"Pop Goes My Love"/"Scratch Goes My Dub" is a single recorded for
Beggars Banquet Records
Beggars Banquet Records is a British independent record label. Beggars Banquet started as a chain of record shops owned by Martin Mills and Nick Austin and is part of the Beggars Group of labels.
History
In 1977, spurred by the prevailing D ...
by British group
Freeez
Freeez were an English electronic music group, initially known as one of the UK's main jazz-funk bands of the early 1980s before transitioning to an electro style. Initiated by John Rocca, Freeez consisted of various musicians, originally wi ...
. It was produced by
Arthur Baker and featured on the album ''
Gonna Get You''. The song reached #26 in the
UK Singles Chart. In the United States, the single reached #47 on the
Billboard
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chart and #5 in the
Hot Dance Club Play
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chart.
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Allmusic.com.
Track listing
1983 releases
;12" vinyl
* US: Streetwise / SWRL-2215
vinyl label reads, "Recorded & Mixed at Unique Studios, N.Y."
;7" vinyl
* UK, Spanish and German
Charts
Credits
*Written by Maas, Rocca, Stennett, and Baker
*Produced and mixed by
Arthur Baker
**Mixed at Unique
**Engineers: Frank Heller, Jay Burnett
*Recorded at Unique,
Vanguard
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; Daily Planet,
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References and notes
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"Pop Goes My Love" 7" single on web
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See also
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Freeez
Freeez were an English electronic music group, initially known as one of the UK's main jazz-funk bands of the early 1980s before transitioning to an electro style. Initiated by John Rocca, Freeez consisted of various musicians, originally wi ...
*
Freeez discography
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1983 singles
Freeez songs
Songs written by Arthur Baker (musician)