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174:Released: August 1983
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887:References
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461:Devoto,
389:AllMusic
271:AllMusic
223:Magazine
203:Magazine
130:Producer
119:(Europe)
81:New wave
59:Recorded
51:Released
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1039:2 April
861:Single
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117:Virgin
95:Length
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