Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth

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"Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth"
Sparks - Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth.jpg
Single by Sparks
from the album Propaganda
B-side "Alabamy Right"
Released1974
Recorded1974
Genre
Length
  • 2:28
  • 2:35 (re-recording)
Label Island
Songwriter(s) Ron Mael
Producer(s)
Sparks singles chronology
"Amateur Hour"
(1974)		"Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth"
(1974)		"Something for the Girl with Everything"
(1975)
Licensed audio
"Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" on YouTube

"Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" is a song by American rock band Sparks. The song was recorded by the band's mid-1970s glam line-up. It was released in late 1974 as the first single from the band's fourth studio album, Propaganda .

Contents

Plagiarism re-recording

In 1997, Sparks recorded a new version of the song with the record producer Tony Visconti. This introduced strings and a choir. The song concludes their 17th studio album Plagiarism where it segues from out of the previous track, "The Number One Song in Heaven".

Cover versions

English electronic band Depeche Mode recorded a cover version on a single-sided flexi disc which was sent to members of their official fan club for Christmas 1987. Martin Gore also recorded a cover version for his first solo extended play (EP), Counterfeit , in 1989. [1]

French musician Nicola Sirkis covered the song as the B-side to his 1992 single "Alice dans la Lune", from his sole solo studio album Dans La Lune. [2]

Johan Johansson created a Swedish version titled "Kärlek & Respekt Till Moder Jord" for his 1994 EP 10. [3]

Karen J. Walsha recorded a version for the Dutch tribute album Amateur Hour (A Global Tribute to Sparks) released in 1999. [4]

Scottish singer Billy Mackenzie of the Associates recorded a version which appeared on his posthumous solo studio album Transmission Impossible (2005). [5]

English singer-songwriter Paul Roland recorded a version which appeared on his studio album Strychnine (2005). [6]

Welsh singer Mary Hopkin recorded a version which appeared on her fourth studio album Valentine (2007). [7]

American singer-songwriter Neko Case has a version on her fifth studio album Middle Cyclone (2009). [8]

Track listing

  1. "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" – 2:28
  2. "Alabamy Right" – 2:11

Personnel

Sparks

Chart positions

ChartPeak
position
UK Singles Chart 13
German Singles Chart 40

References

  1. ↑ Gore, Martin. "Martin L.Gore Counterfeit". Martin L. Gore Counterfeit. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  2. ↑ Nicola Sirkis. "Dans la lune: Nicolas Sirkis: Amazon.fr: Musique". Amazon.fr. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  3. ↑ "johan johansson - kärlek och respekt till moder jord". YouTube. 2010-07-03. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  4. ↑ "Karen J. Walsha - Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth". YouTube. 2011-01-27. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  5. ↑ Billy Mackenzie. "Transmission Impossible by Billy Mackenzie: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  6. ↑ "Paul Roland Website". Paulroland.it. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  7. ↑ Mary Hopkin. "Valentine". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  8. ↑ "Middle Cyclone: Neko Case: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2016-10-09.


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