Ian Dury & The Blockheads - I Want To Be Straight

Original Release Date

1980

Release Information

UK 7" 1980 (Stiff - BUY 90)
UK 12" 1980 (Stiff - BUY IT 90)

A I Want To Be Straight 3:19
B That's Not All 2:47

Chart Placings

UK Chart Hit: 22, 7 wks

Credits

Produced by Pals

Additional Credits

Ian Dury - vocals
John Turnbull - guitar, backing vocals
Wilko Johnson - guitar, backing vocals
Norman Watt-Roy - bass, backing vocals
Charley Charles - drums, backing vocals
Davey Payne - saxophone, backing vocals
Mickey Gallagher - keyboards, backing vocals

Reviews & Opinions

DAVE HEPWORTH, SMASH HITS, SEPTEMBER 1980: After the funk fluency of the last batch of Blockhead music, this comes across as a deliberate attempt to re-establish some basics with a much jollified singalongashuffle built on a scruffy rhythm. Things turn a mite demented halfway when Davey brings his sax into play and for this reason it seems less of a certain commercial prospect than previous Dury singles. But the song, slight as it may initially seem, has a lunatic lilt to it that follows you out of the house in the morning.

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Images

UK 7" 1980 (Stiff - BUY 90). Sleeve #1. Click here for more

UK 7" 1980 (Stiff - BUY 90). Sleeve #2. Click here for more

UK 12" 1980 (Stiff - BUY IT 90). Click here for more