In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song (the one that the record producer hopes will receive radio airplay and become a "hit"), while the B-side, or "flipside," is secondary (often a song that does not appear on a band's LP). The Craptacular B-Sides is a three issue limited series published by Marvel Comics in 2002. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ...

History

The earliest 10-inch, 78 rpm, shellac records were single sided. Double sided recordings, with one song on each side, were first introduced in Europe by Columbia Records and by the early 1920s they had become the norm in both Europe and the USA. There were no Record charts until the 1930s; A-sides and B-sides existed, but neither side was considered more important, and for the most part, radio stations would play the song on either side of the record. The "side" did not convey anything about the content of the record. Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, r/min, or min-1) is a unit of frequency, commonly used to measure rotational speed, in particular in the case of rotation around a fixed axis. ... Look up shellac in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ...

In 1948, Columbia Records introduced the ten- and twelve-inch long-playing vinyl record for commercial sales, and its rival RCA-Victor responded the next year with the seven-inch 45 rpm vinyl record, which would come to replace the 78 as the home of the single. The term "single" came into popular use with the advent of vinyl records in the early 1950s. At first, most record labels would randomly assign which song would be an A-side and which would be a B-side. (All phonograph records have specific identifiers for each side in addition to the catalog number for the record itself; the "A" side would typically be assigned a sequentially lower number.) Because of this random assignation, many artists had so-called "double-sided hits", where both songs on a record made one of the national sales charts (in Billboard, Cashbox, or other magazines), or would be featured on jukeboxes in public places. Long Playing (LP), either 10 or 12-inch diameter, 33 rpm (actually 33â…“) vinyl gramophone records, first introduced in 1948, were the primary release format for recorded music for about 30 years, from the late 1950s until CDs effectively replaced them in the late 1980s. ... Chemical structure of the vinyl functional group. ... RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... Cash Box magazine was a weekly publication devoted to the music and coin-operated machine industry. ... A Zodiac jukebox A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that can play specially selected songs from self-contained media. ...

As time wore on, however, the convention for assigning songs to sides of the record changed. Very early into the decade, the song on the A-side was the song that the record company wanted radio stations to play, as 45 records or '45s' dominated the market in terms of cash sales. It was not until 1968, for instance, that the total production of albums on a unit basis finally surpassed that of singles in the United Kingdom.^[1] By the early 1990s, double-sided hits had become rare. Album sales had increased, and B-sides had become the side of the record where non-album, non-radio-friendly, instrumental versions or simply inferior recordings were placed. Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

With the advent of cassette and compact disc singles in the late 1980s, the A-side/B-side differentiation became much less meaningful. At first, cassette singles would often have one song on each side of the cassette, matching the arrangement of vinyl records, but eventually, cassette maxi-singles, containing more than two songs, became more popular. With the decline of cassette singles in the 1990s, the A-side/B-side dichotomy became virtually extinct, as the remaining dominant medium, the compact disc, lacked an equivalent physical distinction. However, the term "B-side" is still used to refer to the "bonus" tracks or "coupling" tracks on a CD single. Typical 60-minute Compact Cassette. ... A Compact Disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks (generally an a-side song and a b-side song). ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

With the advent of legal methods of downloading music via the Internet, sales of CD singles and other physical media have declined, and the term "B-side" is now less commonly used. Songs that were not part of an artist's collection of albums are made available through the same downloadable catalogs as tracks from their albums, and are usually referred to as "unreleased," "non-album," "rare," or "exclusive" tracks, the latter in the case of a song being available solely from a certain provider of music.

Some record labels used the terms "Side 1" and "Side 2" for singles, instead of A-side and B-side. A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ...

Modern usage

Now that generally music singles are published on CD format, or digital download, a B-side is a term simply to refer to a song that is not seen on any LP, or EP.

See also Bonus track. In terms of recorded music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an album. ...

Significance

B-side songs are released on the same record as a single to provide extra "value for money". There are several types of material commonly released in this way: A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ...

