Wünderbar Explained

Wünderbar
Cover:Wünderbar-Tenpole Tudor.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Tenpole Tudor
Album:Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary
B-Side:Tenpole 45
Released:17 July 1981
Genre:Punk rock
Length:2:52
Label:Stiff Records (BUY 120)
Producer:Alan Winstanley
Chronology:Tenpole Tudor UK
Prev Title:Swords of a Thousand Men
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:Throwing My Baby Out with the Bathwater
Next Year:1982

"Wünderbar" is a song by Tenpole Tudor. Written by Edward Tudor-Pole and produced by Alan Winstanley, it was released by Stiff Records on 17 July 1981,[1] and entered the UK Singles Chart on 1 August 1981, climbing to No. 16 and spending 8 weeks in the charts.[2] It is a re-recorded version, somewhat faster than the version on the group's debut studio album Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary.

Critical reception

In ironic review in August 1981 David Hepworth of Smash Hits said that the band "had made a noise more normally associated with a coachload of Viking soccer hooligans" and summarised "these men should be locked up, failing that they should be stars."[3]

Track listing

7" single
  1. "Wünderbar" - 2:52
  2. "Tenpole 45" - 4:12

Chart performance

ChartPeak
position
Belgian Singles Chart[4] 2
Dutch Singles Chart4
UK Singles Chart16

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stiff discography. Stiff Records. 2010-01-24. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716143556/http://www.stiff-records.com/docs/stiff_discography.xls. 2011-07-16.
  2. Web site: Wunderbar. Official Charts Company. 2018-02-24.
  3. Hepworth. David. David Hepworth. Tenpole Tudor: "Wünderbar". Smash Hits. Peterborough. EMAP National Publications, Ltd.. 3. 15. 26. 6–19 August 1981. 0260-3004. 11 November 2022. World Radio History. https://web.archive.org/web/20221111202606/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Smash-Hits/1981/Smash-Hits-1981-08-06.pdf. 11 November 2022. live.
  4. Web site: Tenpole Tudor – Wünderbar (song). 24 February 2015.