"(I’m) Stranded"
Single by The Saints
from the album (I'm) Stranded
Released	September 1976
Format	7" single
Recorded	Bruce Window Studios, Brisbane, Australia June 1976
Genre	Punk rock
Length	3:25
Label	Fatal Records (Australia) MA-7186 Power Exchange (UK) PX-242
Producer(s)	The Saints, Mark Moffat
The Saints singles chronology
	"(I’m) Stranded" (1976)	"Erotic Neurotic" (1977)

"(I’m) Stranded" is the first song released by pioneering Australian punk rock band The Saints. Issued in September 1976, it has been cited as "one of the iconic singles of the era",^[1] and pre-dated vinyl debuts by contemporary punk acts such as the Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, The Damned and The Clash.^[2] In 2001, it was voted among the Top 30 Australian Songs of all time by APRA.^[3] A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... {{Infobox_band | band_name = The Saints | image = | years_active = 1974–present | origin = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | status = On tour, promoting their new album Imperious Delirium music_genre = Punk Alternative rock | record_label = Harvest Records Sire Mushroom Records | current_members = Chris Bailey Caspar Wijnberg Peter Wilkinson<br The Saints are an influential Australian punk band, formed in Brisbane... First album by Australian rock group The Saints. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and is the third largest city in Australia, with a metropolitan population of 1. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... {{Infobox_band | band_name = The Saints | image = | years_active = 1974–present | origin = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | status = On tour, promoting their new album Imperious Delirium music_genre = Punk Alternative rock | record_label = Harvest Records Sire Mushroom Records | current_members = Chris Bailey Caspar Wijnberg Peter Wilkinson<br The Saints are an influential Australian punk band, formed in Brisbane... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... {{Infobox_band | band_name = The Saints | image = | years_active = 1974–present | origin = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | status = On tour, promoting their new album Imperious Delirium music_genre = Punk Alternative rock | record_label = Harvest Records Sire Mushroom Records | current_members = Chris Bailey Caspar Wijnberg Peter Wilkinson<br The Saints are an influential Australian punk band, formed in Brisbane... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour (1967) as a 33 â…“ LP vinyl record A gramophone record (also phonograph record, or simply record) is an analogue sound recording medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove starting near the periphery and ending near the center of the disc. ... The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ... Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Manchester in 1975[1] They are commonly regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent label movement and punk rock/post punk in general. ... The Damned are a punk rock/gothic rock band formed in London, England in 1976. ... The Clash were an English rock band active from 1976 to 1986. ... APRA could refer to the: American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, a Peruvian political party Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Australasian Performing Rights Association This is a disambiguation page &#8212; a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Written by guitarist Ed Kuepper and vocalist Chris Bailey, the track was originally released on the band's own Fatal Records label, with an initial pressing of 500 copies. In the UK, where the single was available at the time only on import, Sounds magazine called it "Single of this and every week", continuing: "The singing's flat and disinterested, the guitars are on full stun. There's no such thing as a middle eight. It's fabulous."^[4] Ed Kuepper is an Australian guitarist, singer and songwriter. ... Sounds was a British music magazine, published weekly from October 10, 1970 – April 6, 1991. ...

On the strength of the single, The Saints were signed in November 1976 to a three-album deal by EMI in the UK,^[2] the first of which was also called (I'm) Stranded. As well as featuring on their debut album, both "(I’m) Stranded" and single's B-side, "No Time", appeared on a split EP with Stanley Frank in 1977. The EMI Group is a music company comprising the major record label, EMI Music, based in Brook Green in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based on Charing Cross Road, London. ... First album by Australian rock group The Saints. ... Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single, but are too short to qualify as albums. ...

Track listing

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1. "(I’m) Stranded" – 3:25
2. "No Time" – 2:45

Personnel

• Chris Bailey – vocals
• Ed Kuepper – guitar
• Kym Bradshaw – bass
• Ivor Hay – drums

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Notes

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External links

• All Music Guide review