• a different version (e.g., instrumental, a cappella, live, acoustic, remixed version or in another language/text) of the A-side
• another song from the same album, which the record company does not want to release on its own
• a song not considered good enough for the album
• a song that was stylistically unsuitable for the album
• a song that had not yet been completed at the time of the album's release

As well, it was common in the 1960s and 1970s for longer songs by soul, funk or R&B acts to be broken into two parts for single release. Examples of this include the Isley Brothers "Shout" (Parts 1 and 2), and a number of records by James Brown, including (amongst many others) "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" (Parts 1 & 2); "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (Parts 1 & 2); and "Mother Popcorn" (Parts 1 & 2). "Part 1" would be the chart hit, while "Part 2" would be a continuation of the same recording. A major example of a non-soul hit with parts 1 & 2 was the single release of Don McLean's "American Pie". A cappella music is vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. ... A recorded live track is a song or audio sequence recorded from live performances (e. ... An acoustic instrument is an musical instrument which does not produce sound using electronics, as does an electronic musical instrument. ... A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... The Isley Brothers are an American pop, R&B, funk and soul group who began their musical career in Cincinnati in the early 1950s. ... James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933[2] – December 25, 2006), commonly referred to as The Godfather of Soul and The Hardest Working Man in Show Business, was an American entertainer recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music. ... Papas Got a Brand New Bag is a 1965 recording by James Brown. ... Say It Loud - Im Black and Im Proud is a 1968 recording by James Brown. ... Mother Popcorn (sometimes subtitled (You Got to Have a Mother for Me)) is a song recorded by James Brown and released as a two-part single in 1969. ... Don McLean (born October 2, 1945 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American singer-songwriter. ... American Pie is an eight-and-a-half minute long classic rock song by singer-songwriter Don McLean, about the day the music died. Recorded in 1971 and released that year on the album of the same name, it was a number-one U.S. hit in 1972. ...

With the advent of the 12" single in the late 1970s, the Part 1/Part 2 method of recording was largely abandoned.

Since both sides of a single received equal royalties, some composers deliberately arranged for their songs to be used as the B-sides of singles by popular artists, thereby making a fortune literally off the back of the A-side. This became known as the "flipside racket". This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

On a few occasions, the B-side became the more popular song. This was usually because a DJ preferred the B-side to its A-side and played it instead. Then the B-side would in a sense become the A-side, by virtue of being the preferred side. Examples: For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ...

• ABBA: "Eagle" / "Thank You for the Music"
• Jimmy Dean: "I Won't Go Huntin' With You Jake" / "Big Bad John"
• The Who: "Dogs" / "Call me Lightning"
• Deee-Lite: "What Is Love?" / "Groove Is in the Heart"
• Frankie Ford: "Roberta" / "Sea Cruise"
• Gloria Gaynor: "Substitute" / "I Will Survive"
• Bob Lind: "Cheryl's Goin' Home" / "Elusive Butterfly"
• Madonna: "Angel" / "Into the Groove"
• Paul McCartney: "Coming Up"/"Coming Up (Live in Glasgow)" (the live version, with his group Wings, replaced the A-side version in the US, eventually making it to Number 1)
• Nelly: "Flap Ya Wings" / "My Place"
• Pink Floyd: "Point Me at the Sky" / "Careful with That Axe, Eugene"
• Righteous Brothers: "Stuck on You" / "Unchained Melody" (that the cover of "Unchained Melody", an already widely recorded 1950s hit, enjoyed more airplay and popularity than the A-side when it had only originally been intended as something of a throwaway B-side greatly angered producer Phil Spector)
• Rod Stewart: "Reason to Believe" / "Maggie May"
• The Stone Roses: "What the World Is Waiting For" / "Fools Gold"
• Gene Vincent: "Woman Love" / "Be-Bop-A-Lula"
• the Five Satins: "The Jones Girl" / "In the Still Of the Nite"
• Bobbie Gentry: "Mississippi Delta" / "Ode To Billie Joe"
• U2: "A Celebration" / "Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl" (also known as "Party Girl")

