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Nowhere Girl (song)

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"Nowhere Girl"
Single by B-Movie
from the album Forever Running
B-side"Scare Some Life into Me"
Released2 November 1980, 1982
GenreNew wave, post-punk[1]
LabelSome Bizzare, Sire
Songwriter(s)Steve Hovington, Rick Holliday
Producer(s)Steve Brown (1982)
Steve Stewart-Short (1985)
B-Movie singles chronology
"Remembrance Day"
(1980)
"Nowhere Girl"
(1980)
"A Letter from Afar"
(1984)

"Nowhere Girl" is a single by English new wave band B-Movie. It was originally released on 2 November 1980, and later re-released in 1982, reaching No. 67 in the UK[2] and No. 20 in Sweden.[3] The song has been described as a tale of alienation.[4] It later appeared re-recorded on the band's first studio album, the Sire Records release Forever Running in 1985.[5] It became a chart-topping single across Europe and received much airplay at the time and was performed on the Spanish TV show Tocata.[6] The band also re-recorded the song in 2016 for their newest album Climate of Fear released by Cleopatra Records.[7]

Charts

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Chart (1986) Peak
Position
Sweden Singles Chart (Sverigetopplistan)[3] 20
UK Singles (OCC)[2] 67

References

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  1. ^ Gimarc, George (1997). Post Punk Diary (Page 104). Macmillan. ISBN 9780312169688. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Official Charts - B-Movie". Official Charts. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "B-Movie - Nowhere Girl - Swedish Charts". SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  4. ^ Sutton, Michael. "B-Movie | Biography and History". Allmusic.com. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  5. ^ "B-Movie - Forever Running". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "B-MOVIE - "NOWHERE GIRL" (Tocata, 1985)". rtve.es. February 19, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "B-Movie - Climate of Fear (CD)". CleoRecs.com. Retrieved January 20, 2021.