"Something Better Change" is a single by
The Stranglers
The Stranglers are an English rock band who emerged via the punk rock scene. Scoring 23 UK top 40 singles and 19 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are one of the longest-surviving bands to have origin ...
from the 1977 album ''
No More Heroes''. It made No. 9 in the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
.
It was a
double A-sided
The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record compan ...
release, with the song "Straighten Out", which was a non-album track. It was covered on Stranglers' vocalist
Hugh Cornwell
Hugh Alan Cornwell (born 28 August 1949) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and writer, best known for being the lead vocalist and lead guitarist for the punk rock and new wave band the Stranglers from 1974 to 1990. Since leaving the ...
's 2011 live solo album ''Live and Kickin' (The Dave Cash Collection)'',
Morgan Fisher
Stephen Morgan Fisher (born 1 January 1950) is an English keyboard player and composer, and is most known as a member of Mott the Hoople in the early 1970s. However, his career has covered a wide range of musical activities, and he is still ac ...
's 1979 conceptual cover album ''Hybrid Kids 1'' in the style of
The Residents and on
Columbus, Ohio band Great Plains' 1985 album ''Slaves To Rock N Roll''.
Charts
References
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The Stranglers songs
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Song recordings produced by Martin Rushent
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