Even more rarely, both sides of the single would become hits. This feat was done repeatedly by some artists. Examples: ABBA was a Swedish pop music group active from 1972 until 1982. ... The song Eagle was recorded in 1977 by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was the first track on the groups fifth album, simply titled The Album, and the longest track the group ever recorded (at 5:51, one second longer than The Day Before You Came at 5:50). ... Thank You for the Music was the twenty-fifth and apparently final hit for ABBA when released in November 1983. ... Jimmy Dean (b. ... Big Bad John is a country song originally performed by Jimmy Dean (who would later become a sausage entrepreneur) and composed by Dean and Roy Acuff. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Deee-Lite was a house- and dance music group formed in New York City. ... Groove Is In the Heart (1990) is one of the earliest and most famous songs by the American dance music band Deee-Lite. ... Frankie Ford (born date?) is a rock & roll and rhythm & blues singer. ... Sea Cruise is a song written by Huey Smith. ... Gloria Gaynor (born Gloria Fowles September 7, 1949) is an American singer, best-known for the disco era hits I Will Survive (Hot 100 #1, 1979), Never Can Say Goodbye (Hot 100 #9, 1974), and I Am What I Am (Hot 100 #82, 1983). ... I Will Survive is a song first performed by Gloria Gaynor, released in 1978. ... Bob Lind (born Robert Neale Lind, in Baltimore, Ohio, 25 November 1942) was a folk music singer/songwriter in the 1960s, who released one transatlantic chart hit single. ... Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16, 1958), better known as simply Madonna, is a six-time Grammy[1] and one-time Golden Globe award winning American pop singer, songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author and fashion icon. ... Angel is the third single from American singer Madonna released from her 1984 album, Like a Virgin. ... Into The Groove is a hit single recorded by Madonna, written by her and Stephen Bray, and released in 1985 (on the B-side of the Angel 12 maxi-single in the USA - as an A-side on the rest of the world) . It appeared in the movie Desperately Seeking... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award– and Grammy Award–winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... Coming Up was the punchy lead-off track from Paul McCartneys McCartney II album, released in 1980. ... Cornell Haynes Jr. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their avant-garde progressive rock music. ... Point Me At The Sky is a single by the British band Pink Floyd. ... Careful With That Axe, Eugene is a Pink Floyd song. ... The Righteous Brothers were the musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. ... Unchained Melody is one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions. ... Harvey Philip Spector (born December 26, 1939) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. ... Roderick David Stewart, CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a Scottish / English singer born and raised in London. ... Reason to Believe is a song written and first recorded by American folk singer Tim Hardin in 1965, which has since been recorded by a number of other artists including Rod Stewart, The Carpenters, Wilson Phillips, Vonda Shepard, Denny Laine and The Jayhawks. ... This article is about the Rod Stewart song. ... The Stone Roses were an influential English rock band from Manchester formed in 1984. ... Fools Gold/What The World Is Waiting For is a non-album double A-side by The Stone Roses. ... Gene Vincent, real name Vincent Eugene Craddock, (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971) was an American rockabilly pioneer musician, best known for his hit Be-Bop-A-Lula. // His parents, Ezekiah Jackson and Mary Louise Craddock, were shop owners in Norfolk, Virginia. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The Five Satins are an American doo wop group, best known for their song In the Still of the Nite. The group, formed in New Haven, Connecticut, consisted of leader Fred Parris, Lou Peebles, Stanley Dortch, Ed Martin and Jim Freeman in 1954. ... Bobbie Gentry (b. ... U2 are a rock band from Dublin, Ireland. ... A Celebration was a non-album single released by U2 between the October and War albums. ...

