Commercial Single

* PRE Records edition
* Commercial Single Two

***Commercial Single*** is a 7" single by The Residents, released October 10th 1980 by PRE Records.

The single features two songs, "Shut Up Shut Up" and "And I Was Alone", which had been written and recorded for *Commercial Album* but left out of the final track listing. These two tracks were featured on a separate 7" single, titled ***Commercial Single Two***, which were included with some early copies of the Celluloid pressing of *Commercial Album*.

In July 2023, a single containing promotional mono mixes of the *Commercial Single* tracks was released as a limited edition white label 7" vinyl, titled ***The Commercial Single Commercials (In Mono)***, which accompanied some copies of the pREServed vinyl edition of *Commercial Album*.

## History

*Commercial Single* was released in the UK and France by The Residents' European distributor PRE Records to promote the release of *Commercial Album* in 1980.

As well as six tracks from the album, it also includes "Shut Up Shut Up" and "And I Was Alone", which were not included on *Commercial Album* as The Residents deemed them to be "too trendy".

These two tracks were also included on a limited edition 7" single titled *Commercial Single Two*, included with early Celluloid copies of *Commercial Album* in 1980; however some copies also seem to have been sold separately from the album at the time.

Both tracks have since been re-issued on later CD versions of *Commercial Album*, in addition to other contemporary bonus tracks. Music videos for the tracks also featured in the 2004 DVD release *Commercial DVD*.

## Track listing

#### Side One (4:00)

1. Amber (1:00)
2. Red Rider (1:00)
3. Picnic Boy (1:00)
4. Shut Up Shut Up (1:00)

#### Side Two (4:00)

1. When We Were Young (1:00)
2. Phantom (1:00)
3. Moisture (1:00)
4. And I Was Alone (1:00)

## *The Commercial Single Commercials (In Mono)*

### Label

Cherry Red Records, MVD Audio, New Ralph Too

### Producer

The Residents

A white label, 7" single titled *The Commercial Single Commercials (In Mono)* was released in "extremely limited" numbers alongside early copies of the pREServed double LP vinyl edition of *Commercial Album* on July 7th 2023.

The single contains unique mono mixes of the *Commercial Single* tracks, created specifically as promotional "commercials" for radio play, featuring voice-overs from an announcer. The "commercial" mixes of the tracks were aired on radio during the album's release cycle in October 1980.

### Track listing

#### Side A

1. Amber
2. Red Rider
3. Picnic Boy

#### Side B

1. When We Were Young
2. Phantom
3. Moisture

## See also

* *Commercial Album*
* *One Minute Movies*
* *Commercial DVD*

## External links and references

* *Commercial Single* at Discogs
* *Commercial Single Two* at Discogs
* *The Commercial Single Commercials (In Mono)* at Discogs

1. ↑ *Residue of The Residents* liner notes, 1983

**Side A:**
"Easter Woman" · "Perfect Love" · "Picnic Boy" · "End of Home" · "Amber" · "Japanese Watercolor" · "Secrets""Die in Terror" · "Red Rider" · "My Second Wife" · "Floyd " · "Suburban Bathers" · "Dimples and Toes" · "The Nameless Souls""Love Leaks Out" · "Act of Being Polite" · "Medicine Man" · "Tragic Bells" · "Loss of Innocence" · "The Simple Song"
**Side B:**
"Ups and Downs" · "Possessions" · "Give It to Someone Else" · "Phantom" · "Less Not More" · "My Work Is So Behind" · "Birds in the Trees""Handful of Desire" · "Moisture" · "Love Is..." · "Troubled Man" · "La La" · "Loneliness" · "Nice Old Man""The Talk of Creatures" · "Fingertips" · "In Between Dreams" · "Margaret Freeman" · "The Coming of the Crow" · "When We Were Young"
**Personnel**
The Residents · Fred Frith · Snakefinger · Don Jackovich · Chris CutlerSandy Sandwich · Mud's Sis · Nessie Lessons · Lene Lovich · David Byrne · Brian Eno
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