Use It Up and Wear It Out

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"Use It Up And Wear It Out"
Single by Odyssey
from the album Hang Together
A-side "Don't Tell Me, Tell Her"
Released1980
Genre Disco
Length4:10
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
Odyssey singles chronology
"Don't Tell Me, Tell Her"
(1980)		"Use It Up And Wear It Out"
(1980)		"If You're Lookin' for a Way Out"
(1980)
Music video
"Use It Up and Wear It Out" on TopPop on YouTube

"Use It Up and Wear It Out" is a song by US-based dance and soul group Odyssey that was released as a single in 1980. It was originally released as the B-side of "Don't Tell Me, Tell Her". When it was rereleased as the A-side it would go on to spend twelve weeks on the UK Singles Chart, including two at No. 1, [1] but failed to have any commercial success in the United States.

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The song was written by Sandy Linzer and L. Russell Brown, [2] and produced by Linzer. It was the New York-based disco group's only UK No. 1 single, spending two weeks at the top of the charts from July 26 to August 8, 1980, [1] and was their most successful single on the UK Singles Chart. In their native United States, it failed to get into the Hot 100. [3] However along with the track "Don't Tell Me, Tell Her", "Use It Up and Wear It Out" went to number six on the US Billboard Disco Top 100 chart. [4]

The song was produced by Sandy Linzer and was arranged and conducted by Ray Chew. [5] The song was also released in 1980 as a 12" single. [6]

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [7] 5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [8] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [9] 2
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 1
West Germany (GfK) [11] 20

Pat and Mick version

A cover by the duo Pat and Mick, produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, reached No. 22 on the UK Singles Chart in 1990. [12] [13]

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [14] 36
UK Singles (OCC) [15] 22

Other versions

A version by Indigo appears on Queer as Folk 2: Same Men, New Tracks, the second soundtrack album for the UK version of Queer as Folk . [16]

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References

  1. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 383. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  2. ↑ James Christopher Monger. "The Best of the 80s - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  3. ↑ Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 206–7. ISBN   0-85112-250-7.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 193.
  5. ↑ "Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out" . Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "12" Single: Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out (1980)" . Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Odyssey – Use It Up And Wear It Out" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  8. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Odyssey" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  9. ↑ "Odyssey – Use It Up And Wear It Out" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  10. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  11. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Odyssey – Use It Up And Wear It Out" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  12. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 420. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  13. ↑ "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 55: We Should Be Dancing to Use It Up And Wear It Out on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  14. ↑ "Pat & Mick – Use It Up And Wear It Out" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  15. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  16. ↑ "Various - Queer As Folk 2 - Same Men. New Tracks. (CD, Album, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-17.


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