• Queen: "We Are the Champions" / "We Will Rock You" (usually played by radio stations as one song)
• Robbie Williams: Eternity/Road to Mandalay
• The Beatles: "Penny Lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever"^{[citation needed]}
• Boney M: "Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring"
• Cream: "Strange Brew" / "Tales of Brave Ulysses"
• Carole King: "It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move"
• Fats Domino: "I Wanna Walk You Home" / "Walking to New Orleans" (No fewer than 22 Domino singles had charting A-sides and B-sides, a total of 44 songs)
• Elvis Presley: "Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog"
• Kiss: "Detroit Rock City" / "Beth"^{[citation needed]}
• Paula Abdul: "Straight Up" / "Cold Hearted"
• Daddy Cool: "Eagle Rock" / "Bom Bom"
• Deftones: "Pink Maggit" / "Back to School (Mini Maggit)"
• Pearl Jam: "Jeremy"/"Yellow Ledbetter"

The song "How Soon Is Now?" by The Smiths started out as the extra track on the 12" of "William, It Was Really Nothing" but later gained a separate release as an A-side in its own right, as did Oasis's "Acquiesce", which originally appeared as a B-side to "Some Might Say" in 1995, but gained subsequent release in 2006 as part of an EP to promote their forthcoming best-of album, Stop the Clocks. Feeder in 2001 and 2005 had the B-sides "Just a Day" from "Seven Days In The Sun", and "Shatter" from "Tumble and Fall" released as A-sides after fan petitions and official website and fansite message board hype, and both charted at #12 and #11 in the UK charts. Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by Brian May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, with John Deacon joining the following year. ... We Are The Champions is a power ballad written by Freddie Mercury, recorded and performed by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World. ... We Will Rock You is a song written by Brian May, and recorded and performed by Queen. ... Robbie Williams (born Robert Peter Williams on February 13, 1974) is a Grammy Award-nominated and fifteen time BRIT Award-winning English singer/songwriter. ... Eternity/ The Road To Mandalay is the fifth single from Robbie Williams 2000 Sing When Youre Winning album, released in 2001. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... Music sample Penny Lane ( file info) Problems? See media help. ... BRILLIANT SONG! Music sample Strawberry Fields Forever ( file info) Problems? See media help. ... Boney M was a Eurodance, pop, and disco group, comprising four West Indian singers and dancers and masterminded by West German record producer Frank Farian, and who were successful during the 1970s. ... Rivers of Babylon is a spiritual song penned by the late Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Melodians. ... Cream were a 1960s British rock band, which consisted of guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. ... Disraeli Gears is the second LP release by British blues-rock group Cream. ... Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. ... Antoine Dominique Fats Domino (born February 26, 1928) is a classic R&B and rock and roll singer, songwriter and pianist. ... Walking to New Orleans is a 1960 song by Bobby Charles, written for and recorded by Fats Domino. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ... Dont be Cruel is a song by Otis Blackwell, which was recorded by Elvis Presley in 1956. ... Hound Dog is a twelve-bar blues recorded in of two versions that demonstrate the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll. ... Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. ... Detroit Rock City is a song by the [[United States|American]rock group Kiss featured on their 1976 album, Destroyer. ... Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) is an American television personality, jewelry designer, multi-platinum selling singer, and Emmy Award-winning choreographer. ... Straight Up is an album by power pop band Badfinger, released on December 13, 1971. ... Cold Hearted was a single from Paula Abduls album Forever Your Girl. ... the original Daddy Cool lineup ca. ... Eagle Rock is a classic Australian song, performed by Daddy Cool in 1971. ... Deftones are a Grammy award-winning experimental alternative rock band from Sacramento, California. ... Back to School is a song composed by Deftones. ... Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. ... Jeremy is a song by Seattle grunge band Pearl Jam, from their debut album Ten. ... Yellow Ledbetter is a song by the grunge band Pearl Jam. ... How Soon Is Now? is one of the most popular songs by the British band The Smiths. ... The Smiths were an English rock group active from 1982 to 1987. ... William, It Was Really Nothing is a song by British band The Smiths. ... Oasis are an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1991. ... Acquiesce is a song by British rock group Oasis. ... Some Might Say is a song by British rock band Oasis, written by the bands lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. ... A greatest hits album (sometimes referred to as a best of album) is a compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular music artist or band. ... Stop the Clocks is a best-of album by British rock band Oasis, released in November 2006. ... Feeder are an award-winning British rock band, founded in Newport, South Wales in 1992. ...

