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!  colspan="2" | <big>'''Nuclear Waste'''</big>
 
!  colspan="2" | <big>'''Nuclear Waste'''</big>
 
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:Nuclear Waste_single.jpg|thumb|center|cover of the 1979 single]]
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:Nuclear_Waste_Charly_single.jpg|thumb|center|cover of the [[1979]] reissue]]
 
|- style="background-color: #E6E6E6;"
 
|- style="background-color: #E6E6E6;"
 
!  colspan="2" | Recorded by [[Sting]]
 
!  colspan="2" | Recorded by [[Sting]]
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Released:</b>
 
| <b>Released:</b>
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| [[1984-12-03]]
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| [[1978-05-05]]
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Recorded:</b>
 
| <b>Recorded:</b>
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|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Label(s):</b>
 
| <b>Label(s):</b>
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| [[Charly Records]]
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| various
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Writer(s):</b>
 
| <b>Writer(s):</b>
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| Harry Williamson
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| [[Harry Williamson]]
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Producer(s):</b>
 
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|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Studio(s):</b>
 
| <b>Studio(s):</b>
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| [[STUDIO(S)]]
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| [[Virtual Earth Studio]]
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Released as single?</b>
 
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'''"Nuclear Waste"''' is a song written by [[Bob Geldof]] and [[Midge Ure]] and recorded by [[Band Aid]] (including [[Sting]]) on [[1984-11-25]].
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'''"Nuclear Waste"''' is a song written by [[Harry Williamson]] and recorded by (Fast Breeder And) [[The Radio Actors]] (including [[Sting (person) | Sting]]) in January [[1978]].
  
 
=About the song=
 
=About the song=
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''This section needs more information.''
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This song was recorded in January [[1978]] in a North London studio.
 +
On the first edition of this single (a limited pressing of 500 singles on Virgin Records - NO NUKE 235) the band is called "Fast Breeder And [[The Radio Actors]]".
 +
This single was released with a lyric sheet and was quickly sold out at antinuclear protests in London in April [[1978]], the official release would be [[1978-05-05]].
 +
[[Sting (person) | Sting]] is only singing on the track [[Nuclear Waste]], not on the B-side.
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 +
The single was later re-issued on Charly Records and DB Records and in some other countries...
  
 
=Personnel=
 
=Personnel=
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''This section needs more information.''
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*[[Sting (person) | Sting]] - lead vocals
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*Steve Broughton - drums
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*Steve Hillage - lead guitar
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*Nik Turner - sax & backing vocals
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*[[Mike Howlett]] - bass
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*Harry Williamson - rhythm guitar & backing vocals
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*Gilli Smyth - backing vocals
  
 
=Release History=
 
=Release History=
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==Albums==
 
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[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]] appears on the following album releases:
 
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==Singles==
 
==Singles==
  
 
===CD Singles===
 
===CD Singles===
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A CD single was released in Austria in [[1995]] in at least 3 different versions, with a normal CD cover and in grey / black tins (with the addition STING IN A TIN on the cover):
 
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1" style="background-color: #F0F0F0;  border-spacing: 2; padding:5px;"
 
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! Release country
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
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| [[Image:Nuclear_Waste_CD.jpg|40px]]
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| Catalog no.
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| VP181CD
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| "[[Song]]"(s)
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| "[[Nuclear Waste]]" / "Digital Love" / "Spiral Diatribe" / "No-Ozone Blue" / "[[Nuclear MegaWaste]]"
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| [[YYYY-MM-DD]]
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| [[1995]]
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| Country
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| Austria
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[Image:Nuclear_Waste_CD_greytin.jpg|40px]]
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| VP181CD
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| "[[Nuclear Waste]]" / "Digital Love" / "Spiral Diatribe" / "No-Ozone Blue" / "[[Nuclear MegaWaste]]"
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| [[1995]]
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| Austria
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[Image:Nuclear_Waste_CD_blacktin.jpg|40px]]
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| VP181CD
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| "[[Nuclear Waste]]" / "Digital Love" / "Spiral Diatribe" / "No-Ozone Blue" / "[[Nuclear MegaWaste]]"
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| [[1995]]
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| Austria
 
|}
 
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! Release country
 
! Release country
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
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| [[Image:Nuclear_Waste_1978_single.jpg|40px]] [[Image:Nuclear_Waste_1978_sheet1.jpg|40px]] [[Image:Nuclear_Waste_1978_sheet2.jpg|40px]]
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| Catalog no.
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| NO NUKE 235
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| "[[A-side song]]"/"[[B-side song]]"  
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| "[[Nuclear Waste]]"/"Digital Love"
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| [[YYYY-MM-DD]]
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| [[1978-05-05]]
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| Country
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| UK
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[Image:Nuclear_Waste_Charly_single.jpg|40px]]
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| CYS 1058
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| "[[Nuclear Waste]]"/"Digital Love"
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| [[1979]]
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| UK
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[Image:Nuclear_Waste_German_single.jpg|40px]]
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| CYS 1058
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| "[[Nuclear Waste]]"/"Digital Love"
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| [[1981]] (probably)
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| Germany
 
|}
 
|}
  
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===12" Singles===
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=Lyrics=
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<pre>
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! Cover art
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Nuclear Waste - we don't want that
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! Catalog no.
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Nuclear Waste - we don't need that
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! A-side song(s)/B-side song(s)
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Nuclear Waste - we've got to leave this Nuclear age behind
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! Release date
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in our time
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! Release country
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
 
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| Catalog no.
 
