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Harmony in My Head

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"Harmony in My Head"
Single by Buzzcocks
B-side"Something's Gone Wrong Again"
Released6 July 1979 (UK)
GenrePunk rock
Length3:06
LabelUnited Artists
Songwriter(s)Steve Diggle
Buzzcocks singles chronology
"Everybody's Happy Nowadays"
(1979)
"Harmony in My Head"
(1979)
"Time's Up EP"
(1979)

"Harmony in My Head" is a song by Buzzcocks. It was released as a single July 6, 1979,[1] reaching number 32 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] It was written and sung by Steve Diggle. In a 2006 interview with Pitchfork Media, Diggle revealed he had smoked 20 cigarettes to achieve the gruff sound of the vocals.[3]

The song title was also used as the name of a radio show hosted by singer Henry Rollins on Indie 103.1, a Santa Monica, California FM radio station. Rollins stated in Fanatic, his book about the radio show's first run that "Harmony in My Head" is his favorite Buzzcocks song; appropriately, the Buzzcocks' recording kicked off the first episode of the show. When Rollins relaunched the show after a short hiatus on 27 December 2005, he used a live recording of the same song.

Track listing

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  1. "Harmony in My Head" (Diggle) – 3:06
  2. "Something's Gone Wrong Again" (Shelley) – 4:29

References

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  1. ^ Spencer, Neil, ed. (23 June 1979). "Pianist Shelley On Cocks Single". New Musical Express. 28 (26). London, England, U.K.: Eric Jackson: 5. ISSN 0028-6362. Retrieved 23 September 2024. THE BUZZCOCKS' new single, issued by United Artists on July 6 is unusual in two respects.
  2. ^ "UK Official Charts: Buzzcocks". Official Charts Company. 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  3. ^ James Gregory (19 February 2006). "Buzzcocks". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 January 2019.