The flip side of a single does not necessarily contain B-side material. A single containing two songs of normal quality is referred to as a "double A-side". The aforementioned Feeder single "Shatter" was double A-sided with "Tender", a track from their #2 album "Pushing the Senses". In rare occasions there are even triple A-side singles, such as "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" / "You'll Never Walk Alone" / "Saturday Night at the Movies", the 1996 triple A-side #1 UK single by Robson and Jerome. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Robson & Jerome was an English pop group, featuring TV actors Robson Green and Jerome Flynn, who were best known for their British TV series Soldier Soldier. Their debut single Unchained Melody stayed at No. ...

In reference to this convention, it has occasionally seemed a good joke to issue a "double B-side" single. Examples include "Styrafoam" / "Texas Chainsaw Massacre Boogie" by The Tyla Gang (1976) and "Resons To Be Miserable / "Marvin I Love You" by Marvin, the Paranoid Android in 1981. "Don't Cry Wolf" / "One Way Love" by The Damned was dubbed a "double D-side". Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the 1976 Gregorian calendar. ... In the BBC TV series, the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot [like Marvin] as Your plastic pal whos fun to be with. Marvin the Paranoid Android is a fictional character in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... The Damned are a punk rock and later gothic rock band formed in London, England in 1976. ...

On some reissued singles the A- and B-sides are by completely different artists, or two songs from different albums that would not normally have been released together. These were sometimes made for jukeboxes, as one record with two popular songs on it would make more money, or to promote an artist to the fans of another. A Zodiac jukebox A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that can play specially selected songs from self-contained media. ...

Other types of non-primary sound recording

B-sides are different from unreleased material, outtakes and demos. Unreleased material is work that usually isn't released to the general public. On rare occasions, particularly for reissues, these songs are in fact placed on albums, often with that description after it. In an extreme case, singer Moby's DVD titled "18 B-Sides and DVD" featured 21 of them. Moby (born Richard Melville Hall, September 11, 1965), is an American songwriter, musician and singer. ... DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...

Outtakes are songs recorded for an album but, either for technical or artistic purposes, not included in the released album. They occasionally appear on reissues of albums, billed as "bonus tracks". R.E.M.'s album Dead Letter Office, for example, is a collection of outtakes from previous albums that were later released as b-sides to various singles. This article is about the band. ... Dead Letter Office is a rarities and B-sides collection by R.E.M. and released in 1987 as their fifth official album. ...

Demos are early versions of songs which, like "unreleased material", seldom see the light of day. Demos of songs often have additional or alternative verses. Often more demos than full songs are recorded, as an artist goes back and retools what is already present. Singers Moby, Prince, and Billy Corgan of the group The Smashing Pumpkins are rumored to have large personal collections of demos. Moby (born Richard Melville Hall, September 11, 1965), is an American songwriter, musician and singer. ... Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... William Patrick Billy Corgan, Jr. ... The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. ...

On occasion, artists release albums of compiled B-sides and rare tracks, making it easier for fans to listen to new and unheard material from discontinued singles. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds's B-Sides & Rarities, Ice Cube's Bootlegs and B-Sides, Nirvana's Incesticide, The Smashing Pumpkins' Pisces Iscariot, Less Than Jake's B Is for B-sides (and indeed Losers, Kings and Things We Don't Understand) and Green Day's Shenanigans are examples, as are the "Switched-On" series of compilations by Stereolab. In 2004, Feeder released Picture Of Perfect Youth, a limited edition album which contained 36 b-sides across two CDs. Nicholas Edward Cave (born September 22, 1957) is a musician, songwriter, poet, author, and actor. ... B-Sides & Rarities was released in March 2005 by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. ... Nirvana was an American rock band that formed in Aberdeen, Washington. ... Incesticide is a compilation album of rare songs, b-sides and studio outtakes released by Nirvana on December 14, 1992 in Europe, and December 15, 1992 in the U.S. It was released through Geffen Records. ... The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. ... Pisces Iscariot is a compilation album of b-sides, demos, and outtakes released in 1994 by The Smashing Pumpkins through Virgin Records. ... Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida, originally formed in 1992 as a punk trio with heavy punk rock influences. ... B is for B-sides is a 12 track album by Less Than Jake. ... Losers, Kings and Things We Dont Understand is an album by Less Than Jake, released on No Idea Records in 1995. ... Green Day is an American rock band band comprising three core members: Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, lead vocals), Mike Dirnt (bass, backing vocals) and Tré Cool (drums). ... Shenanigans is a compilation album of Green Day, released in 2002. ... Stereolab are an English-based band whose style, mixing 1950s-1960s pop and lounge music with the motorik beat of krautrock, was one of the first to which the term post-rock was applied. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Feeder are an award-winning British rock band, founded in Newport, South Wales in 1992. ... Picture of Perfect Youth is a limited CD and vinyl collection of approximately half of Feeders B-sides, only available from the bands official website. ... A Compact Disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ...

