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Wild Gift
Year 1

TRACK

Year 1

Release date: 12th May 1981

About This Track

"Year 1" is a track by X, from the album Wild Gift , released 12th May 1981. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

X

Lyrics

Year 1

Year one, little babies

Year one on their TVs

No A.D., B.C., A.D

Patriotic people sleep

Like Washington D.C

Waiting, waiting, waiting

They won't feel a thing

No dolls, no debutantes

No desperate living class

No Roman Catholic mass

No magazines, no TV

No RCA, no GE

Year one in our history

Year one in society

They're waiting for the Son

For any son to come

Year one, you're one, I'm one

Year one, you're one, I'm one

Year one, you're one, I'm one

Year one, you're one, I'm one

Year one, you're one, I...

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Track details

From Wild Gift

1981

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Album

Release year

1981

—The Once Over Twice
—Back 2 the Base
—Universal Corner
—Beyond and Back
—We're Desperate
—I'm Coming Over
—It's Who You Know
—In This House That I Call Home
—Some Other Time
—When Our Love Passed Out on the Couch
—Year 1
—Beyond and Back (Live)
—Blue Spark (Demo)

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Year One (Demo)

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Riding With Mary (Single Version)

Breathless (Single Mix)

4th of July (Demo)

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Exene Cervenka, John Doe
Producer: Ray Manzarek
Engineer: Clay Rose
Bass: John Doe
Drums: D.J. Bonebrake
Guitar: Billy Zoom
Vocals: Exene Cervenka
Additional Production: Gary Stewart (Production Coordinator), John Doe
Art Direction: Sevie Bates
Artwork: Exene Cervenka, John Doe
Assistant Engineer: Cari Hogan
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Cari Hogan
Assistant Recording Engineer: Cari Hogan
Associate Producer: Leigh Hall, Tom DeSavia
Coordinator: Shawn Amos
Engineered At: Clover Recorders
Graphic Design: Exene Cervenka, J. Ruby Productions, Inc., John Doe, Sevie Bates
Lacquer Cut At: Precision Lacquer, Hollywood, CA
Lacquer Cut Engineer: George Peckham, Stephen Marcussen
Liner Notes: Shawn Amos
Manufacturer: Porterhouse Records
Mastering Engineer: Chris Bellman, Stephen Marcussen
Mixing Engineer: Clay Rose
Photography: Chris D., Frank Gargani, Michael Hyatt (Photographer)
Produced At: Clover Recorders
Project Coordinator: Jo Motta
Recording Engineer: Clay Rose
Remastering Engineer: Bill Inglot, Dan Hersch