"Wait for the Blackout" was a single by The Damned.

Initially, Chiswick

Chiswick Records

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 issued Wait for the Blackout instead of The History of the World Part 1 as a single to promote The Black Album

The Black Album (The Damned)

In a retrospective review, Allmusic called the album hit-or-miss, but added that "tracks of note are still thick on the ground" and that "it's still a surprisingly good blast, a tour de force for Vanian particularly".-Track listing:...

in Spain

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, with Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde as the B-side.

In 1982, their Big Beat budget imprint reissued the track as a single in the UK, despite The Damned having left the label two years previously. The B-side was provided by Damned guitarist Captain Sensible

Captain Sensible

Captain Sensible is a singer, songwriter, guitarist who grew up in Croydon, England, and co-founded the punk rock band The Damned in 1976. After leaving the band, he reinvented himself as an alternative pop singer with a rebellious, self-conscious image...

's spin-off project, Captain Sensible and the Softies, in the form of "Jet Boy Jet Girl". This was a cover version of the 1977 recording

Jet Boy, Jet Girl

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 by Elton Motello

Elton Motello

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, which shared its backing track with Plastic Bertrand

Plastic Bertrand

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's Ça Plane Pour Moi

Ça plane pour moi

"'" is a punk rock song by Plastic Bertrand, although the voice on the original recordings is of producer Lou Deprijck. It was issued as a single in December 1977. The song was composed by Yvan Lacomblez and produced by Lou Deprijck. "Jet Boy, Jet Girl", an adaptation recorded in November 1977 by...

. The writing credit for Ward refers to Motello, real name Alan Ward, not ex-Damned bass

Bass guitar

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 player Algy Ward

Algy Ward

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Wait for the Blackout was covered by The Goo Goo Dolls for the Tommy Boy

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soundtrack. It finally saw release on The Goo Goo Doll's Greatest Hits Volume 2, released on August 19, 2008.

It was covered by Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio

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 on BYO Split Series, Vol. 5

BYO Split Series, Vol. 5

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as well as on the 2007 release Remains

Remains

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Track listing (UK release)

1. "Wait for the Blackout" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Gray) - 3:57
2. "Looking at You (Live)" (Deprijck, Lacomblez, Ward) - 3:54

Production credits

• Producer
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  • The Damned ("Wait for the Blackout")
  • Jan Reitman ("Jet Boy Jet Girl")
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"Wait for the Blackout"

• • Dave Vanian: Vocals
  • Captain Sensible
    Captain Sensible
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    : Guitar
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    , Vocals on "I Believe the Impossible"
  • Rat Scabies
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    : Drum
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  • Paul Gray: Bass
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"Jet Boy Jet Girl"

• • Captain Sensible
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    : Vocals
  • 'Big Mick': Guitar
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    , Vocals
  • 'Joe Thumper': Drum
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  • 'Frank N Stein': Bass
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