"Neat Neat Neat" is the second single by English punk rock band the Damned, released on 18 February 1977 by

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, simultaneously with their debut studio album ''

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''. 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

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in 2003. The single was also issued in

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(on

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) and

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. In 2005, ''

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'' ranked the song's bassline at No. 33 in their list of the "Top 50 Basslines of All Time".

Track listing

# "Neat Neat Neat" (James) - 2:44 # "Stab Yor Back" (Scabies) - 1:01 # "Singalonga Scabies" (Scabies) - 1:00

In other media

*This song was featured in the video game '' True Crime: New York City''. *The song can be heard playing on the jukebox in the ''

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'' episode, " Love, Springfieldian Style", in the third segment, "Sid and Nancy" (a re-imagining of the film of the same name), just before a character played by

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changes it to the

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' " Saturday Night". *The song appeared in the 2017 film ''

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'' as the soundtrack to a heist and chase. *The song appeared in an episode of Amazon Prime's '' The Boys''.

Covers

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covered the song. Their version originally appeared as the

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on a 7" single included with early pressings of ''

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'', and was later included as a bonus track on Rhino's 2002 CD reissue of that album. *

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covered the song in the

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before the first track on the CD version of '' Charlie''. *For 5 shows during their World Contamination Tour,

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covered the song.

Production credits

* Producers: **

Nick Lowe Nicholas Drain Lowe (born 24 March 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer. A noted figure in power pop and new wave,Musician A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...

s: **

Dave Vanian David Vanian (born David Lett, 12 October 1956) is an English rock musician, and lead singer of the punk rock band the Damned. Formed in 1976 in London, the Damned were the first British punk band to release a single, release an album, have a ...

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** Brian James −

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Captain Sensible Raymond Ian Burns (born 24 April 1954), known by the stage name Captain Sensible, is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. Captain Sensible co-founded the punk rock band The Damned (band), the Damned, originally playing bass before switc ...

− bass **

Rat Scabies Christopher John Millar (born 30 July 1955), known by his stage name Rat Scabies, is a musician best known as the drummer for English punk rock band the Damned. Career Millar was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. He played drums with Tor ...

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References

External links

* 1977 singles The Damned (band) songs Song recordings produced by Nick Lowe Songs written by Brian James (guitarist) 1977 songs {{1970s-single-stub