Double A-side

A double A-side (AA) is a single which has two featured songs, rather than the traditional single with a featured song, the A-side, and an accompanying one on the flip of the record, the B-side. As with many other innovations in the industry, this practice was introduced by The Beatles in 1965 for their single released simultaneously with Rubber Soul, "Day Tripper" backed with (b/w) 'We Can Work It Out," as the band and their label, Parlophone Records, found both songs to be equally marketable, and decided not to relegate one to B-side status. In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... A day-tripper is a person who visits a tourist destination, tourist attraction, or visitor attraction from home and returns there on the same day - in other words this excursion does not involve a night away from home. ... We Can Work It Out is a song written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon and released by The Beatles as a double A-sided single with Day Tripper. The song is a classic instance of true Lennon-McCartney collaboration, its authors meeting more closely in a single song only... Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ...

Although some singles pre-dating the above mentioned record have also been designated double A-sides, such as Elvis Presley's 1956 "Don't Be Cruel" b/w "Hound Dog," this was done in retrospect because both sides became chart hits independently. In fact, "Hound Dog" was the B-side of the single as originally released. Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dont be Cruel is a song by Otis Blackwell, which was recorded by Elvis Presley in 1956. ... Hound Dog is a twelve-bar blues recorded in of two versions that demonstrate the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll. ...

Other examples of Double A-side singles:

• "Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl In The Ring" by Boney M (1978)
• "Helicon 1"/"Helicon 2", by Mogwai (1997)
• "Joy.Discovery.Invention"/"Toys, Toys, Toys, Choke, Toys, Toys, Toys", by Biffy Clyro (2002)
• "Dead Star/In Your World", by Muse (2002)
• "Heart Like a Wheel/Old Town", by The Corrs (2005)
• "Kids With Guns"/"El Mañana", by Gorillaz (2006)
• "Jealousy"/"Screwed", by Paris Hilton (2007)
• "Jonny Sniper"/"Acid Nation"/"Jonny Sniper/Acid Nation", by Enter Shikari (2007)

Rivers of Babylon is a spiritual song penned by the late Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Melodians. ... Boney M was a Eurodance, pop, and disco group, comprising four West Indian singers and dancers and masterminded by West German record producer Frank Farian, and who were successful during the 1970s. ... New Paths to Helicon, Pt. ... New Paths to Helicon, Pt. ... For the Swiss progressive house producer who releases under the name Moogwai, see Chab. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joy. ... Toys, Toys, Toys, Choke, Toys, Toys, Toys is a song by Biffy Clyro from their second album, The Vertigo of Bliss, and was the bands fourth single. ... Biffy Clyro is a Scottish alternative rock band from Ayr and Kilmarnock. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Dead Star and In Your World are songs released by the English rock band Muse from their compilation album, Hullabaloo. ... In Greek mythology, the Muses (Greek , Mousai: perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- think[1]) are a number of goddesses or spirits who embody the arts and inspire the creation process with their graces through remembered and improvised song and stage, writing, traditional music and dance. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Heart Like A Wheel/Old Town was a double A-sided single from The Corrs fifth studio album, Home, released in late 2005. ... The Corrs are a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated Celtic folk-rock and pop rock group from Dundalk, Republic of Ireland. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kids With Guns and El Mañana are songs from the Gorillaz second album, Demon Days. ... Kids With Guns and El Mañana are songs from the Gorillaz second album, Demon Days. ... Gorillaz is a virtual band created in 1999 by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Jealousy/Screwed is a double A-side single by Paris Hilton from her first studio album, Paris, released in Asia, on February 7, 2007 for promo only. ... Jealousy/Screwed is a double A-side single by Paris Hilton from her first studio album, Paris, released in Asia, on February 7, 2007 for promo only. ... Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American celebrity and socialite. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Enter Shikari are an English post-hardcore band, which makes heavy use of electronic sounds. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Joke B-Side

