I Don't Mind (Buzzcocks song)

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"I Don't Mind"
Single by Buzzcocks
from the album Another Music in a Different Kitchen
B-side "Autonomy"
Released14 April 1978 (UK)
Recorded Olympic Studios
Genre Punk rock
Length2:18
Label United Artists
Songwriter(s) Pete Shelley
Producer(s) Martin Rushent
Buzzcocks singles chronology
"What Do I Get?"
(1978)
"I Don't Mind"
(1978)
"Moving Away from the Pulse Beat"
(1978)

"I Don't Mind" is the third single by punk rock band Buzzcocks, released in 1978. It charted at number 55 in the UK Singles Chart. [1] Backed with "autonomy", both songs appear on the Buzzcocks' debut album, Another Music in a Different Kitchen .

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Track listing

  1. "I Don't Mind" (Pete Shelley) [2:18]
  2. "Autonomy" (Steve Diggle) [3:43]

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References

  1. "UK Official Charts: Buzzcocks". Official Charts Company. 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.