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Desperate But Not Serious (song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Desperate But Not Serious
| cover = Adam Ant DBNSsingle.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Adam Ant
| album = Friend or Foe
| B-side = Why Do Girls Love Horses?
| released = 19 November 1982
| recorded = 1982
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = New wave
| length = 3:52
| label = CBS Records
| writer = Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni
| producer = Adam Ant & Marco Pirroni
| prev_title = Friend or Foe
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Puss'n Boots
| next_year = 1983
| misc =
}}
"'Desperate But Not Serious'" is a song by Adam Ant, released on 19 November 1982 as the third single from his first solo album, 'Friend or Foe'. It peaked at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 66 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 in the US. Both the studio version and a live version of "Desperate But Not Serious" appear on the double Adam Ant compilation, 'Antmusic: The Very Best of Adam Ant'.
Credits
"Desperate But Not Serious" was written by Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni. The track features Adam on vocals and bass guitar, Marco on guitar, Geoff Daly on saxophone, Martin Drover on trumpet and Bogdan Wiczling on drums.
"Why Do Girls Love Horses?"
It was fairly common for Ant to record new versions of his pre-1980 compositions for the B-side of his singles. For this single, an old Ant song from 1978 called "Why Do Girls Love Horses?" was used. Ant first recorded the song as a four track home demo in July 1978 while living in Notting Hill Gate. The song remained unused until this particular version was recorded in 1982. The song finally received its live debut in December 2010 at a concert at Camden's Electric Ballroom as part of Ant's World Tour of London 2010-2011.
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References
Category:1982 singles
Category:Adam Ant songs
Category:Songs written by Adam Ant
Category:Songs written by Marco Pirroni
Category:1982 songs
Category:CBS Records singles
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