The 1988 single "Stutter Rap (No Sleep 'Til Bedtime)" by parody band Morris Minor and the Majors featured a song on the B-side entitled "Another Boring 'B'-side". The lyric describes how the band is in the studio simply to record three minutes of music to fill the B-side with as little effort as possible and then get back home. Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Stutter Rap (No Sleep Til Bedtime) is a song by Morris Minor and the Majors, led by Tony Hawks. ... In contemporary usage, a parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... Morris Minor and the Majors was a band led by the comedian and writer Tony Hawks (not to be confused with the skater Tony Hawk). ...

Similarly, parody band Bad News recorded a video b-side to the VHS version of their single Bohemian Rhapsody. The B-side Every Mistake Imaginable features the band discussing the fact that they have to record an extra three minutes of footage for the single to be chart eligible. Bad News are a spoof rock band, created for the Channel 4 television series The Comic Strip Presents. ... Bohemian Rhapsody is a song written by Freddie Mercury and originally recorded by the band Queen for their 1975 album A Night at the Opera. ...

The Fastest Group Alive's 1966 single "The Bears" was backed with a 35-second track called "Beside", whose lyric consisted of the repeated line "It's cotton picking time in the valley". 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

John Safran's 1997 single (Not The) Sunscreen Song featured two B-sides entitled Track Two and Track Three, both were simply Safran "saying" the titles of the respective song. This Australian media personality is not to be confused with the American author Jonathan Safran Foer. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Everybodys Jesus is a double B-Side released by Australian hip hop group Butterfingers. The CD single feature the songs Jesus I Was Evil and Everybody's Ugly, the latter which later appeared on the album The Deeper You Dig. Jesus I was Evil is a cover of the song with the same name by New Zealand artist Darcy Clay and is the bands first recorded cover. The song received considerable airplay on national broadcaster Triple J. Butterfingers is an Australian hip hop group, from Brisbane, Queensland. ... Darcy Clay Darcy Clay (real name Daniel Bolton) was a New Zealand singer/songwriter, who was made famous in 1997 for his minor hit, Jesus I Was Evil, in which he recorded all instruments in his bedroom on a 4-Track recorder. ... Triple J (JJJ) is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). ...

The Rakes used their CD format B-side to 22 Grand Job to have a go at Apple, this song was called iProblem (or one problem). They complained how their iPod wasn't working and naming the band he had on there (these included Babyshambles and Bloc Party). This was staged as a one-man phonecall to a help line. The Rakes are an English rock band from London. ... iPod (fifth generation) in Apple Universal Dock, iPod nano (second generation) and iPod shuffle (second generation) iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple and launched in 2001. ... This article is about the band Babyshambles. ... Bloc Party is an English indie rock band. ...

See also

• List of B-side compilations
• List of double A-side singles

This is a list of B-side collections. ... Double A-Sides include: All About You / Youve Got a Friend by McFly Bridge Over Troubled Water / This Is the Night by Clay Aiken We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper by The Beatles Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine by The Beatles Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever by The Beatles...

References

• MacDonald, Ian. Revolution in the Head - The Beatles' Records and the Sixties – ISBN 1-84413-828-3
• A History of the 45rpm record Martland, Peter. EMI: The First 100 Years – ISBN 0-7134-6207-8

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