"Chop-Chop" is a song by English rock band

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and the second single from their studio album ''

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''. It was released by

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as a

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, backed by

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"Good Samaritan". This single, unlike "

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", did not chart.

Production and release

"Chop-Chop" suffered the same fate as "

". At the band's performance on ''

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'', the "Fake Coleman" keyboardist was used again with drummer

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as singer. At this time, frontman

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was the only member of Killing Joke to have moved to

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. However, by the end of the year, the other three members also moved to Iceland to avoid the

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, as predicted by Coleman.Hämäläinen, Jyrki "Spider" (2020). ''Killing Joke: Are You Receiving?'', p. 64-83. Milton Keynes: New Haven Publishing. .

Track listing

;Side A #"Chop-Chop" – 04:18 ;Side B #"Good Samaritan" – 03:30

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chop-Chop 1982 songs Killing Joke songs E.G. Records singles Songs written by Jaz Coleman Songs written by Geordie Walker Songs written by Youth (musician) Songs written by Paul Ferguson