"Let's Call It Quits" is a single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from rock band Slade

Slade

Slade are an English rock band from Wolverhampton, who rose to prominence during the glam rock era of the early 1970s. With 17 consecutive Top 20 hits and six number ones, the British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles...

 which appeared on the album Nobody's Fools

Nobody's Fools (album)

Nobody's Fools is the 5th studio album by the British rock group Slade. It was released in March, 1976 and reached position #14 on the UK album charts....

. It was written by lead singer Noddy Holder

Noddy Holder

Neville John "Noddy" Holder MBE is an English musician and actor. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist with the rock band Slade....

 and bassist Jim Lea

Jim Lea

Jim Lea , is an English musician, most notable for playing bass guitar, keyboards, violin, guitar, and singing backing vocals in Slade.-Career:...

. The single was released in 1976 and like the previous single, it peaked at #11 in the UK, spending 7 weeks on the chart.

The single peaked at #261 for 1976 on rateyourmusic.

Background

The single was Slade's last to chart in the top #20 region for five years. Usual loyal countries such as Netherlands, Austria and Germany did not have the single enter the top 100, again like the previous single. Slade's popularity was further declining, particularly because the band were living and touring in America, trying to crack the market there.

The track was performed by Frank Skinner on his TV show live during the 1990s. Noddy Holder and Katy Hill were backing vocalists.

Chris Ingham of Rock Backpages wrote "Let's Call It Quits proves that guitarist Dave Hill

Dave Hill

Dave Hill is an English musician, who is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist in the English glam rock group, Slade. The music journalist, Stuart Maconie, commented "he usually wore a jumpsuit made of the foil that you baste your turkeys in and platforms of oil-rig-derrick height...

 had the widest finger-driven vibrato in the history of rock guitar."

Music video

A promotional music video was made for this single of the group performing the song on a black and white chequered floor, surrounded by gigantic mirrors, giving some interesting camera effects. Vocalist/co-writer Noddy Holder wore his American cop hat and 'Dirty Old Men...' t-shirt, guitarist Dave Hill had on his studded and rhinestoned dungarees, and a full length coat. Manager/producer Chas Chandler

Chas Chandler

Bryan James "Chas" Chandler was an English musician, record producer and manager of several successful music acts....

 was disappointed with the video, just like the video for the band's 1975 single "Thanks for the Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam)

Thanks for the Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam)

"Thanks for the Memory " is a single from rock band Slade. It was written by lead singer Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea. The single was released in 1975 and peaked at #7 in the UK, spending 7 weeks on the chart and only one week in the top 10. This became Slade's last top ten hit for 6 years...

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Critical reception

Upon release, Record Mirror magazine gave the single a thumbs up, symbolising a hit. The magazine wrote "One of Slade's best. A slow, heavy rocker with rude words that are just about oblique enough to get by on any radio play and some deliciously lascivious guitar, the whole beautifully produced by Chas Chandler."

Chart performance

Chart (1976)	Peak position	Total weeks
UK Singles Chart	11	7

Personnel

• Noddy Holder: Lead vocals and guitar
• Jim Lea: Bass guitar
• Dave Hill: Lead guitar
• Don Powell: Drums