Joy's Address

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"Joy's Address"
Float Up CP - Joy's Address.jpg
Single by Float Up CP
from the album Kill Me in the Morning
B-side "Desert Heart"
Released1984 (1984)
Genre Post-punk
Length3:39
Label Rough Trade
Songwriter(s) Gareth Sager
Producer(s) Sean Oliver, Gareth Sager
Rip Rig + Panic singles chronology
"You're My Kind of Climate"
(1982)
"Joy's Address"
(1984)

"Joy's Address" is a song by the English post-punk band Float Up CP. It is the only single released in support of their 1985 album Kill Me in the Morning .

Contents

Formats and track listing

All songs written by Gareth Sager.

UK 7" single (RT 150)
  1. "Joy's Address" – 3:39
  2. "Desert Heart" – 2:52
UK 12" single (RTT 150)
  1. "Joy's Address" – 5:29
  2. "Desert Heart" – 2:52

Accolades

YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank
1984 Rockerilla Italy Singles of the Year [1] 18

Personnel

Adapted from the Joy's Address liner notes. [2]

Charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
UK Indie Chart [3] 16

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom1984 Rough Trade 7", 12" RT 150

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References

  1. "Rockerilla End of Year Lists 1984: Singles". Rockerilla . Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  2. Joy's Address (sleeve). Rip Rig + Panic. London, United Kingdom: Rough Trade Records. 1984.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)