Crackers International

• 7", Mute / E Mute 93 (UK)

1. "Stop!" (fade ending) – 2:55
2. "The Hardest Part" – 3:40
3. "Knocking on Your Door" – 2:57
4. "She Won't Be Home" – 3:28

Note: There was also a 2 track 7" produced mainly for jukeboxes (Mute 93) with the same versions of "Stop!" and "Knocking on Your Door" as the 4 track version.

• 7", Sire-Reprise / 22879-7 (US)

1. "Stop!" (7-inch version) – 2:55
2. "Ship of Fools" – 4:01

Note: "7-inch version" same as "fade ending", also released on MC (22879-4)

• 12", Mute / 12 Mute 93 (UK)

1. "Stop!" (cold ending) – 3:03
2. "The Hardest Part" (12" version) – 5:07
3. "Knocking on Your Door" (12" version) – 3:59
4. "She Won't Be Home" – 3:28

Note: also released on CD (CD Mute 93)

• 12", Mute / L12 Mute 93 (UK)

1. "Stop!" (Mark Saunders remix) – 5:47
2. "Knocking on Your Door" (Mark Saunders remix) – 6:07
3. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" – 3:12

Note: Released as "Crackers International part II", also released on CD (LCD Mute 93)

• 12", Sire-Reprise / 25904-1 (US)

1. "Stop!" (7-inch version) – 2:55
2. "The Hardest Part" – 3:40
3. "Stop!" (12" remix) – 5:47
4. "Knocking on Your Door" – 2:57
5. "She Won't Be Home" – 3:28
6. "Knocking on Your Door" (12" remix) – 6:07

Note: also released on CD (25904-2) and MC (25904-4), 12" mixes by Mark Saunders

• CD, Mute / EBX 3.1 (UK)

1. "Stop!" (cold ending) – 3:03
2. "The Hardest Part" – 3:40
3. "Knocking on Your Door" – 2:57
4. "She Won't Be Home" – 3:28
5. "The Hardest Part" (12" version) – 5:06
6. "Knocking on Your Door" (12" version) – 3:59
7. "Stop!" (Mark Saunders remix) – 5:47
8. "Knocking on Your Door" (Mark Saunders remix) – 6:07
9. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" – 3:10

Note: Part of the CD single box set

Crackers International
EP by Erasure
Released	28 November 1988 (1988-11-28)
Recorded	1988
Studio	The Power Plant, London
Genre	Synth-pop hi-NRG [1] [2]
Length	24:55
Label	Mute Sire
Producer	Erasure
Erasure chronology
The Innocents (1988) Crackers International (1988) Wild! (1989)
Erasure singles chronology
"A Little Respect" (1988) "Stop!" (1988) "Drama!" (1989)

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Crackers International Chart (1989) Peak position Argentina (CAPIF) [8] 1 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [9] 16 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [10] 36 Brazil (Nopem/ABPD) [11] 5 Bolivia [12] 10 Colombia [13] 5 Denmark (Tracklisten) [14] 1 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles) [15] 3 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [16] 21 Ireland (IRMA) [17] 2 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade) [18] 13 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [19] 49 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [20] 40 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [21] 15 UK Singles (OCC) [22] 2 US Billboard 200 [23] 73 West Germany (GfK) [24] 18

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Crackers International Chart (1988) Position UK Singles (OCC) [25] 24 Chart (1989) Position Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles) [26] 91 UK Singles (OCC) [27] 60 West Germany (Media Control) [28] 96

Personnel

• Erasure – producers
• Cameron Jenkins – assistant engineer
• Phil Legg – mixing
• Jock Loveband – assistant engineer
• Alan Moulder – engineer
• Mark Saunders – remixing, mixing

Remixers

Mark Saunders

1. "Stop!" (Mark Saunders remix) – 5:47
2. "Knocking on Your Door" (12" version) – 3:59
3. "Knocking on Your Door" (Mark Saunders remix) – 6:07

Mark Saunders and Phil Legg

1. "Stop!" (cold ending) – 3:03
2. "Stop!" (fade ending) – 2:55

Phil Legg

1. "She Won't Be Home" – 3:28
2. "The Hardest Part" (12" version) – 5:07

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