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Questions and Answers (Sham 69 song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Questions and Answers
| cover = Sham 69 - Questions and Answers Cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Sham 69
| album = The Adventures of the Hersham Boys
| B-side =
| released = 16 March 1979
| recorded = February 1979
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Punk rock, Oi!
| length = 3:14 (album version)
3:18 (7" single edit)
| label = Polydor (POSP 27)
| writer = Jimmy Pursey, Dave Guy Parsons
| producer = Peter Wilson, Jimmy Pursey
| prev_title = 'Hurry Up Harry'
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = 'Hersham Boys'
| next_year = 1979
}}
"'Questions and Answers'" is a song by Sham 69 released in 1979 from their third studio album 'The Adventures of the Hersham Boys'. It reached number eighteen on the UK Singles Chart. The song also featured with live and compilation albums including 'The First, the Best and the Last' in 1980, 'Live and Loud!!' in 1987, 'The Complete Sham 69 Live' in 1989, 'Live at the Roxy Club' in 1990, 'The Punk Singles Collection 1977-80' in 1998. The B-side tracks "Gotta Survive (live)" and The Beatles' cover version "With a Little Help from My Friends" appears on this single. The song "Questions and Answers" was written and produced by frontman Jimmy Pursey and guitarist Dave Parsons of Sham 69, and Peter Wilson.
Reception
'Smash Hits' said, "Ironic that just when Jimmy Pursey and his mates decide to disband they come out with one of their strongest ever records. Good forthright songs that typify Pursey's own character, and the band have seldom sounded fitter."
Track listing
;Side one
# "Questions and Answers" - 3:14
;Side two
# "Gotta Survive (live)" - 1:31
# "With a Little Help from My Friends" - 2:36 (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
References
Category:1979 singles
Category:1979 songs
Category:Sham 69 songs
Category:Polydor Records singles
Category:Songs written by Dave Guy Parsons
Category:Songs written by Jimmy Pursey
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