Friday 13th EP was a four-track EP

Extended play

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 by The Damned, originally released in 1981.

It was the result of a one-off deal with the London NEMS label. The lead-off track, "Disco Man", is the best-known on the EP, and has gone on to feature on a large number of compilations, also becoming a live favourite. Two of the other three tracks - "Billy Bad Breaks" and "Limit Club" - were composed by the band, while the final track was a cover version of The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

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 song "Citadel".

The EP was released in the UK (EPs were, at the time, still eligible for the UK Top 75 Singles chart, with Friday 13th reaching #50) and Sweden

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 on 7" vinyl, and also in Germany

Germany

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 on 12" vinyl.

Track listing

All songs written by Scabies, Sensible, Gray, Vanian, except "Citadel".

1. "Disco Man" – 3:20
2. "Limit Club" – 4:15
3. "Billy Bad Breaks" – 3:53
4. "Citadel" (Jagger
   Mick Jagger
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   , Richards
   Keith Richards
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   ) – 2:48

Production credits

Producer

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• Tony 'Broozer' Mansfield
  Tony Mansfield
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Engineer

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• Paul Cobbold

Musician

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• Dave Vanian: Vocals
• Captain Sensible
  Captain Sensible
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  : Guitar
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• Rat Scabies
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  : Drum
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• Paul Gray
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  : Bass
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