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. Arranged, and primarily written by

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, it was released on on the GTO record label in the United Kingdom, and the

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record label (number 36873) in the United States. It was produced by lead singer Johnnie Wilder, Jr. and James Guthrie. It made number 71 on the ''

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'' LP and Tapes chart, dated 17 January 1980. It was the last Heatwave album to be released on the GTO record label before it was wrapped up in late 1981. It was also the only Heatwave album to feature James Dean "J.D." Nicholas, he left the band after the album's release in 1980 to replace

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as a lead singer of the

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in 1984. The album was remastered and reissued on

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(CD) with bonus tracks in 2010 by Big Break Records (CDBBR 0024).

Track listing

Personnel

;Heatwave *

– writer / composer, rhythm track arrangements, vocal arrangements * Johnnie Wilder, Jr. – lead and backing vocals *Keith Wilder – lead vocals *J.D. Nicholas – lead and backing vocals *William L. Jones – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals *Calvin Duke – keyboards *Derek Bramble – bass *Ernest "Bilbo" Berger – drums

Charts

Singles

References

External links

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