Ticking Time Bomb

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"Ticking Time Bomb"
Tackhead - Ticking Time Bomb.jpg
Single by Tackhead
from the album Friendly as a Hand Grenade
B-side "Body to Burn"
ReleasedMarch 1989 (1989-03)
Genre Funk, industrial
Length4:23(album version)
2:50 (single version)
Label World
Songwriter(s) Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish
Producer(s) Tackhead
Tackhead singles chronology
"Reality"
(1988)		"Ticking Time Bomb"
(1989)
Music video
"Ticking Time Bomb"
on youtube.com

"Ticking Time Bomb" is a single by the industrial hip-hop group Tackhead, released in March 1989 on World Records. [1] [2]

Contents

Formats and track listing

All songs written by Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood and Doug Wimbish

UK 12" single (WR012)
  1. "Ticking Time Bomb" – 2:50
  2. "Ticking Time Bomb (dub version)" – 6:18
  3. "Body to Burn" – 3:09

Personnel

Charts

Charts (1989)Peak
position
UK Indie Chart [3] 7

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References

  1. ↑ "Discography: Reality". tackhead.com. 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-07-20. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  2. ↑ Parker, David (2001). "12" single: Tackhead (featuring Gary Clail) - 'Reality'". skysaw.org. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
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