Spirit (Bauhaus song)

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"Spirit"
Bauhaus spirit.jpg
Single by Bauhaus
from the album The Sky's Gone Out
B-side "Terror Couple Kill Colonel (Live in Paris)"
ReleasedJuly 1982
Genre
Length5:28
Label Beggars Banquet
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Hugh Jones
Bauhaus singles chronology
"Satori in Paris"
(1982)
"Spirit"
(1982)
"Ziggy Stardust"
(1982)

"Spirit" is the seventh single released by British gothic rock band Bauhaus. It was released in 7" format by Beggars Banquet Records as a regular release with the band's distinctive logo on both sides (front black on white, back white on black) and as a picture disc in a clear vinyl pouch with white text printed on the reverse.

Contents

It peaked at No. 42 in the UK Singles Chart. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Spirit"
  2. "Terror Couple Kill Colonel (Live in Paris)"

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