson, Brad (February 13, 2020). "100 Best Emo Songs of All Time". Vulture . Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  2. Steffen Hung (2010-09-14). "The Get Up Kids - Action & Action". australian-charts.com. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  3. Aubin, Paul (December 7, 1999). "Get Up Kids Video". Punknews.org. Retrieved February 6, 2021.

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