Teenage Kicks - wikipedia Teenage Kicks For the TV series, see Teenage Kicks ( TV series ). For the One Direction 2013 official Comic Relief single, see One Way or Another ( Teenage Kicks ). `` Teenage Kicks '' Single by The Undertones from the album The Undertones B - side `` True Confessions '' Released 21 October 1978 ( 21 October 1978 ) Format 7 - inch single Recorded 1978, Wizard Sound Studios ( Bedfordshire, England ) Genre Punk rock pop punk power pop Length 2 : 28 Label Sire Songwriter ( s ) John O'Neill Producer ( s ) The Undertones The Undertones singles chronology `` Teenage Kicks '' ( 1978 ) `` Get Over You '' ( 1979 ) Teenage Kicks EP by The Undertones Released September 1978 ( 1978 - 09 ) Recorded 16 June 1978 Studio Wizard Sound Studios ( Bedfordshire, England ) Length 7 : 51 Label Good Vibrations Sire Producer The Undertones Alternative cover Fold - out of sleeve of original Good Vibrations release of Teenage Kicks EP Music video `` Teenage Kicks '' on YouTube `` Teenage Kicks '' was the debut single for Northern Irish punk rock / new wave band The Undertones. Written in the summer of 1977 by the band 's principal songwriter, John O'Neill, the song was recorded on 16 June 1978 and initially released that September upon independent Belfast record label Good Vibrations, before the band -- at the time unobligated to any record label -- signed to Sire Records on 2 October 1978. Sire Records subsequently obtained all copyrights to the material released upon the Teenage Kicks EP and the song was re-released as a standard vinyl single upon Sire 's own label on 14 October that year, reaching number 31 in the UK Singles Chart two weeks after its release The single was not included upon the original May 1979 release of the band 's debut album The Undertones ; however, the October 1979 re-release of this debut album included both `` Teenage Kicks '' and the Undertones ' second single, `` Get Over You ''. Influential BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel is known to have repeatedly stated `` Teenage Kicks '' to be his all - time favourite song from 1978 until his death in 2004. The song has also been ranked as the second best indie song of all time in a 2016 poll conducted by an alternative music radio station. In 2008, the song served as the theme song to the ITV sitcom of the same name. Contents 1 Impact 1.1 John Peel 1.2 Documentaries 2 Track listing 3 Charts 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links Impact John Peel Upon first hearing `` Teenage Kicks '' in September 1978, BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel is reported to have burst into tears, and readily admitted to still being reduced to tears upon hearing the song in interviews granted to journalists up until his death. To judge songs he had heard for the first time as to worthiness of airplay upon his show, Peel often rated new bands ' songs with a series of asterisks, with each song judged upon a scale of one to five asterisks : Peel was so taken by `` Teenage Kicks '', he awarded the song 28 stars. On one occasion, he is known to have played the song twice in a row, with the explanation given to his audience being, `` It does n't get much better than this. '' In a 2001 interview given to The Guardian, Peel stated that apart from his name, the only words he wished to be engraved upon his gravestone were the opening lyrics to `` Teenage Kicks '' : `` Teenage dreams so hard to beat ? '' In February 2008, a headstone engraved with these words was placed on his grave in the Suffolk village of Great Finborough. In 2004, a mural in tribute to Peel, featuring the opening line of `` Teenage Kicks '', appeared on a Belfast flyover. Documentaries Teenage Kicks - The Undertones is a 2001 documentary film directed by Tom Collins. Here Comes the Summer : The Undertones Story is a 2012 BBC - commissioned documentary focusing upon the Undertones. The documentary was broadcast on BBC Four in September that year. This documentary also features interviews with current and former members of the Undertones ( excluding Feargal Sharkey ) in addition to fans, friends and additional personnel involved in the band 's recordings and career. Track listing Side one No. Title Written by Length 1. `` Teenage Kicks '' J.J. O'Neill 2 : 26 2. `` True Confessions '' J.J. O'Neill, Michael Bradley, Damian O'Neill 1 : 53 Side two No. Title Written by Length 1. `` Smarter Than U '' J.J. O'Neill, Michael Bradley, Billy Doherty 1 : 36 2. `` Emergency Cases '' J.J. O'Neill 1 : 56 Charts Chart ( 1978 ) Peak position UK ( Official Charts Company ) 31 Chart ( 1983 ) Peak position UK ( Official