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1980 single by B-Movie
"Nowhere Girl"
Single by B-Movie
from the album Forever Running
B-side"Scare Some Life into Me"
Released2 November 1980, 1982
Genre
LabelSome Bizzare, Sire
Songwriter(s)Steve Hovington, Rick Holliday
Producer(s)Steve Brown (1982)
Steve Stewart-Short (1985)
B-Movie singles chronology
"Remembrance Day"
(1980) 		"Nowhere Girl"
(1980) 		"A Letter from Afar"
(1984)

"Nowhere Girl" is a single by English new wave band B-Movie. It was originally released on 2 November 1980, and later re-released in 1982, reaching No. 67 in the UK and No. 20 in Sweden. The song has been described as a tale of alienation. It later appeared re-recorded on the band's first studio album, the Sire Records release Forever Running in 1985. It became a chart-topping single across Europe and received much airplay at the time and was performed on the Spanish TV show Tocata. The band also re-recorded the song in 2016 for their newest album Climate of Fear released by Cleopatra Records.

Charts

Chart (1986) Peak
Position
Sweden Singles Chart (Sverigetopplistan) 20
UK Singles (OCC) 67

References

  1. Gerard, Chris (15 April 2024). "The 100 Best Alternative Songs of the 1980s". PopMatters. Retrieved 23 December 2024. classic new wave with an urgent rock 'n' roll kick....
  2. Gimarc, George (1997). Post Punk Diary (Page 104). Macmillan. ISBN 9780312169688. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "Official Charts - B-Movie". Official Charts. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  4. ^ "B-Movie - Nowhere Girl - Swedish Charts". SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  5. Sutton, Michael. "B-Movie | Biography and History". Allmusic.com. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  6. "B-Movie - Forever Running". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  7. "B-MOVIE - "NOWHERE GIRL" (Tocata, 1985)". rtve.es. February 19, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  8. "B-Movie - Climate of Fear (CD)". CleoRecs.com. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
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