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| "[[A-side song]]"/"[[B-side song]]" (add more songs as necessary)
 
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| [[1979-12-01]]
 
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| Country
 
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|}
 
  
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==Video==
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A faste breeder breaks all the rules
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'''"[[SONG TITLE]]"''' appears on the following video and dvd releases:
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gives us something for nothing - that ain't true
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and who makes the profit? - not me and you
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! Cover art
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And who takes the risks? - we all do!
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! Video title
 
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! Release date
 
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! Release country
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
 
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| [[Video or dvd title]]
 
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| [[YYYY-MM-DD]]
 
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| Country
 
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|}
 
  
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Nuclear Waste - we don't want that
 +
Nuclear Waste - but we can't get rid of that
 +
Nuclear Waste - you're hoping we'll get used to it
 +
Nuclear Waste - I've had enough of it.
  
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=Awards, nominations, and certifications=
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Do you find it attractive to be radioactive emitting killing rays?
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<!--OMIT SECTION IF SONG HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY AWARDS-->
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Splitting your atoms with a fission reaction transmitting out of phase?
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==Awards==
 
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''This section needs more information.''
 
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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1" style="background-color: #F0F0F0;  border-spacing: 2; padding:5px;"
 
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! Year
 
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! Winner
 
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! Award
 
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! Category
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[YYYY]]
 
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| WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.)
 
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| AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)
 
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| CATEGORY
 
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|}
 
  
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==Nominations==
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Strontium 90 - Strontium 90
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''This section needs more information.''
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I wanna live to see 1999
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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1" style="background-color: #F0F0F0;  border-spacing: 2; padding:5px;"
 
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! Year
 
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! Nominee
 
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! Award
 
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! Category
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| [[YYYY]]
 
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| NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.)
 
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| AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.)
 
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| CATEGORY
 
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|}
 
  
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==Certifications==
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There's enough energy in the air and in the sea
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''This section needs more information.''
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To give us power to live in peace and harmony
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! Country
 
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! Certifier
 
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! Classification
 
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! Certification
 
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
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| COUNTRY
 
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| CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...)
 
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| CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...)
 
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| CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...)
 
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|}
 
  
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=Lyrics=
 
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<pre>
 
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This is a sample set of lyrics
 
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They should go here
 
  
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If a song is an instrumental
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Nuclear Waste - we don't get used to your
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Delete the Lyrics header
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Nuclear Waste - ultimate pollution
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and this section
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Nuclear Waste - produces mutation
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as well
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Nuclear Waste - it's not evolution
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Nuclear Waste - you know the solution
 +
New Killer Waste - better active today
 +
New Killer Waste - than radioactive tomorrow
 +
New Killer Waste- need a cure for cancer?
 +
New Killer Waste- need the real answer
 +
New Killer Waste- fusion not fission
 +
New Killer Waste- let me put my arms around your
 +
Nuclear Waste - damaging my lettuces
 +
Nuclear Waste - jamming my transmission
 +
Nuclear Waste - damaging my vision
 +
Nuclear Waste
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
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 +
=Ads=
 +
* reissue ad in Music Week - December 1, [[1979]]:
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[[Image:Nuclear_Waste_1979_ad.jpg|200px]]
 +
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=Reviews=
 +
* NME - May 6, 1978:
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[[Image:1978_05_06_NME_review.jpg|200px]]
 +
 +
* Sounds - May 20, [[1978]] review by Alan Lewis:
 +
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[[Image:1978_05_20_Sounds_Nuclear_Waste_review.jpg|200px]]
 +
 +
* Melody Maker - May 27, [[1978]] review by Ian Birch:
 +
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[[Image:1978_05_27_Melody_Maker_Nuclear_Waste_review.jpg|200px]]
 +
 +
* Record Mirror - May 27, [[1978]] review by Tim Lott:
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[[Image:1978_05_27_Record_Mirror_Nuclear_Waste_review.jpg|200px]]
  
 
=Quotations and trivia=
 
=Quotations and trivia=
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=Alternative and cover versions=
 
=Alternative and cover versions=
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''This section needs more information.''
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The CD-single also contains a longer mix of this song called [[Nuclear MegaWaste]].
  
