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unusual facts about B side



Airbag / How Am I Driving?

"Meeting in the Aisle" made its live debut in 2012 on The King of Limbs tour alongside other B sides like The Amazing Sounds of Orgy from Radiohead's back catalogue that had not previously been performed in concert.

Eddie Rambeau

Just minutes before he was about to debut the latter song on American Bandstand, he was informed by deejay Dick Biondi that, due to a potential conflict of interest, he would have to perform the B side of the record instead.


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...Saturday Night, 'Round Ten

A recording of "The Cream And The Crock" from the same gigs was released as a B-side to the Internet-only single "Who Put the Devil in You".

'Nuff Said!

“Do What You Gotta Do", written by Jimmy Webb, is a studio recording, also issued as the B-side to “Ain't Got No, I Got Life”.

Back for Another Taste

"Good To The Last Drop" (Cassette single release only: B-side track "S.E.X. Rated" remains unreleased on CD to date in this version, as it is a different recording than that on the Helix B-Sides CD.

Beat Dis – The Very Best of Bomb the Bass

The album included singles and album tracks from Into the Dragon, the single 'Winter in July' and the Bomb the Bass megamix which was previously available as a b-side to 'Say a Little Prayer'.

Bobby Willis

His first known recorded composition, "Shy of Love" was featured on the B-side of "Love of the Loved", the debut release of Cilla Black in September 1963.

Clifford T. Ward

It was during this time abroad that Ward wrote "Home Thoughts from Abroad" (a song that would later appear on his second solo album and also as the B-side of "Gaye").

Dead by X-Mas

The single was released before the band's second album Oriental Beat but neither the A- or B-side were featured on album until the band's third album, Self Destruction Blues.

Dive into Yourself

"Dive into Yourself" was used as an advertisement theme for the PlayStation 2 game Sengoku Basara 2 and Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes, while the B-side "Flying Music" was used as the theme song for Harmony with the Earth ID.

Dog of Two Head

The b-side to this single was Rossi and Parfitt's "Lakky Lady", taken from the band's previous album Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon.

Girl Don't Come

"Girl Don't Come" has also been recorded by Debby Boone, Cher, Ronnie Dyson (as the B-side to "(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?"), and Eddie Rambeau.

Give U My Heart

It can be found on two of Braxton's greatest hits albums, 2003's Ultimate Toni Braxton and 2007's The Essential Toni Braxton, and as a B-side on some editions of her 1993 single "Another Sad Love Song".

Good Time Music

The B-side was "Sad Little Girl", a song written by guitarist Ron Elliott from the band's second album The Beau Brummels, Volume 2.

Here Come the Nice

The single's B-side "Talk To You" is a more straightforward punchy R&B song; the song's subject matter is said to be about Marriott's romantic relationship with Chrissie, super model Jean Shrimpton's younger sister.

I Got the Fire

Although it had first been released as the B-side of Sanctuary as a live recording at the Marquee in 1980.

I treni di Tozeur

The B-side of the single, the instrumental "Le Biciclette Di Forlì" (translated: "The bicycles from Forlì"), is a reference to Alice's birthplace, the Italian small town Forlì.

I'm in Love with a German Film Star

The American rock band Foo Fighters covered "I'm in Love with a German Film Star" as the B-side to their 2005 single "Best of You".

I've Got a Feeling

Serbian new wave band Električni orgazam released a cover version of the song as a B-side of their first single "Konobar".

King Stitt

A vocal duet version with Bruno Blum was issued on the B-side of the "Human Race" single.

Kiss with a Fist

The B-side to "Kiss with a Fist" is a cover version of the Cold War Kids song "Hospital Beds".

Let's Just Be

The album version of "Diamond Ring" is featured as the B-side to the UK single of "Enough to Get Away," released August 27, 2007.

Lifehouse Elements

"I Don't Even Know Myself" was the B-side of the "Won't Get Fooled Again" single.

Lifter Puller

In 2002, the compilation Soft Rock was released, featuring nearly every song in the Lifter Puller catalogue, excluding their final album, Fiestas and Fiascos, and the songs "Prescription Sunglasses", "Emperor", "Slips Backwards," and "Bitchy Christmas," as well as the original version of "Nassau Colisseum," the b-side to the "Slips Backwards" single.

Little 15

The 12" B-side also contains a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata #14.

Little Miss Disaster

The B-side, a live version of "Anti-Pope", was taken from the DVD MGE25, recorded live at Manchester Academy on 4 December 2004 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their album Machine Gun Etiquette.

Matthew Maynard

Maynard was mentioned in the Manic Street Preachers' "Mr. Carbohydrate", the B-side of A Design For Life, with the lyric, "Have you heard of Matthew Maynard/He's my favourite cricketer/I would rather watch him play than pick up my guitar".

Maybe the Last Time

It was released as the B-side of "Out of Sight" and was also included on the Out of Sight album.

