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(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
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"'Grip'", or "'(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)'", is a single by the StranglersDave Thompson London's Burning: True Adventures on the Front Lines of ... 2009 - Page 94 "The Stranglers were becoming popular. Their repertoire had settled down, rooting out the slower, softer songs, and going hell for leather with the aggressive grind. Ugly, London Lady, Down in the Sewer, Bitchin', Grip. Audiences ..." from the album 'Rattus Norvegicus'. The Stranglers' first single, it reached number 44 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was written by Hugh Cornwell, and featured steel mill worker Eric Clarke on saxophone.Cornwell and Drury 2001, pp. 3334. The first line of the lyrics references a "Morry Thou" or Morris 1000.
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Category:1977 debut singles
Category:1977 songs
Category:The Stranglers songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Martin Rushent
Category:Songs written by Hugh Cornwell
Category:Songs written by Dave Greenfield
Category:Songs written by Jet Black
Category:Songs written by Jean-Jacques Burnel
Category:United Artists Records singles
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