 
=See also=
 
=See also=
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''This section needs more information.''
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*[[Mike Howlett]]
 +
*[[Harry Williamson]]
  
 
=External links=
 
=External links=
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=References=
 
=References=
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''This section needs more information.''
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sources: CD single liner notes, [[1979]] ad, personal information, studio info by Jez Rippon (from discussions with band members)
  
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[[Category:Songs (Sting)]]
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[[Category:Songs (Sting)]] [[Category:Featured contributions (Sting)]]

Latest revision as of 03:49, 30 January 2024

Nuclear Waste
cover of the 1979 reissue
Recorded by Sting
Released: 1978-05-05
Recorded: 1978
Length: 2:32
Album(s): ---
Label(s): various
Writer(s): Harry Williamson
Producer(s): Simon Heyworth
Studio(s): Virtual Earth Studio
Released as single? YES

"Nuclear Waste" is a song written by Harry Williamson and recorded by (Fast Breeder And) The Radio Actors (including Sting) in January 1978.

About the song

This song was recorded in January 1978 in a North London studio. On the first edition of this single (a limited pressing of 500 singles on Virgin Records - NO NUKE 235) the band is called "Fast Breeder And The Radio Actors". This single was released with a lyric sheet and was quickly sold out at antinuclear protests in London in April 1978, the official release would be 1978-05-05. Sting is only singing on the track Nuclear Waste, not on the B-side.

The single was later re-issued on Charly Records and DB Records and in some other countries...

Personnel

  • Sting - lead vocals
  • Steve Broughton - drums
  • Steve Hillage - lead guitar
  • Nik Turner - sax & backing vocals
  • Mike Howlett - bass
  • Harry Williamson - rhythm guitar & backing vocals
  • Gilli Smyth - backing vocals

Release History

Singles

CD Singles

A CD single was released in Austria in 1995 in at least 3 different versions, with a normal CD cover and in grey / black tins (with the addition STING IN A TIN on the cover):

Cover art Catalog no. Songs Release date Release country
Nuclear Waste CD.jpg VP181CD "Nuclear Waste" / "Digital Love" / "Spiral Diatribe" / "No-Ozone Blue" / "Nuclear MegaWaste" 1995 Austria
Nuclear Waste CD greytin.jpg VP181CD "Nuclear Waste" / "Digital Love" / "Spiral Diatribe" / "No-Ozone Blue" / "Nuclear MegaWaste" 1995 Austria
Nuclear Waste CD blacktin.jpg VP181CD "Nuclear Waste" / "Digital Love" / "Spiral Diatribe" / "No-Ozone Blue" / "Nuclear MegaWaste" 1995 Austria

7" Singles

Cover art Catalog no. A-side song/B-side song Release date Release country
Nuclear Waste 1978 single.jpg Nuclear Waste 1978 sheet1.jpg Nuclear Waste 1978 sheet2.jpg NO NUKE 235 "Nuclear Waste"/"Digital Love" 1978-05-05 UK
Nuclear Waste Charly single.jpg CYS 1058 "Nuclear Waste"/"Digital Love" 1979 UK
Nuclear Waste German single.jpg CYS 1058 "Nuclear Waste"/"Digital Love" 1981 (probably) Germany

Lyrics

Nuclear Waste - we don't want that
Nuclear Waste - we don't need that
Nuclear Waste - we've got to leave this Nuclear age behind
in our time

A faste breeder breaks all the rules 
gives us something for nothing - that ain't true 
and who makes the profit? - not me and you
And who takes the risks? - we all do!

Nuclear Waste - we don't want that
Nuclear Waste - but we can't get rid of that
Nuclear Waste - you're hoping we'll get used to it
Nuclear Waste - I've had enough of it.

Do you find it attractive to be radioactive emitting killing rays?
Splitting your atoms with a fission reaction transmitting out of phase?

Strontium 90 - Strontium 90
I wanna live to see 1999

There's enough energy in the air and in the sea
To give us power to live in peace and harmony


Nuclear Waste - we don't get used to your
Nuclear Waste - ultimate pollution
Nuclear Waste - produces mutation
Nuclear Waste - it's not evolution
Nuclear Waste - you know the solution
New Killer Waste - better active today
New Killer Waste - than radioactive tomorrow
New Killer Waste- need a cure for cancer?
New Killer Waste- need the real answer
New Killer Waste- fusion not fission
New Killer Waste- let me put my arms around your
Nuclear Waste - damaging my lettuces
Nuclear Waste - jamming my transmission
Nuclear Waste - damaging my vision
Nuclear Waste

Ads

  • reissue ad in Music Week - December 1, 1979:

Nuclear Waste 1979 ad.jpg

Reviews

  • NME - May 6, 1978:

1978 05 06 NME review.jpg

  • Sounds - May 20, 1978 review by Alan Lewis:

1978 05 20 Sounds Nuclear Waste review.jpg

  • Melody Maker - May 27, 1978 review by Ian Birch:

1978 05 27 Melody Maker Nuclear Waste review.jpg

  • Record Mirror - May 27, 1978 review by Tim Lott:

1978 05 27 Record Mirror Nuclear Waste review.jpg

Quotations and trivia

This section needs more information.

Alternative and cover versions

The CD-single also contains a longer mix of this song called Nuclear MegaWaste.

See also

External links

This section needs more information.

References

sources: CD single liner notes, 1979 ad, personal information, studio info by Jez Rippon (from discussions with band members)

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