Problem Child (The Damned song)

Song by The Damned

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"Problem Child"

Single by The Damned

from the album Music for Pleasure

B-side

"You Take My Money"

Released

30 September 1977

Recorded

Britannia Row Studios, Islington, August 1977

Genre

Punk rock

Length

2:15

Stiff
BUY 18

Scabies, James

The Damned singles chronology

"Stretcher Case Baby"
(1977)

"Problem Child"
(1977)

"Don't Cry Wolf"
(1977)

"Problem Child" is a single by English punk rock band the Damned, released on 30 September 1977 by Stiff Records as a preview for the band's second studio album, Music for Pleasure. The tracks were produced by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, and were the first to be released featuring new member Lu Edmunds. The single again failed to chart in the official UK Top 75, though it did reach No. 27 on the NME chart, which used a different sample of record shops.

The single was reissued in Stiff's Damned 4 Pack mail-order set. A CD version was issued in the Stiff Singles 1976-1977 box set by Castle Music in 2003.

The single was also issued in Germany.

Track listing

"Problem Child" (Scabies, James) - 2:15
"You Take My Money" (James) - 2:00

Production credits

Producers:
- Nick Mason
Musicians:
- Dave Vanian − vocals
- Brian James − guitar
- Captain Sensible − bass
- Rat Scabies − drums
- Lu Edmunds − guitar

References

"Music Week" (PDF). p. 102.
Tyler, Kieron (2017). Smashing It Up: A Decade of Chaos With The Damned. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1785581908.
Jokinen, Jenna (2014-05-16). We're Punk Rockers, Brick Chuckers, Finger Fuckers": Masculinities in John King's Human Punk (PDF) (Thesis). University of Eastern Finland.
Robb, John (2023). "Feel the Pain: The Damned". The art of darkness. Manchester University Press. p. 159-174. doi:10.7765/9781526173225.00017.

External links

"Problem Child" at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e The Damned
Dave Vanian Captain Sensible Monty Oxymoron Rat Scabies Paul Gray Brian James Lu Edmonds Algy Ward Roman Jugg Bryn Merrick Moose Harris Patricia Morrison Stu West Henry Badowski Jon Moss Lemmy Gary Holton Garrie Dreadful Spike Smith Pinch William Granville-Taylor
Studio albums	Damned Damned Damned Music for Pleasure Machine Gun Etiquette The Black Album Strawberries Phantasmagoria Anything Not of This Earth Grave Disorder So, Who's Paranoid? Evil Spirits Darkadelic
Live albums	Live Shepperton 1980 Live at Newcastle The Captain's Birthday Party Not the Captain's Birthday Party? Final Damnation Ballroom Blitz – Live at the Lyceum Molten Lager Live at the 100 Club
Compilation albums	Light at the End of the Tunnel The Radio One Sessions Smash It Up: The Anthology 1976–1987 Black Is the Night: The Definitive Anthology
EPs	Friday 13th Testify The Rockfield Files
Singles	"New Rose" "Neat Neat Neat" "Stretcher Case Baby" "Problem Child" "Don't Cry Wolf" "Love Song" "Smash It Up" "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" "White Rabbit" "The History of the World (Part 1)" "There Ain't No Sanity Clause" "Wait for the Blackout" "Lovely Money" "Dozen Girls" "Lively Arts" "Generals" "Thanks for the Night" "Grimly Fiendish" "The Shadow of Love" "Is It a Dream?" "Eloise" "Anything" "Gigolo" "Alone Again Or" "In Dulce Decorum" "Fun Factory" "Prokofiev" "Shut It" "Little Miss Disaster" "Standing On the Edge of Tomorrow" "Devil in Disguise" "Look Left" "Procrastination"
Associated acts	Masters of the Backside London SS The Lords of the New Church Dave Vanian and the Phantom Chords Naz Nomad and the Nightmares
Related articles	Band members Discography "Nasty" The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead Stiff Records

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