| Wow |  |
| Wow | |
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• | Country: UK |
| • | Label/Number: EMI 2911 | |
| • | Release date: March 9, 1979 | |
| • | Chronology: Kate's 4th UK single; the 2nd from Lionheart. | |
| • | Highest chart position: 14 | |
| • | Cover photo by Gered Mankowitz (a monochrome crop of the "Kate in a box" image used on the US Kick Inside LP/CD sleeve) | |
| • | Wow Lyrics | |
| • | What it's about: Despite all the problems, the music business (and show business in general) are still wonderful. | |
| • | Running time: 3:41 | |
| • | Fullhouse Lyrics | |
| • | What it's about: An autobiographical song in which Kate talks about how hard it is to cope with feelings of paranoia, stress and anger. | |
| • | Running time: 3:13 | |
| • | Etc: First pressings have round EMI logos and angled thumb notches on the rear sleeve, plus "Thank you Emily" etched into the dead wax on side A (a nod to Emily Bronte). For additional information on first pressings vs. reissues, look here. Scan courtesy of Pertti. | |
| • | Etc2: The single is an edited version of Wow, although it's not labeled as such. On this and all other European Wow singles, the first :12 of synthesizer chords have been cut off. (Brazil and Canada used the full-length LP version.) | |
| • | Etc3: Kate says Wow is her attempt at writing a "spacey" Pink Floyd song -- but not surprisingly, no one recognized it as such! |
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