Specials

~ Release by The Specials (see all versions of this release, 18 available)

Tracklist

▼ 12" Vinyl 1
# Title Rating Length
A1 A Message to You Rudy 4 2:53
A2 Do the Dog 2 2:12
A3 It’s Up to You 3 3:24
A4 Nite Klub 3 3:25
A5 Doesn’t Make It Alright 3:25
A6 Concrete Jungle 3:18
A7 Too Hot 3:10
B1 Monkey Man 2 2:45
B2 (Dawning of a) New Era 2:26
B3 Blank Expression 2 2:44
B4 Stupid Marriage 3:50
B5 Too Much Too Young 3 6:06
B6 Little Bitch 2 2:33
B7 You’re Wondering Now 3 2:36

Credits

12" Vinyl 1

arranger:
Jerry Dammers (track A2)
background vocals:
Chrissie Hynde (rock singer-songwriter and founder of Pretenders) (track A4)
composer:
Roderick James Byers (track A6)
Jerry Dammers (tracks B2, B5–B6)
Clement “Coxsone” Dodd (track B7)
Toots Hibbert (track B1)
Cecil Bustamente Campbell (track A7)
Rufus Thomas (US blues & funk singer & songwriter) (track A2)
guest trombone:
Rico Rodriguez (Jamaican trombonist) (track A1)
lyricist:
Roderick James Byers (track A6)
Jerry Dammers (tracks B2, B5–B6)
Clement “Coxsone” Dodd (track B7)
Toots Hibbert (track B1)
Cecil Bustamente Campbell (track A7)
Rufus Thomas (US blues & funk singer & songwriter) (track A2)
producer:
Elvis Costello (tracks A1–B7)
writer:
John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public) (tracks A3–A4, B3)
Lynval Golding (tracks A3–A5, B3)
Terry Hall (tracks A3–A4, B3)
Michael Allen Harrison (track B4)
Dandy Livingstone (track A1)
Horace Panter (tracks A3–A4, B3)
Lee “Scratch” Perry (track A1)
Roddy Radiation (track B3)
Neville Staple (tracks A3–A4, B3–B4)
Roderick James Byers (tracks A3–A4)
Jerry Dammers (tracks A3–A5, B3–B4)
mash-ups:
Pretty Rudy (TLC vs. The Specials) by Go Home Productions (track A1)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 132) (order: 132) (track A1)
cover recording of:
A Message to You, Rudy (track A1)
Can Your Monkey Do the Dog (track A2)
Monkey Man (track B1)
Too Hot (track A7)
You’re Wondering Now (track B7)
is the basis for:
Badfish (track A4)
D.J.s (track A1)
Eurochild (track B3)
Wrong Way (track A3)
later translated versions:
Rudy (Un mensaje para vos) (track A1)
later versions:
¡Un, dos! (track B6)
recording of:
(Dawning of a) New Era (track B2)
Blank Expression (track B3)
Concrete Jungle (track A6)
Doesn't Make It Alright (track A5)
It’s Up to You (track A3)
Little Bitch (track B6)
Nite Klub (track A4)
Stupid Marriage (track B4)
Too Much Too Young (track B5)