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What Do I Get?

The single that first put Buzzcocks in the UK chart.
Buzzcocks, from Singles Going Steady (1978)

Written by
Pete Shelley
Released
1978
Length
2:50
Album
Singles Going Steady

Written by Shelley and released in February 1978 with Oh Shit! as the B-side, it gave Buzzcocks their UK chart debut at number 37. It appears in the video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and the film Ghost World.

Heller of Pitchfork called it a plea for companionship so free of pretense that it makes Anarchy in the UK sound as overblown as Hotel California.

More songs by Buzzcocks

Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've), Orgasm Addict, Fast Cars, I Don't Mind, Autonomy

Sources

  1. What Do I Get?, Wikipedia
  2. Buzzcocks: Singles Going Steady, Pitchfork (2019)