Don't Blow Your Top (song)

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"Don't Blow Your Top"
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Single by KMFDM
Released1989
Recorded1988
Genre Industrial
Length15:28
Label Wax Trax! Records
Songwriter(s) En Esch, Sascha Konietzko, Raymond Watts
Producer(s) Sascha Konietzko
KMFDM singles chronology
"Kickin' Ass"
(1987)
"Don't Blow Your Top"
(1989)
"More & Faster"
(1989)

"Don't Blow Your Top" is a KMFDM song from the album of the same name. It was originally released as a 12" single in 1988. In 2008, KMFDM Records re-released it as a 7" vinyl single, limited to 250 copies. It was also included on the singles compilation album, Extra, Vol. 1 .

Contents

Track listing

1988 release

No.TitleLength
1."Don't Blow Your Top"5:00
2."Disgust"4:38
3."Conillon"5:50
Total length:15:28

2008 7" reissue

No.TitleLength
1."Don't Blow Your Top (12' Mix)"5:00
2."Disgust (12' Mix)"4:38
Total length:9:38


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