Charts Company ) 60 Chart ( 2008 ) Peak position France ( SNEP ) 76 Chart ( 2009 ) Peak position France ( SNEP ) 95 Footnotes `` Teenage Kicks '' was acoustically covered by Snow Patrol in a tribute to John Peel, and was played at his funeral. The all - male pop group One Direction covered `` Teenage Kicks '' ( in a medley with Blondie 's single `` One Way or Another '' ) for the 2013 Comic Relief single `` One Way or Another ( Teenage Kicks ) ''. Fans of Derry City F.C. regularly sing the song during the team 's games. Notes Jump up ^ This mural was removed in 2013. However, following a public outcry, the mural was reinstated in March 2015. References Jump up ^ Eileen ( 14 July 2013 ). `` News : Controversial Removal of `` Teenage Kicks '' Graffiti Piece in Ireland ``. 12ozPROPHET. Retrieved 15 July 2013. `` The `` Teenage Kicks '' mural was a reference to the 1978 punk rock song by The Undertones '' Jump up ^ Andy Claps. `` Teenage Kicks review on Allmusic ''. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 15 July 2013. `` It is now widely acknowledged as a classic -- a pop - punk standard that continues to point the way for countless bands on both sides of the Atlantic. '' Jump up ^ Runtagh, Jordan ( 8 April 2016 ). `` Catchy, Loud and Proud : 20 Essential Power Pop Tracks That Will Be Stuck In Your Head Forever ''. VH1. Retrieved 29 July 2016. Jump up ^ The Undertones.com. `` Singles - Historical ''. Retrieved 15 July 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Undertones ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 July 2013. Jump up ^ `` Official Singles Chart Top 40 : 29 October 1978 - 04 November 1978 ''. officialcharts.com. 2011 - 05 - 29. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 11. Jump up ^ `` BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - Undertones ''. Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2013. Jump up ^ `` All Time Top 50 Indie Songs ''. www.23indie.com. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 05. Jump up ^ The Guardian 2 Nov., 2001 Jump up ^ The Telegraph 13 Feb., 2008 Jump up ^ `` So hard to beat ''. The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. 2 November 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2013. Jump up ^ `` DJ Peel 's song sets the tone for gravestone ''. Edp24.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012 - 06 - 07. Retrieved 2011 - 11 - 28. Jump up ^ `` DJ Peel is 6ft Undertones ''. Edp24.co.uk. Retrieved 2011 - 04 - 06. Jump up ^ `` Teenage Kicks lyrics mural removed from Belfast flyover ''. BBC.co.uk. Bbc.co.uk. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013. Jump up ^ BBC N. Ireland 16 March, 2015 Jump up ^ `` Teenage Kicks : The Undertones ( 2001 ) ''. IMDb. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015. Jump up ^ `` Here Comes The Summer : The Undertones Story ''. Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2015. ^ Jump up to : `` Lescharts.com -- The Undertones -- Teenage Kicks '' ( in French ). Les classement single. Jump up ^ Richard James. `` One Direction to record Red Nose Day 2013 single - Metro News ''. Metro. Retrieved 18 January 2015. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics 2016 Guardian news article describing Michael Bradley 's recollections of the writing and recording of the `` Teenage Kicks '' EP The Undertones ' official website The Undertones John O'Neill Damian O'Neill Michael Bradley Billy Doherty Paul McLoone Feargal Sharkey Vincent O'Neill Studio albums The Undertones Hypnotised Positive Touch The Sin of Pride Get What You Need Dig Yourself Deep Singles `` Teenage Kicks '' `` Get Over You '' `` Jimmy Jimmy '' `` Here Comes the Summer '' `` You 've Got My Number ( Why Do n't You Use It ? ) '' `` My Perfect Cousin '' `` Wednesday Week '' `` It 's Going to Happen ! '' `` Julie Ocean '' `` Beautiful Friend '' `` The Love Parade '' `` Got to Have You Back '' `` Chain of Love '' `` Save Me '' `` Thrill Me '' Related articles The Assembly Feargal Sharkey That Petrol Emotion Rare ( Northern Irish band ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teenage_Kicks&oldid=853972830 '' Categories : Songs about teenagers 1978 singles 1978 songs Debut singles Pop punk songs Songs written by John O'Neill ( guitarist ) The Undertones songs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Singlechart usages for France Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Italiano Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 8 August 2018, at 03 : 24 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who sang teenage kicks all through the night
Answer: The Undertones