45RPM: #5 Looking After No.1 - Bootown Rats (1977)

Released on this day in 1977 Looking After No.1 was one of the first "new wave" songs to be playlisted by the BBC and became the first "new wave" band to be offered a spot on Top of the Pops.

The single was released after touring five dates with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers! A month after the release the debut album came out.

I know he's a bit of a pain is ol' Bob Geldof but some of the early Boomtown Rats singles were great I thought.

I always loved the line at the end of Looking After No.1, 

"I'm Gonna Be Like...Me!"

A-Side: Looking After No.1

B-Side: Born To Burn / Barefootin' (Live)

Ensign Records

Released 19th August 1977  

Produced by Mutt Lange 

 UK Chart #11