McGear

In 1992, McGear was re-released by See For Miles Records in the U.K. with two bonus tracks, "Dance The Do" and "Sweet Baby," which had been the B-side of "Leave It." The liner notes quote McGear as saying that "Sweet Baby" had originally been named "All My Lovin'" but "some other group had already done one with that name."

Men's Needs

The acoustic version of 'I've Tried Everything', the seven inch vinyl two b-side, came from a Board of Trade Building session in Portland, Oregon, with Joe Plummer providing additional percussion duties.

Mollie's Song

CD 2 included the b-side only track "Call Me", and both CD1 and CD2 included as a b-side the traditional lullaby Hush Little Baby, which was recorded for an episode of the BBC TV programme Challenge Anneka, aired September 23, 1992, in which Anneka Rice organized the release of an album (titled Tommy's Tape), whose royalties would be donated to Tommy's Campaign, for research into premature births at the Children's Intensive Care Unit in St Thomas' Hospital in London.

My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue

My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue is the first EP by American rock band Fall Out Boy.

My Lovely Horse

The song, which lasts 1:23, was released on CD as a B-side to The Divine Comedy's 1999 single "Gin Soaked Boy".

Night Fever

Texan punk rock band The Dicks covered this song on the B-side of their 1980 debut single "Hate the Police" under the title "All Night Fever".

On the Ning Nang Nong

It is also remembered for a song sequence on the Australian version of Play School, featured on the albums There's A Bear In There and Play School Favourites, and on the 'B' side of Milligan's own "Badjelly the Witch".

On wit da Show

The original version of the song was released in 1996 as a B-side of "Naughty Dread".

Only One Road

The single's B-side contained "Calling You" which was released as a single in France, instead of "Only One Road."

Our Label Records

For the first release funk legends The New Mastersounds from Leeds, England were approached and DJ Gu produced and co-wrote an A and B side called Give Me A Minute.

Our Shadows Will Remain

The CD featured an unreleased live version of "Even Tho" as the B-side, while the 10" vinyl single was pressed on dark-green vinyl and featured a remix of "Even Tho" by Dan the Automator. To coincide with Joseph's February 2006 tour across the United Kingdom, "Devil's Broom" was issued as the third single. B-sides included the exclusive non-album track "Papa" as well as a live cover of The Smiths' "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out.

Panic Zone

This track was also the B-side of a split single release with Eazy-E's Boyz-n-the-Hood, which was released in 1989, following the commercial success of Eazy-E's solo debut Eazy-Duz-It and the group's first album proper, Straight Outta Compton, on which a remix of "Dope Man" was included.

Sailing on the Seven Seas

The song pays homage to two rock groups: firstly to The Velvet Underground, with the song "Sister Ray" being directly referenced (OMD had previously covered "I'm Waiting for the Man" as a B-side to 1980 single "Messages"); and secondly to The Who, with the line "people try to drag us down" being near-identical in melody and lyrical content to the opening line of "My Generation".

Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy

Also in 1992, Travis Tritt covered both the single and its B-side for his Christmas album A Travis Tritt Christmas: Loving Time of the Year.

Secret Ambition

Secret Ambition was the first opening theme for the anime Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS and the B-side, "Heart-Shaped Chant" was the theme song for PS2 game Shining Wind).

Sleazy Bed Track

The single contains the b-side "Blue", a cover version of the 1980s Rain Parade song.

Stan Stammers

During their two year existence Theatre of Hate released a number of singles and albums, most notably "Legion" the b-side to the first single "Original Sin", the Westworld album which was produced by Mick Jones of The Clash, and the "Westworld" single which went into no. 40 of the UK charts, qualifying the band for an appearance on Top of the Pops.

Tajomstvo hier

However, the song was initially released as B-side of Gombitová's solo single "Svet stromov" in 1980, in addition also on the Modus fourth set Záhradná kaviareň (1983).

That's When Your Heartaches Begin

On the A-side, he recorded "My Happiness", later made famous by Connie Francis in 1958, while he recorded "That's When Your Heartaches Begin" for the B-side.

The Story of Simon Simopath

"Pentecost Hotel" was released as a single with the non-album B-side, "Feelin' Shattered'." "Wings of Love" was the next single, also with a non-album B-side, "Requiem to John Coltrane." "Girl in the Park," from the second album All of Us featured the B-side, "C Side In Ocho Rios," which is an instrumental version of "In the Courtyard of the Stars."

There Goes the Fear

The B-side "Hit the Ground Running" is an adaptation of "Werewolves of London," written by Warren Zevon, Leroy Marinell, and Robert "Waddy" Wachtel.

Wages Day

The main B-side is "Take Me to the Place", which is musically based on the hymn "Abide with Me" and the traditional melody "Eventide".

Your Love Amazes Me

Andy Childs also recorded it on his 1993 self-titled album and released it as the B-side to his 1993 single "Broken."

Zee and Co.

The theme song, Going in Circles, was covered by Three Dog Night on their album Seven Separate Fools (1972), as well as being the b-side to the single The Family of Man from the previous album, Harmony (1971).