Neat Neat Neat

"Neat Neat Neat"
Cover of the 1977 UK single
Single by The Damned
from the album Damned Damned Damned
B-side	"Stab Your Back" "Singalongascabies"
Released	18 February 1977
Format	7"
Recorded	January 1977 Pathway Studios
Genre	Punk rock
Length	2:44
Label	Stiff
Writer(s)	Brian James
Producer(s)	Nick Lowe
The Damned singles chronology
"New Rose" (1976) "Neat Neat Neat" (1977) "Stretcher Case Baby" (1977)
Music sample "Neat Neat Neat"

"Neat Neat Neat" is the second single by punk rock band The Damned,^[1] released on Stiff Records in 1977 simultaneously with their debut album Damned Damned Damned.

The single was reissued in Stiff's Damned 4 Pack mail-order set. A CD version was issued in the Stiff Singles 1976-1977 box set by Castle Music in 2003.

The single was also issued in Australia, Ireland, Japan (on Island Records) and New Zealand.

In 2005, Stylus Magazine ranked the song's bassline at No. 33 in their list of the "Top 50 Basslines of All Time".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Neat Neat Neat" (James) - 2:44
2. "Stab Yor Back" (Scabies) - 1:01
3. "Singalonga Scabies" (Scabies) - 1:00

In other media

• This song was featured in the video game True Crime: New York City.
• The song can be heard playing on the jukebox in the Simpsons episode, "Love, Springfieldian Style", in the third segment, "Sid And Nancy" (a re-imagining of the film of the same name), just before a character played by Martin Prince changes it to the Bay City Rollers' "Saturday Night".

Covers

• Elvis Costello and The Attractions covered the song. Their version originally appeared as the B-side on a 7" single included with early pressings of This Year's Model, and was later included as a bonus track on Rhino's 2002 CD reissue of that album.
• Melt-Banana covered the song in the pregap before the first track on the CD version of Charlie.

Production credits

• Producers:
  • Nick Lowe
• Musicians:
  • Dave Vanian: Vocals
  • Brian James: Guitar
  • Captain Sensible: Bass
  • Rat Scabies: Drums

References

1. Raggett, Ned. The Damned - Neat Neat Neat at AllMusic. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
2. "Stylus Magazine's Top 50 Basslines Of All Time - Article". Stylus Magazine. 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2016-10-12.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics